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Christchurch International Airport

Christchurch Airport is an serving , New Zealand. It is located 12 km to the northwest of the city centre, in the suburb of .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: international airport in Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “CHC”, “Christchurch Airport”, and “NZCH”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Novotel Christchurch Airport and Avonhead Shopping Mall.

Hotel
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is a hotel.

Shopping center
Photo: Turnagra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a shopping center.

Hotel
Photo: Turnagra, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harewood and Burnside.

Suburb
Photo: Mattarnold1, CC0.
is a northwestern suburb of , New Zealand. The suburb is split by State Highway 1, with the bulk of 's residential areas to the east of the highway and its industrial areas to the west.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , New Zealand, located southeast of Christchurch International Airport. As with most suburbs in Christchurch, it has no defined boundaries and is a general area.

Suburb
is a semi-rural suburb on the western outskirts of Christchurch city. Frederick William Delamain, a settler and horse breeder, named a horse after some stables in England.

Christchurch International Airport

Latitude
-43.48497° or 43° 29′ 6″ south
Longitude
172.53631° or 172° 32′ 11″ east
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Inception
1937
Operator
Christchurch International Airport Limited
IATA airport code
CHC
ICAO airport code
NZCH
Open location code
4V8JGG8P+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 306945956
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6220393
Wiki­data ID
Q1061330
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Christchurch International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Christchurch-lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار كرايستشيرش الدولي”
  • Bashkir: “Крайстчерч (аэропорт)”
  • Bashkir: “Крайстчерч”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Christchurch”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional de Christchurch”
  • Cebuano: “Christchurch International Airport”
  • Chinese: “克赖斯特彻奇国际机场”
  • Chinese: “基督城國際機場”
  • Chinese: “基督城机场”
  • Chinese: “基督城機場”
  • Czech: “Letiště Christchurch”
  • Dutch: “Christchurch International Airport”
  • Dutch: “Internationale Luchthaven Christchurch”
  • Dutch: “luchthaven van Christchurch”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven van Christchurch”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار كرايستشير الدولى”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno Kristkirko”
  • Estonian: “Christchurchi rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “CHC”
  • Finnish: “Christchurchin lentoasema”
  • French: “Aeroport international de Christchurch”
  • French: “aéroport international de Christchurch”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Christchurch”
  • French: “CHC”
  • French: “Christchurch airport”
  • French: “Christchurch Int’l Airport”
  • French: “Christchurch International Airport”
  • French: “NZCH”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Christchurch”
  • German: “Christchurch International Airport”
  • German: “Flughafen Christchurch International”
  • German: “Flughafen Christchurch”
  • German: “NZCH”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה כרייסטצ’רץ‘”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה כרייסטצ’רץ’”
  • Hungarian: “Christchurch-i repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Christchurch”
  • Indonesian: “CHC”
  • Indonesian: “NZCH”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Christchurch”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto G. Adams International”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Christchurch”
  • Italian: “Christchurch International Airport”
  • Japanese: “NZCH”
  • Japanese: “クライストチャーチ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “クライストチャーチ空港”
  • Korean: “크라이스트 처치 국제공항”
  • Korean: “크라이스트처치 공항”
  • Korean: “크라이스트처치 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Christchurch”
  • Malayalam: “ക്രൈസ്റ്റ്‌ചർച്ച്‍ അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Christchurch internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Christchurch International Airport”
  • Norwegian: “Christchurch internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین المللی کرایست چرچ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی کرایست‌چرچ”
  • Polish: “CHC”
  • Polish: “NZCH”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Christchurch”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Christchurch”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Christchurch”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Christchurch”
  • Russian: “Аэродром Хэрвуд”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Крайстчерч”
  • Russian: “Крайстчерч”
  • Russian: “Крайстчёрч”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Крайстчёрч”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Крайстчёрча”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Christchurch”
  • Swedish: “Christchurch International Airport”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติไครสต์เชิร์ช”
  • Turkish: “Christchurch Havalimanı”
  • Uzbek: “Christchurch aeroporti”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Christchurch”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Christchurch”

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