CHC Airport Code: Christchurch Airport IATA & ICAO

Christchurch Airport (CHC) is stored for Christchurch, New Zealand. ICAO NZCH. Timezone Pacific/Auckland. This page does not list live flights, fares or terminals.

Overview

CHC is the IATA airport code stored in this dataset for Christchurch Airport in Christchurch, New Zealand (NZ). The matching ICAO identifier is NZCH. Travel agents see CHC on tickets, baggage tags, and GDS segment city pairs (six letters, for example CHCLHR when the other airport is London Heathrow). ICAO NZCH is used in flight plans and ATC, not as the two-or-three-character GDS city-pair token. The IANA timezone recorded for local GDS times at this airport is Pacific/Auckland. This code page explains how CHC is used in PNR text. It is not a live departures board. Terminal maps, contact phone numbers, lounge lists, and published flight schedules are not available in this dataset and are not invented here. Nearby airports stored for New Zealand: WLG (Wellington), AKL (Auckland), ZQN (Queenstown). Related IATA city code in this dataset: CHC. To turn a booked PNR that contains CHC into a customer itinerary, paste the cryptic text into the PNR parser.

How to use this page

Confirm the three-letter token on the ticket or PNR is CHC, not a similar code.
Open the PNR parser and paste the full itinerary that contains CHC.
Convert and check that city and timezone match this record.
Use the airport-code page if you only need IATA versus ICAO for CHC.
Do not copy terminal or lounge claims from other websites onto this page. They are not stored here.

Example

Example GDS segment using this airport as origin: 2 AI 101 J 12OCT 1 CHCLHR HK1 0945 1510 12OCT E The parser should read CHC as departure. Times 0945/1510 are local as printed, not converted to your PC clock. If CHC is missing from the dataset, city and timezone enrichment stay empty rather than guessed.

FAQs

What is the CHC airport code?

CHC is the IATA code stored for Christchurch Airport in Christchurch, New Zealand.

What does CHC stand for?

In this dataset CHC identifies Christchurch Airport. IATA codes are location identifiers, not always acronyms of the city name.

What is the ICAO code for CHC?

This dataset lists NZCH as the ICAO designator.

Is CHC the same as NZCH?

No. CHC is IATA (tickets and GDS city pairs). NZCH is ICAO (flight plans).

Where is CHC airport?

Christchurch Airport is stored as Christchurch, New Zealand (NZ).

What timezone is CHC?

Pacific/Auckland is the IANA zone stored for local GDS time context. DST rules follow that zone.

Which terminals does CHC use?

Terminal information is not available in this dataset.

How do travel agents use CHC in a PNR?

Segment city pairs include CHC as origin or destination, for example CHCLHR. Paste the PNR into the parser to build a clean itinerary.

Are there other airports near Christchurch?

In this dataset, other New Zealand airports include WLG (Wellington), AKL (Auckland), ZQN (Queenstown).

Can I look up live flights from CHC?

Not on this page. This product parses booked PNR text; it does not query airline schedules.

Is CHC a city code or an airport code?

In this dataset CHC is the airport code and is also grouped under city code CHC.

How often is CHC data updated?

When the stored catalog row changes. Last page template update: 17 Aug 2026. Unverified operational claims are omitted.