Christchurch Airport – (NZCH) is located in Canterbury on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island, it is New Zealand’s second busiest airport, after Auckland. It has two sealed runways (02/20 – 3822m & 11/29 – 1741m) and one parallel grass runway (02/20). Christchurch Airport opened in May 1940 and was New Zealand’s first International Airport in 1950. You can do almost any type of flying to and from NZCH, with its Domestic and International flights, B737 & Metroliner Cargo, Helicopter and fixed wing operations – Rescue operations and charter flights, NZ Flying Doctors Service, International Antarctic Program with US Air Force flights and General Aviation from the Canterbury Aero Club.