NPL → CHCNew Plymouth to Christchurch

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Direct flights from New Plymouth (NPL) to Christchurch (CHC): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 11 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 2 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 517 km, an estimated 1 hour 10 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at New Plymouth and Christchurch. Updated 20 October 2026 at 07:20 UTC.

Today, NPL → CHC

Tue 20 Oct · local times
  1. · NZ5763Air New Zealand Departed Landed 18:41 +11
  2. · NZ5769Air New Zealand Departed Landed 12:14 −1

Checked CHC board 20:20

NPL New Plymouth tracking
CHC Christchurch smooth · +0
517 km · ~1h 10m est.
dep bank 12:15–18:307x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live NPL and CHC delay boards

Median arrival delay is +11 min. 0 of 2 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+11 minacross the last 2 operated legs
Flight time~1h 10mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Air New Zealand

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Air New ZealandNZ

Flights NZ5769 12:15 daily · NZ5763 18:30 Mo Tu We Th Fr Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-20NZ5763arrived+11
10-20NZ5769arrived−1

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
NPLNew Plymouth tracking Full NPL delay board →
CHCChristchurch +0 min smooth 🌤 clear · ENE 13 kt Full CHC delay board →

How the New Plymouth to Christchurch route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop NPL to CHC flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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How we measure this →

NPL to CHC questions

Is NPL–CHC running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from NPL to CHC?

Great-circle distance is 517 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 66–74 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does NPL–CHC fly?

Air New Zealand runs the route with about 13 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at NPL and arrival-side delay at CHC, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.