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Christchurch

Christchurch (ICAO: NZCH; IATA: CHC) is New Zealand's second largest airport and the primary arrival point for air travellers visiting the South Island. It is also the main forward base of operations for the flight programme to McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.

It has three runways: runway 02/20, a parallel grass runway 02/20 Grass, and the cross runway 11/29. As in real life, runway 02/20 receives the vast majority of traffic in the online world.

Note: Pilots using FS9 and FSX should be aware that Runway 11/29 is significantly misaligned is those sim's default sceneries. If assigned the Runway 11/29, please advise ATC of your sim version and request use of Runway 02/20 instead.

Departures

KABKA

Flights departing Christchurch via KABKA (eg: to Brisbane, Gold Coast, Cairns) can expect to be assigned one of the following departures depending on the active runway.

• Runway 02 → KABKA:
  BAVEM SIX PAPA KABKA TRANSITION (BAVEM6P.KABKA)
• Runway 20 → KABKA:
  KADET SIX QUEBEC KABKA TRANSITION (KADET6Q.KABKA)