| 1935 |
Christchurch City Council selected the present site at
Harewood. |
| 1936 |
227 hectares of land purchased.
|
| 1937 |
A 915 metre runway and a 60 square metre terminal
constructed.
|
| 1940 |
"Harewood Airport" opened for commercial flying.
|
| 1940 |
Airport used by RNZAF as a training base until 1945.
|
| 1948 |
An additional 260 hectares of land purchased.
|
| 1950 |
Christchurch Airport became the first international airport
operating in New Zealand.
|
| 1953 |
Christchurch hosted the "Great London to Christchurch Air Race",
the first time the route had been traversed in less than 24
hours.
|
| 1955 |
United States Antarctic Operations begin in Christchurch.
|
| 1960 |
A new 6,000 square metre terminal opened.
|
| 1962 |
The main runway was extended to 2,442 metres providing for
commercial jet operations.
|
| 1966 |
An international wing was added to the Domestic Terminal.
|
| 1975 |
Extentions to the Domestic Terminal were completed, extending
the total floor space to 16,000 square metres.
|
| 1980 |
New International Arrivals Hall completed, providing an
additional 2,800 square metres of floor space.
|
| 1984 |
Main runway extended by 845 metres to 3,287 metres.
|
| 1987 |
Terminal extended to accommodate Ansett New Zealand and Air New
Zealand lounges and domestic airbridges.
|
| 1988 |
Christchurch International Airport Limited was established as a
company owned 75% by the Christchurch City Council and 25% by the
New Zealand Government.
|
|
1988
|
International check-in and departure area extended by 2,320
square metres.
|
|
1989
|
International arrival area extended by 1,100 square metres and
airbridges and associated facilities of 1,000 square metres
added.
|
|
1990
|
International Antarctic Centre opened.
|
|
1997
|
Redevelopment of airport public carpark completed with an
additional 340 parking spaces.
|
|
1998
|
New International Terminal Building completed creating an
additional 28,000 square metres of new floor space.
|
|
2000
|
Christchurch International Airport introduced real-time Internet
flight information on christchurchairport.co.nz, for both domestic
and international services and became the first airport in the
country to do so.
|
|
2000
|
Qantas New Zealand took to the country's air routes for the
first time.
|
|
2001
|
Expansion of the International Terminal to create two new
international gates.
|
|
2002
|
A new satellite departure lounge was constructed for Origin
Pacific to cater for growing passenger numbers.
|
|
2003
|
Pacific Blue announces Christchurch as their home base in New
Zealand.
|
|
2004
|
Expansion of the International Terminal to create five more
international stands and four more international
airbridges.
|
|
2005
|
Jetstar commence trans-Tasman services from
Christchurch.
|
|
2006
|
Construction of the Multi-level Carpark Building.
|
|
2007
|
The commencement of the Terminal Development
Project.
|
|
2008
|
Christchurch International Airport Limited becomes the first
airport company in the Southern Hemisphere to achieve carbon neutral
status.
|
|
2009
|
Construction begins on the new integrated terminal, Jetstar
commences New Zealand domestic services and the new Airways Air
Traffic Control Tower opens.
|
|
2011
|
Stage 1 of the Terminal Development
Project is completed.
|
|
2011
|
AirAsia X commence services from Christchurch.
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