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2024 Financial Year passenger numbers*

• 6.25 million passengers travelled in and out of Christchurch Airport in the 2024 financial year. That compares to 5.69 million the prior year, which is a 10% increase.
• Demand has lead to growth of 5% for domestic passengers year on year, whilst international passengers grew 55%.
• For visitor arrival numbers by country of residence, please refer to Statistics New Zealand's monthly releases.
• View our monthly passenger arrivals and departures here.

2024 Financial Year reporting*   

• Net Profit After Tax, including underlying operating profit and revaluations of our investment property, totalled $22.7 million compared to $36.8 million the previous year.
• Underlying operational profit after tax (Net Profit After Tax excluding net tax impact of fair value gains on investment properties, gain on disposal of assets, non-cash lease accounting adjustments and impairment of property, plant & equipment), totalled $41.8 million compared to $37.6 million in the previous year which is a growth of 37%.
• Fair value gains on our investment property portfolio had a gain of $12.8 million, compared to a loss of $4.5 million the previous year. Our overall investment property portfolio was valued at $785 million, up 4.3% on the previous year.
• Our balance sheet strengthened with total asset book value increasing to $2,366 million. That’s growth of about $42 million on prior year.
• The Board of Directors declared an annual dividend of $37.6 million. This was a growth of $10 million on the prior year.

Want to learn more? You can view our Annual Reviews here.

*to end of June 2024

Supporting our community  

As a business, we support the Christchurch, Canterbury and South Island economy in a wide range of ways:  

• More than 7,000 people are employed in 250 companies on the airport campus in full time, part time or casual roles, making it the largest single centre of employment in the South Island.  
• What happens on the airport creates employment for more than 20,000 full time equivalent workers across Canterbury.  
• Antarctic operations delivers $80 million a year in direct benefits to the city.