Cheapest€58.55
- Mount Cook Airlines MC561310:351h 24m11:59Christchurch CHCHamilton HLZ
Door to door 4h 34mCO2 171.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Christchurch to Hamilton flight
Flights from Christchurch to Hamilton start at €58.55 and take 4h 28m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Christchurch to Hamilton on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Christchurch to Hamilton starts at €58.55 and takes 4h 28m door to door, run by 2 operators over 698 km, with around 11 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 28mDoor to door
- 1h 18mMoving
- €78.61 to €158.85From
- 06:22 to 18:42First and last departure
- 11Per day
- 171.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€78.61 to €158.85 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €158.85Sat19
- about €124.04Sun20
- about €112.24Mon21
- about €88.64Tue22
- about €100.44Wed23
- about €116.37Thu24
- about €109.88Fri25
- about €95.13Sat26
- about €87.46Sun27
- about €83.33Mon28
- about €82.15Tue29
- about €78.61Wed30
- about €88.05Thu1
- about €86.87Fri2
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Fastest€73.89
- Mount Cook Airlines MC764618:061h 18m19:24Christchurch CHCHamilton HLZ
Door to door 4h 28mCO2 171.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Lowest CO2€86.28
- Mount Cook Airlines MC172507:3049m08:19Christchurch CHCWellington WLG
- KiwiRail KR598809:553h 6m13:01Wellington Railway StationHamilton railway station
Changes at Wellington, with 96 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 7h 28mCO2 90.4 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Mount Cook Airlines | €58.55 |
 Air New Zealand | €59.73 |
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When to book Christchurch to Hamilton
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €76.8490 days
- €50.2960 days
- €49.1145 days
- €60.9130 days
- €70.9421 days
- €86.8714 days
- €109.887 days
- €112.243 days
- €158.851 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €49.11.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 223 percent. The most expensive point is €158.85, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €87.46Sun
- €83.33Mon
- €82.15Tue
- €78.61Wed
- €88.05Thu
- €86.87Fri
- €95.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Christchurch
Air
- CHC
Hamilton
Air
- HLZ
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 73% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 27% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 698 km against 677 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Christchurch at 06:22 and the last at 18:42, across 11 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Christchurch to Hamilton
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Christchurch to Hamilton take?
The Flight from Christchurch to Hamilton takes 4h 28m door to door, of which 1h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 698 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Christchurch to Hamilton cost?
The Flight from Christchurch to Hamilton starts at €58.55 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €73.89. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Christchurch to Hamilton?
2 operators run the Flight from Christchurch to Hamilton: Mount Cook Airlines, Air New Zealand. Between them they file around 11 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Christchurch to Hamilton use?
The Flight from Christchurch to Hamilton leaves from Christchurch CHC and arrives at Hamilton HLZ. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Christchurch to Hamilton?
Fares for the Flight from Christchurch to Hamilton bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €49.11. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 223 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Christchurch to Hamilton produce?
The Flight from Christchurch to Hamilton produces about 171.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 698 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Christchurch to Hamilton on September 18, 2026: 698 km of route against 677 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €58.55, and 4h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.