# Christchurch Airport vs McLeans Island, the record side by side

| | [Christchurch Airport](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport) | [McLeans Island](https://www.chch.live/mcleans-island) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 140 (2023) | **200 (2023)** |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 156 (indicative) | **207 (indicative)** |
| Census households | 69 | 69 |
| Under 15 (Census) | 2% | **13%** |
| 65+ (Census) | **33%** | 25% |
| Area | 4.86 km² | **55.54 km²** |
| People per km² | **29** | 4 |
| Reports filed | 211 | **475** |
| Rank on the roll | 96th of 108 | **88th of 108** |
| Reports per km² | **43** | 9 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2022-08-06 (3 reports) | **2016-06-30 (15 reports)** |
| Crashes on record | 47 (1 fatal · 10 serious) | **52 (0 fatal · 14 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | — | 2 (biggest M4.3) |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | — |
| Flooded on record | — | — |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | — |
| The wild ledger | — | 10% of the outline |
| The kept view | — | 30% of the outline (+6% outstanding) |
| The waiting water | — | 2% high-hazard |
| The quiet lines | **all of the outline (100% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer** | 85% of the outline (37% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | — | 27 reaches (Middle Stream, Waimakariri River South Branch), 5% setback strips, held edge |
| The allowed shape | — | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 69 frames filed (2011–2013) | — |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline, Wheels to Wings | — |
| The remembered names | — | — |
| The rules on the ground | 1 drawn rule, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | **3 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** |
| On the hazard register | **5 parcels (1 current)** | 3 parcels (1 current) |
| Made ground on file | 3 parcels (all vouched or natural) | 1 parcel (all vouched or natural) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 1 parcel (none verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | low (87% of the outline) | possible (49% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 7 trees (no veterans, 8 remembered felled) | **19 trees (2 veterans, 2 remembered felled)** |
| The plan’s word | Specific Purpose (Airport) (99% of the outline) | Rural Waimakariri (43% of the outline) |
| The plan’s reservations | **100% of the outline (1 designation, movement)** | 3% of the outline (2 designations, movement) |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | — | — |
| The usual complaints | Roading/Streets (49), HAZ_TR_VEHICLE (27), Pothole (16) | Dumped Rubbish (193), Rubbish/Recycling (81), Roading/Streets (65) |
| Schools | 0 | 0 |
| Parks | 0 | **1** |
| Facilities | 0 | **1** |
| Tracks | 1 | **6** |
| Bus stops | **5** | 2 |
| Bus routes through | **4** | 1 |
| Heritage places | 0 | **2** |

Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Christchurch Airport and McLeans Island?**

Christchurch Airport counts 140 people (2023) to McLeans Island's 200; Christchurch Airport covers 4.86 km², McLeans Island 55.54 km²; the record holds 211 reports for Christchurch Airport and 475 for McLeans Island.

**Which has more heritage places, Christchurch Airport or McLeans Island?**

McLeans Island, 2 on the heritage register to the other’s 0.

**Where do these numbers come from?**

The same public record for both, council reports, the crash register, the heritage schedule, Stats NZ’s counts. The stream counts reports, not virtue; the caveats are each suburb’s own.

HTML: https://www.chch.live/compare?a=christchurch-airport&b=mcleans-island
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=christchurch-airport · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=mcleans-island