Australian Flight Data

Adelaide to Papeete

Tahiti · 68 months of data from Sep 1987

No positive passenger traffic is recorded for this city pair in the comparable series from January 2003 onward. Earlier passenger figures used a different method: a pairing could appear even when passengers changed flights along the way, so those records do not by themselves prove that Adelaide–Papeete was a bookable service in its own right.

Post-2003 passenger record
None
no positive passenger traffic in the comparable series
Years of data
6
Sep 1987 – Nov 2000
Busiest month
31
Dec 1997

Traffic: to Jun 2026

No positive passenger traffic is recorded between Adelaide and Papeete in the comparable series from January 2003 onward. Across roughly 6 years of available records, the highest monthly passenger figure was 31, in Dec 1997.

Passenger history milestones

Recorded milestones use this city-pair passenger series, with both directions combined. A first positive record is not a service-launch date; complete calendar years require all twelve observed, non-null months.

First positive passenger record
Sep 1987
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Peak complete year
1998
183 passengers
Latest complete year
1999
95 passengers

The route

Adelaide Papeete

Distances are true from Adelaide; the ring marks the distance to Papeete.

Passengers, 1987 to 2000

01121Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 May 2000: 1Oct 2000: 1Nov 1999May 2000Nov 2000

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

01631Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Nov 1995: 1Jan 1996: 9May 2000: 1Oct 2000: 1Nov 1995May 1998Nov 2000

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

01631Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Nov 1995: 1Jan 1996: 9May 2000: 1Oct 2000: 1Nov 1995May 1998Nov 2000

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

01631The pilots' dispute grounds domestic aviation — Aug 1989 Domestic deregulation ends the Two Airline Policy — Oct 1990 Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Feb 1988: 5Nov 1995: 1Jan 1996: 9May 2000: 1Oct 2000: 1Sep 1987Apr 1994Nov 2000

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

To Nov 2000 · Marks show industry events

When is this route busiest?

Average passengers by calendar month over the last ten years, relative to the annual average.

J: 1.44× the annual average J F: 0.98× the annual average F M: 0.95× the annual average M A: 0.39× the annual average A M: 1.37× the annual average M J: 0.39× the annual average J J: 0.77× the annual average J A: 0.93× the annual average A S: 1.06× the annual average S O: 0.76× the annual average O N: 0.93× the annual average N D: 2.04× the annual average D

Freight

Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.

001 Nov 1999May 2000Nov 2000
001 Nov 1995: 0Jan 1996: 0Nov 1995May 1998Nov 2000

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

001 Nov 1995: 0Jan 1996: 0Nov 1995May 1998Nov 2000

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

001 Feb 1988: 0Nov 1995: 0Jan 1996: 0Sep 1987Apr 1994Nov 2000

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

To Nov 2000

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record31 · Dec 1997
Data coverageSep 1987 – Nov 2000 (68 months)
Freight, 12 months to Nov 20003 tonnes
Destination regionTahiti

No punctuality data is published for international services, so there are no cancellation or on-time figures on this page. That series covers domestic routes only.

Related routes

From Adelaide

To Papeete

Airport data