Passenger traffic last recorded
Apr 2025
no passengers recorded in later published months
Auckland to Norfolk Island
New Zealand · 427 months of data from Jan 1985 · Norfolk Island to Auckland
Years of data
36
Jan 1985 – Apr 2025
Busiest month
2,567
Aug 1989
Traffic: to Jun 2026
Passenger traffic between Auckland and Norfolk Island was last recorded in Apr 2025, after 204,827 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 2,567 passengers in a single month, in Aug 1989.
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
Jan 1985
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Peak complete year
1988
24,906 passengers
Latest complete year
2023
2,703 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Norfolk Island; the ring marks the distance to Auckland.
Passengers, 1985 to 2025
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Apr 2025 · Marks show industry events
How full were the flights?
Inbound load factor, read as a floor rather than an exact figure. Some flights on this pair also carried passengers to and from other cities, and their seats cannot be split between those journeys. Dividing by every seat on every aircraft that touched the route gives the lowest the true figure can be, so actual occupancy is at or above the line. Seat data begins in 2009, so this series is shorter than the passenger chart above.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Load factor: seats data from 2009
When is this route busiest?
Average passengers by calendar month over the last ten years, relative to the annual average.
Freight
Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Apr 2025
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 2,567 · Aug 1989 |
| Data coverage | Jan 1985 – Apr 2025 (427 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Apr 2025 | 19 tonnes |
| Destination region | New Zealand |
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.