Post-2003 passenger record
None
no positive passenger traffic in the comparable series
Cairns to Lae
Papua New Guinea · 20 months of data from Mar 1999
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 Cairns–Lae was a bookable service in its own right.
Years of data
2
Mar 1999 – Oct 2000
Busiest month
377
Dec 1999
Traffic: to May 2026
No positive passenger traffic is recorded between Cairns and Lae in the comparable series from January 2003 onward. Across roughly 2 years of available records, the highest monthly passenger figure was 377, in Dec 1999.
The route
Distances are true from Cairns; the ring marks the distance to Lae.
Passengers, 1999 to 2000
To Oct 2000 · Marks show industry events
Freight
Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.
To Oct 2000
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 377 · Dec 1999 |
| Data coverage | Mar 1999 – Oct 2000 (20 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Oct 2000 | 5 tonnes |
| Destination region | Papua New Guinea |
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.