Passenger traffic last recorded
Feb 2024
no passengers recorded in later published months
Cairns to Shanghai
China · 53 months of data from Jan 1997
Years of data
4
Jan 1997 – Mar 2026
Busiest month
8,536
Feb 2015
Traffic: to May 2026
Passenger traffic between Cairns and Shanghai was last recorded in Feb 2024, after 93,953 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 8,536 passengers in a single month, in Feb 2015.
The route
Distances are true from Cairns; the ring marks the distance to Shanghai.
Passengers, 1997 to 2026
Not enough data to chart.
To Mar 2026 · Marks show industry events
How full were the flights?
Inbound load factor. Every flight on this pair served no other city pair, so the seat count is unambiguous and these figures are exact. Seat data begins in 2009, so this series is shorter than the passenger chart above.
Not enough data to chart.
Load factor: seats data from 2009
Freight
Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.
Not enough data to chart.
To Mar 2026
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 8,536 · Feb 2015 |
| Data coverage | Jan 1997 – Mar 2026 (53 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Mar 2026 | 0 tonnes |
| Destination region | China |
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.