Post-2003 passenger record
None
no positive passenger traffic in the comparable series
Cairns to Wellington
New Zealand · 112 months of data from Aug 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 Cairns–Wellington was a bookable service in its own right.
Years of data
9
Aug 1987 – Dec 2002
Busiest month
322
Aug 2002
Traffic: to Jun 2026
No positive passenger traffic is recorded between Cairns and Wellington in the comparable series from January 2003 onward. Across roughly 9 years of available records, the highest monthly passenger figure was 322, in Aug 2002.
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
Aug 1987
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Latest complete year · also peak
2002
1,541 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Cairns; the ring marks the distance to Wellington.
Passengers, 1987 to 2002
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Dec 2002 · Marks show industry events
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.
To Dec 2002
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 322 · Aug 2002 |
| Data coverage | Aug 1987 – Dec 2002 (112 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Dec 2002 | 2 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.