Passengers
7,308
Christchurch to Adelaide, 12 months to May 2026
Christchurch to Adelaide
New Zealand · 135 months of data from Dec 1987 · Adelaide to Christchurch
Both directions
14,548
including Adelaide to Christchurch
Load factor
84%
seats filled on this leg
Traffic: 12 months to May 2026
7,308 passengers flew Christchurch to Adelaide in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 14,548 on the route in both directions. Flights run about 84% full, much the same in both directions.
The route
Distances are true from Adelaide; the ring marks the distance to Christchurch.
Passengers, 1987 to 2026
To May 2026 · 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.
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.
To May 2026
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 2,588 · Jan 2026 |
| Data coverage | Dec 1987 – May 2026 (135 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to May 2026 | 9 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.