Australian Flight Data

Darwin to Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia · 195 months of data from Mar 1989 · Kuala Lumpur to Darwin

Passengers
11,480
Darwin to Kuala Lumpur, 12 months to Apr 2026
Both directions
25,927
including Kuala Lumpur to Darwin
Load factor
40%
seats filled on this leg

Traffic: 12 months to Apr 2026

11,480 passengers flew Darwin to Kuala Lumpur in the 12 months to Apr 2026, out of 25,927 on the route in both directions. Traffic leans inbound: 14,447 arriving against 11,480 departing. Flights Darwin to Kuala Lumpur run 40% full, against 50% coming back.

The route

Darwin Kuala Lumpur

Distances are true from Darwin; the ring marks the distance to Kuala Lumpur.

Passengers, 1989 to 2026

01,9313,862 Jun 2025Nov 2025Apr 2026
01,9313,862 Jun 2025Nov 2025Apr 2026
01,9313,862 Apr 2016May 2017Apr 2026
01,9313,862Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Mar 1989Nov 1998Apr 2026

To Apr 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.

27%58%89% Jun 2025Nov 2025Apr 2026
26%61%96% Nov 2013Mar 2016Apr 2026

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.

J: 1.56× the annual average J F: 0.82× the annual average F M: 0.69× the annual average M A: 0.93× the annual average A M: 0.66× the annual average M J: 0.73× the annual average J J: 1.29× the annual average J A: 1.00× the annual average A S: 1.03× the annual average S O: 1.11× the annual average O N: 0.80× the annual average N D: 1.39× the annual average D

Freight

Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.

011 Jun 2025Nov 2025Apr 2026
011 Jun 2025Nov 2025Apr 2026
023 Apr 2016May 2017Apr 2026
056113 Mar 1989Nov 1998Apr 2026

To Apr 2026

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record3,862 · Jan 2026
Data coverageMar 1989 – Apr 2026 (195 months)
Destination regionMalaysia

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.

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