Australian Flight Data

Honolulu to Melbourne

USA · 484 months of data from Jan 1985 · Melbourne to Honolulu

Passengers
18,357
Honolulu to Melbourne, 12 months to May 2026
Both directions
34,800
including Melbourne to Honolulu
Load factor
74%
seats filled on this leg

Traffic: 12 months to May 2026

18,357 passengers flew Honolulu to Melbourne in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 34,800 on the route in both directions. Traffic leans inbound: 18,357 arriving against 16,443 departing. Flights Honolulu to Melbourne run 74% full, against 64% coming back. This route has been reported for 40 years.

The route

Melbourne Honolulu

Distances are true from Melbourne; the ring marks the distance to Honolulu.

Passengers, 1985 to 2026

02,6105,220 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
02,8245,648Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 May 2021Nov 2023May 2026
05,52911,058Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 May 2016May 2021May 2026
05,65411,308The pilots' dispute grounds domestic aviation — Aug 1989 Domestic deregulation ends the Two Airline Policy — Oct 1990 Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 Tiger Airways Australia enters the market — Apr 2008 Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Qantas grounds its entire fleet — Oct 2011 Skywest becomes Virgin Australia Regional Airlines — May 2013 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Jan 1985Jul 2005May 2026

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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.

44%69%94% Jan 2025Jul 2025Jan 2026
44%69%94% Mar 2022Mar 2024Jan 2026
44%71%97% Jan 2016Jan 2020Jan 2026
0%48%97% Sep 2003Mar 2015Jan 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: 1.11× the annual average J F: 0.85× the annual average F M: 0.88× the annual average M A: 0.84× the annual average A M: 1.02× the annual average M J: 1.07× the annual average J J: 1.14× the annual average J A: 0.95× the annual average A S: 1.11× the annual average S O: 1.08× the annual average O N: 0.90× the annual average N D: 1.05× the annual average D

Freight

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

03366 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
066131 May 2021Nov 2023May 2026
0125250 May 2016May 2021May 2026
0219437 Jan 1985Jul 2005May 2026

To May 2026

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record11,308 · Jul 1991
Data coverageJan 1985 – May 2026 (484 months)
Freight, 12 months to May 2026299 tonnes
Destination regionUSA

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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