Passenger traffic last recorded
Aug 2012
no passengers recorded in later published months
Melbourne to Chicago
USA · 394 months of data from Feb 1989
Flights between Melbourne and Chicago carry one flight number the whole way but stop somewhere en route — no aircraft has been recorded flying the pair without an intermediate stop. It is a single bookable service, not a connection.
Years of data
33
Feb 1989 – Jun 2026
Busiest month
1,205
Aug 2010
Traffic: to Jun 2026
Passenger traffic between Melbourne and Chicago was last recorded in Aug 2012, after 27,362 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 1,205 passengers in a single month, in Aug 2010.
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
Feb 1989
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Peak complete year
2010
8,997 passengers
Latest complete year
2011
7,327 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Melbourne; the ring marks the distance to Chicago.
Passengers, 1989 to 2026
Not enough data to chart.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Not enough data to chart.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Not enough data to chart.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Jun 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.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
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.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Jun 2026
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 1,205 · Aug 2010 |
| Data coverage | Feb 1989 – Jun 2026 (394 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Jun 2026 | 1,334 tonnes |
| Destination region | USA |
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.