Australian Flight Data

Melbourne to Noumea

New Caledonia · 288 months of data from Jan 1985

Passenger traffic last recorded
May 2024
no passengers recorded in later published months
Years of data
24
Jan 1985 – May 2024
Busiest month
3,581
Jan 2018

Traffic: to May 2026

Passenger traffic between Melbourne and Noumea was last recorded in May 2024, after 182,164 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 3,581 passengers in a single month, in Jan 2018.

The route

Melbourne Noumea

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

Passengers, 1985 to 2024

01,5303,060Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Dec 2023Mar 2024May 2024
01,7173,433Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 May 2019Jan 2020May 2024
01,7913,581Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Jun 2014Aug 2017May 2024
01,7913,581The 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 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Jan 1985Jul 1997May 2024

To May 2024 · Marks show industry events

How full were the flights?

Inbound load factor. Every flight on this pair served no other city pair, so the seat count is unambiguous and these figures are exact. Seat data begins in 2009, so this series is shorter than the passenger chart above.

40%60%79% Dec 2023Mar 2024May 2024
40%64%89% May 2019Jan 2020May 2024
8%51%94% Dec 2004Jul 2017May 2024

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: 1.41× the annual average J F: 0.92× the annual average F M: 0.87× the annual average M A: 0.97× the annual average A M: 0.55× the annual average M J: 0.90× the annual average J J: 0.88× the annual average J A: 0.98× the annual average A S: 1.00× the annual average S O: 1.21× the annual average O N: 1.09× the annual average N D: 1.22× the annual average D

Freight

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

023 Dec 2023Mar 2024May 2024
0510 May 2019Jan 2020May 2024
0917 Jun 2014Aug 2017May 2024
01530 Jan 1985Jul 1997May 2024

To May 2024

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record3,581 · Jan 2018
Data coverageJan 1985 – May 2024 (288 months)
Freight, 12 months to May 20246 tonnes
Destination regionNew Caledonia

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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