Passenger traffic last recorded
May 2024
no passengers recorded in later published months
Melbourne to Noumea
New Caledonia · 288 months of data from Jan 1985
Years of data
24
Jan 1985 – May 2024
Busiest month
3,581
Jan 2018
Traffic: to Jun 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.
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
Jan 1985
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Peak complete year
2017
32,281 passengers
Latest complete year
2019
29,377 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Melbourne; the ring marks the distance to Noumea.
Passengers, 1985 to 2024
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
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.
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
When is this route busiest?
Average passengers by calendar month over the last ten years, relative to the annual average.
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.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To May 2024
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 3,581 · Jan 2018 |
| Data coverage | Jan 1985 – May 2024 (288 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to May 2024 | 6 tonnes |
| Destination region | New 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.