Passengers
86
Sydney to Apia, 12 months to Jun 2026
Sydney to Apia
Western Samoa · 437 months of data from Jan 1985 · Apia to Sydney
Both directions
141
including Apia to Sydney
At least
7%
full on this leg — a conservative floor
Traffic: 12 months to Jun 2026
86 passengers flew Sydney to Apia in the 12 months to Jun 2026, out of 141 on the route in both directions. Traffic leans outbound: 86 departing against 55 arriving. This route has been reported for 36 years.
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
Latest complete year · also peak
2019
46,692 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Sydney; the ring marks the distance to Apia.
Passengers, 1985 to 2026
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
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
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 Jun 2026
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 6,193 · Jun 2023 |
| Data coverage | Jan 1985 – Jun 2026 (437 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Jun 2026 | 0 tonnes |
| Destination region | Western Samoa |
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.