Passengers
9,269
Sydney to Sapporo, 12 months to Mar 2026
Sydney to Sapporo
Japan · 76 months of data from Jun 1993 · Sapporo to Sydney
Both directions
18,591
including Sapporo to Sydney
Load factor
82%
seats filled on this leg
Traffic: 12 months to Mar 2026
9,269 passengers flew Sydney to Sapporo in the 12 months to Mar 2026, out of 18,591 on the route in both directions. Flights run about 82% full, much the same in both directions.
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
Jun 1993
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Peak complete year
1994
9,351 passengers
Latest complete year
1997
7,470 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Sydney; the ring marks the distance to Sapporo.
Passengers, 1993 to 2026
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Mar 2026 · 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.
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.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Mar 2026
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 5,715 · Jan 2026 |
| Data coverage | Jun 1993 – Mar 2026 (76 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Mar 2026 | 42 tonnes |
| Destination region | Japan |
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.