Passengers
33,052
Sydney to Shenzhen, 12 months to May 2026
Sydney to Shenzhen
China · 185 months of data from Jan 2011 · Shenzhen to Sydney
Both directions
69,096
including Shenzhen to Sydney
Load factor
76%
seats filled on this leg
Traffic: 12 months to May 2026
33,052 passengers flew Sydney to Shenzhen in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 69,096 on the route in both directions. Traffic leans inbound: 36,044 arriving against 33,052 departing. Flights Sydney to Shenzhen run 76% full, against 84% coming back.
The route
Distances are true from Sydney; the ring marks the distance to Shenzhen.
Passengers, 2011 to 2026
To May 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.
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.
To May 2026
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 7,824 · Jan 2017 |
| Data coverage | Jan 2011 – May 2026 (185 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to May 2026 | 8,548 tonnes |
| Destination region | China |
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.