Australian Flight Data

Townsville to Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea · 49 months of data from Nov 1988

Passenger traffic last recorded
Sep 2018
no passengers recorded in later published months
Years of data
4
Nov 1988 – Sep 2018
Busiest month
930
Jan 2018

Traffic: to Jun 2026

Passenger traffic between Townsville and Port Moresby was last recorded in Sep 2018, after 12,114 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 930 passengers in a single month, in Jan 2018.

The route

Townsville Port Moresby

Distances are true from Townsville; the ring marks the distance to Port Moresby.

Passengers, 1988 to 2018

0465930 Sep 2017Mar 2018Sep 2018
0465930 Apr 2017Jan 2018Sep 2018
0465930 Apr 2017Jan 2018Sep 2018
0465930The 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 Jetstar launches — May 2004 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Tiger Airways Australia enters the market — Apr 2008 Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Qantas grounds its entire fleet — Oct 2011 Skywest becomes Virgin Australia Regional Airlines — May 2013 Nov 1988Oct 2003Sep 2018

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

To Sep 2018 · 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.

36%50%64% Apr 2017Jan 2018Sep 2018

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.

000 Sep 2017Mar 2018Sep 2018
000 Apr 2017Jan 2018Sep 2018
000 Apr 2017Jan 2018Sep 2018
012 Nov 1988Oct 2003Sep 2018

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

To Sep 2018

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record930 · Jan 2018
Data coverageNov 1988 – Sep 2018 (49 months)
Freight, 12 months to Sep 20181 tonnes
Destination regionPapua New Guinea

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.

Related routes

From Townsville

To Port Moresby

Airport data