August 2025 Monthly traffic update

August 2025 Monthly traffic update
Notes:
This monthly traffic update from Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL) is generated with assistance and data from the New Zealand Customs Service, Airways New Zealand, Queenstown Airport Corporation and AIAL. International and
Domestic passenger movements are actual. This document is intended for information purposes. It should not be considered a recommendation, offer or invitation to purchase securities. All reasonable steps have been taken to ensure that the
information is true and accurate at the time of publication.
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Maximum Certificated Take-Off Weight (MCTOW) forms the basis of determining airfield charges at Auckland Airport and is displayed to the nearest tonne.
aucklandairport.co.nz Issued: 15 September 202 5


Key points:
• In August 2025 there was a total of 785k international passenger movements in the month, a 1% increase compared to the same month in 2024.
Excluding transits, international passenger movements for the month of August 202 5 increased by 2% . International seat capacity increased 4%
on the same month last year resulting in average load factors of 78%, a 1.9 percentage point decline on the year prior;
• Passenger numbers and seat capacity on the short-haul international network increased by 3% and 7% respectively on the prior year with average
load factors declining by 3.2 percentage points to 78%. Passenger numbers, seat capacity and average load factors of 78% on the long -haul
international network were at similar levels to the same month in the prior year;
• Domestic passenger movements increased by 6% in the month of August 202 5 when compared to the same month in the prior year with seat
capacity increasing 6%, resulting in flat year on year load factors at 84%. Domestic growth was attributable to increases on the domestic trunk
with passengers and seat capacity increasing by 8% year on year with load factors of 84%. The Auckland to Wellington route has experienced
three straight months of year on year passenger increases with passengers on the route increasing by 3% during August 2025, albeit 7% below
August 2023 levels; and
• Queenstown Airport international passenger numbers in August 202 5 increased 8% on the year prior and domestic passengers increased 7% on
the same month last year. International passenger numbers reached another new all- time high with 106k in one month.
AUCKLAND AIRPORT

Current month

Financial year to date

Rolling 12-month total
Passenger Movements

Current
year
Change vs
prior year

Current
year
Change vs
prior year

Current
year
Change vs
prior year
International passengers

720,575 2%

1,489,529 0%

9,620,143 3%
Transit movements

63,940 -7%

126,468 -10%

670,472 -11%
Total international passengers

784,515 1%

1,615,997 -1%

10,290,615 2%
Domestic passengers

705,493 6%

1,403,594 3%

8,471,670 0%
Total passengers

1,490,008 3%

3,019,591 1%

18,762,285 1%






Aircraft Movements




International aircraft movements

4,305 4%

8,682 2%

52,311 -1%
Domestic aircraft movements

8,474 3%

16,977 2%

105,493 1%
Total aircraft movements

12,779 3%

25,659 2%

157,804 0%




MCTOW (tonnes)
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International MCTOW

416,814 5%

839,640 2%

5,175,401 0%
Domestic MCTOW

180,853 5%

362,634 4%

2,161,474 2%
Total MCTOW

597,668 5%

1,202,275 3%

7,336,875 0%





QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT

Current month

Financial year to date

Rolling 12 month-total
Passenger Movements

Current
year
Change vs
prior year

Current
year
Change vs
prior year

Current
year
Change vs
prior year
International passengers

105,942 8%

211,150 9%

961,282 9%
Domestic passengers

147,616 7%

291,942 6%

1,673,496 1%
Total passengers

253,558 8%

503,092 7%

2,634,778 4%





International aircraft movements

708 5%

1,413 4%

6,684 3%
Domestic aircraft movements

1,017 1%

2,058 1%

12,300 2%
Total aircraft movements

1,725 2%

3,471 2%

18,984 2%