List of the busiest air routes in Australia by passenger traffic

This is a List of the busiest air routes in Australia by passenger traffic between Australia domestic airports.

Month Ending Statistics

The following statistics are for the (most recent) previous month. For example, figures for Month Ending November 2008 are inclusive from 1 November 2008 to 30 November 2008.

Monthly figured are released by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics with a two-month delay.

Domestic routes are those flown strictly between one Australian airport and another.

Only routes that are competitive, meaning more than one domestic airline is active, are included in the list below; those airlines being Qantas, QantasLink, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways, Tigerair Australia, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines and Regional Express Airlines. Routes where only Qantas, Qantaslink or Jetstar Airways compete are not included. The following figures are calculated by the Department of Infrastructure and Transport.

New South Wales

Sydney

Main article: Sydney Airport

#	To Country / City	To Airport		Passengers Jun 2012	Passengers Jun 2013	% Change	Airlines
1.	Melbourne	Melbourne Airport	YMML	616,276	631,460	2.5	Jetstar, Qantas, Tigerair, Virgin Australia
2.	Brisbane	Brisbane Airport	YBBN	340,677	356,660	4.7	Jetstar, Tigerair, Virgin Australia Qantas
3.	Gold Coast	Gold Coast Airport	YBCG	168,493	184,414	9.4	Jetstar, Qantas, Tigerair, Virgin Australia
4.	Perth	Perth Airport	YPPH	137,397	131,400	4.4	Jetstar, Qantas, Virgin Australia
5.	Adelaide	Adelaide Airport	YPAD	130,120	127,977	1.6	Jetstar, Qantas, Virgin Australia
6.	Canberra	Canberra International Airport	YSCB	91,764	90,594	1.3	Qantas, QantasLink, Virgin Australia
7.	Cairns	Cairns International Airport	YBCS	77,088	83,137	7.8	Jetstar, Qantas, Tigerair, Virgin Australia
8.	Darwin	Darwin International Airport	YPDN	37,219	36,224	2.7	Jetstar, Qantas, Virgin Australia
9.	Sunshine Coast	Sunshine Coast Airport	YBSU	33,819	34,016	0.6	Jetstar, Virgin Australia
10.	Hobart	Hobart International Airport	YMHB	31,323	33,133	5.8	Jetstar, Qantas, Virgin Australia
Total Competitive Domestic Passengers				311,490	320,152	2.8	^[1]

Queensland

Gold Coast

Main article: Gold Coast Airport

#	To Country / City	To Airport		Passengers Jun 2012	Passengers Jun 2013	% Change	Airlines
1.	Sydney	Sydney Airport	YSSY	168,493	184,414	9.4	Jetstar, Qantas, Tigerair, Virgin Australia
2.	Melbourne	Melbourne Airport	YMML	129,599	120,661	6.9	Jetstar, Tigerair, Virgin Australia
3.	Adelaide	Adelaide Airport	YPAD	13,398	15,077	12.5	Jetstar, Virgin Australia
Total Competitive Domestic Passengers				311,490	320,152	2.8	^[1]

South Australia

Adelaide

Main article: Adelaide Airport

#		To Country / City	To Airport		Passengers Jun 2012	Passengers Jun 2013	% Change	Airlines
1.		Melbourne	Melbourne Airport	YMML	164,629	166,740	1.3	Jetstar, Qantas, QantasLink, Tigerair, Virgin Australia
2.		Sydney	Sydney Airport	YSSY	130,120	127,977	1.6	Jetstar, Qantas, Virgin Australia
3.		Brisbane	Brisbane Airport	YBBN	54,463	56,800	4.3	Jetstar, Qantas, Virgin Australia
4.		Perth	Perth Airport	YPPH	46,730	44,601	4.6	Jetstar, Qantas, Virgin Australia
5.	2	Gold Coast	Gold Coast Airport	YBCG	13,398	15,077	12.5	Jetstar, Virgin Australia
6.		Canberra	Canberra International Airport	YSCB	13,539	14,599	7.8	Qantas, QantasLink, Virgin Australia
7.	2	Port Lincoln	Port Lincoln Airport	YPLC	14,866	14,077	5.3	QantasLink, Regional Express
Total Competitive Domestic Passengers					437,745	439,871	0.5	^[1]

Airports

Domestic Airport passenger numbers are calculated by the Department of Infrastructure and Transport and include passenger numbers from the major domestic airlines only; these being Qantas, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways Australia. Regional Express, QantasLink and similar airlines are considered to be regional airlines and are not included in these figures.

Monthly

Busiest Airports by Domestic Passenger Numbers
Month of March 2015^[2]
Rank	Airport	State	Total Mar 2014	Total Mar 2015	Monthly Change %
1.	Sydney Airport	New South Wales	2,154,200	2,209,600	2.6
2.	Melbourne Airport	Victoria	1,974,700	2,055,400	4.1
3.	Brisbane Airport	Queensland	1,402,700	1,390,600	0.9
4.	Perth Airport	Western Australia	731,600	713,200	2.5
5.	Adelaide Airport	South Australia	581,300	585,100	0.7
6.	Gold Coast Airport	Queensland	398,100	400,000	0.5
7.	Cairns Airport	Queensland	278,000	284,900	2.5
8.	Canberra Airport	Australian Capital Territory	250,400	252,000	0.7
9.	Hobart Airport	Tasmania	192,300	199,200	3.6
10.	Darwin Airport	Northern Territory	128,300	125,800	1.9

Yearly

Busiest Airports by Domestic Passenger Numbers
FY 2014-2015^[3]
Rank	Airport	State	FY 2013-14	FY 2014-15	Change %
1	Sydney Airport	New South Wales	25,590,500	25,624,100	0.1
2	Melbourne Airport	Victoria	23,322,200	23,642,700	1.4
3	Brisbane Airport	Queensland	17,144,400	16,806,300	2.0
4	Perth Airport	Western Australia	8,880,700	8,536,900	3.9
5	Adelaide Airport	South Australia	6,671,900	6,738,600	1.0
6	Gold Coast Airport	Queensland	4,937,300	4,992,300	1.1
7	Cairns Airport	Queensland	3,878,700	3,936,600	1.5
8	Canberra Airport	Australian Capital Territory	2,858,200	2,805,300	1.8
9	Hobart Airport	Tasmania	2,106,600	2,186,500	3.8
10	Darwin Airport	Northern Territory	1,791,200	1,761,200	1.7

Busiest Airports by Domestic Passenger Numbers
FY 2013-2014^[4]
Rank	Airport	State	FY 2012-13	FY 2013-14	Change %
1	Sydney Airport	New South Wales	25,288,100	25,590,500	1.2
2	Melbourne Airport	Victoria	22,711,500	23,322,200	2.7
3	Brisbane Airport	Queensland	16,790,100	17,144,400	2.1
4	Perth Airport	Western Australia	9,090,800	8,880,700	2.3
5	Adelaide Airport	South Australia	6,495,000	6,671,900	2.7
6	Gold Coast Airport	Queensland	4,956,000	4,937,300	0.4
7	Cairns Airport	Queensland	3,702,000	3,878,700	4.8
8	Canberra Airport	Australian Capital Territory	3,015,500	2,858,200	5.2
9	Hobart Airport	Tasmania	2,026,600	2,106,600	4.0
10	Darwin Airport	Northern Territory	1,808,700	1,791,200	1.0

Notes

1 2 3 International airline activity – Monthly
↑ Australian Domestic Aviation Activity Monthly Publications - Monthly
↑ Airport traffic data - Yearly
↑ Airport traffic data - Yearly

Airports in Australia

Australian Capital Territory	Canberra

New South Wales	Albury Armidale Ballina Bathurst Broken Hill Cobar Coffs Harbour Cooma Dubbo Grafton Griffith Lismore Lord Howe Island Merimbula Moree Moruya Mudgee Narrabri Narrandera Newcastle Orange Parkes Port Macquarie Sydney Tamworth Taree Wagga Wagga

Northern Territory	Alice Springs Ayers Rock Darwin Elcho Island Lake Evella Groote Eylandt Hooker Creek Maningrida McArthur River Mine Milingimbi Gove Ramingining Tennant Creek Tindal Victoria River Downs

Queensland	Aurukun Badu Island Bamaga (Northern Peninsula) Barcaldine Bedourie Birdsville Blackall Blackwater Boigu Island Boulia Brisbane Brisbane West (Wellcamp) Bundaberg Burketown Cairns Charleville Chinchilla Cloncurry Coconut Island Coen Cooktown Cunnamulla Darnley Island Dirranbandi Doomadgee Emerald Gladstone Gold Coast Great Barrier Reef (Hamilton Island) Hervey Bay Horn Island Hughenden Julia Creek Karumba Kowanyama Kubin (Moa Island) Lizard Island Lockhart River Longreach Mabuiag Island Mackay Moranbah Mornington Island Mount Isa Murray Island Normanton Palm Island Quilpie Richmond Rockhampton Roma Saibai Island St George Springvale Sunshine Coast Thangool Thargomindah Toowoomba Townsville Warraber Island Weipa Whitsunday Coast Windorah Winton Yam Island Yorke Island

South Australia	Adelaide Ceduna Coober Pedy Kingscote Mount Gambier Olympic Dam Port Augusta Port Lincoln Prominent Hill Whyalla

Tasmania	Burnie Devonport Flinders Island Hobart King Island Launceston

Victoria	Avalon Essendon Hamilton Melbourne Mildura Moorabbin Mount Hotham Portland Warrnambool

Western Australia	Albany Argyle Broome Busselton Carnarvon Derby Esperance Fitzroy Crossing Geraldton Halls Creek Kalbarri Kalgoorlie Karratha Kununurra Lake Gregory Laverton Learmonth Leinster Leonora Meekatharra Mount Magnet Newman Paraburdoo Perth Port Hedland Ravensthorpe Shark Bay Springvale Wiluna

External territories	Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Norfolk Island Wilkins

This lists airports in Australia with scheduled passenger services. Airports with scheduled international services are bolded.

Airlines of Australia

Scheduled passenger airlines	Airlines of Tasmania Airnorth Alliance Airlines Cobham Aviation Services Australia Eastern Australia Airlines FlyPelican Fly Tiwi JETGO Australia Jetstar Airways King Island Airlines Qantas QantasLink Regional Express Airlines Sharp Airlines Skippers Aviation Skytrans Airlines Sunstate Airlines Tigerair Australia Virgin Australia Virgin Australia International Airlines Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

Charter passenger airlines	Air Link Aircruising Australia Alliance Airlines Hinterland Aviation Maroomba Airlines Network Aviation Northern Territory Air Services Pearl Aviation Pel-Air Rossair Seair Pacific Shoal Air Skytraders

Cargo airlines	Australian air Express Express Freighters Australia HeavyLift Cargo Airlines Pacific Air Express Tasman Cargo Airlines Toll Aviation Toll Priority

Defunct airlines	see Defunct airlines of Australia

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