List of the busiest airports in Australia explained

This is a list of the busiest airports in Australia by passenger traffic and aircraft movements.

Top 10 airports by passenger movements

This is a list of the busiest airports in Australia by passenger movements (both inbound and outbound) compiled by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics. All passenger numbers are listed in thousands.[1]

AirportLocationIATA1985–861990–911995–962000–012005–062010–112015–162016–172017–182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-2023
1Sydney AirportSydney, New South WalesSYD9,49812,36119,87825,81428,99635,95841,10542,61444,03544,37632,1957,80413,670
2Melbourne AirportMelbourne, VictoriaMEL6,4768,34612,97216,88121,04127,96333,70534,87836,31937,05727,0036,10612,817
3Brisbane AirportBrisbane, QueenslandBNE3,4575,2469,23612,46716,01619,97522,32022,65323,23823,62317,8057,53010,023
4Perth AirportPerth, Western AustraliaPER1,9392,5084,1455,1627,00510,89012,55812,45312,43312,4069,3463,2624,757
5Adelaide AirportAdelaide, South AustraliaADL2,0822,4613,7434,4435,7677,2797,7787,9998,2748,3686,2462,7513,821
6Gold Coast AirportGold Coast, QueenslandOOL7781,0901,9931,8883,5155,4866,2736,4576,5416,4144,7792,0022,996
7Cairns AirportCairns, QueenslandCNS5781,2882,5952,8913,7313,8594,7114,8984,9694,8593,4722,0822,625
8Hobart AirportHobart, TasmaniaHBA5065908509741,6061,9032,3132,4412,5962,7262,0741,0371,506
9Canberra AirportCanberra, Australian Capital TerritoryCBR1,0081,1241,7502,1072,5503,2412,8313,0133,1793,2182,3501,0451,286
10Townsville AirportTownsville, QueenslandTSV1,0305125987321,1611,6301,5301,5351,6271,5941,2169761,195
Note: Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Darwin International Airport, Northern Territory was ranked 10.

Top 10 airports by aircraft movements

This is a list of the busiest airports in Australia by aircraft movements compiled by Airservices Australia.[2] This list includes regular public transport operations and private operations.

Rank Airport Location IATA20002005201020152020
1 Sydney AirportSydney, New South Wales SYD 308,342 281,738 304,938 336,956
2 Melbourne, Victoria MBW 256,644 264,734 252,218 242,542
3 Adelaide, South Australia none158,268 177,432 228,290 235,384
4 Melbourne, Victoria MEL 174,462 180,278 205,202 235,314
5 Perth, Western Australia JAD 265,700 372,300 295,516 222,874
6 Sydney, New South Wales BWU 298,798 275,846 275,978 220,166
7 Brisbane, Queensland BNE 169,198 164,538 187,956 220,154
8 Perth, Western Australia PER 103,198 101,648 124,640 138,728
9 Brisbane, Queensland None 182,682 141,466 118,354 133,872
10 Adelaide, South Australia ADL 112,554 106,840 101,560 106,630

Top 50 airports by revenue passenger traffic in 2014–15

This list shows revenue passenger traffic by airport. It is compiled from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics.[3] Note: data not available for Avalon Airport; regular public transport operations only.

Rank Airport Location State/territoryDomestic revenue passengers International revenue passengers Total revenue passengers
1 New South Wales25,513,156 13,508,201 39,021,357
2 Victoria23,524,659 8,410,941 31,935,600
3 Queensland16,775,021 5,143,336 21,918,357
4 Western Australia8,535,765 4,187,270 14,176,390
5 South Australia6,736,724 933,477 8,066,632
6 Queensland4,988,337 878,957 5,867,294
7 Queensland3,902,635 488,379 4,391,014
8 Australian Capital Territory2,803,989 0 2,803,989
9 Tasmania2,186,358 0 2,186,358
10 Northern Territory1,765,089 292,218 2,057,307
11 Queensland1,497,946 0 1,497,946
12 Tasmania1,272,198 0 1,272,198
13 New South Wales1,142,997 0 1,142,997
14 Queensland928,354 0 928,354
15 Queensland837,678 10,228 847,906
16 Western Australia659,913 0 659,913
17 Queensland634,913 0 634,913
18 Northern Territory582,775 0 582,755
19 Queensland493,860 0 493,860
20 Western Australia469,118 1,623 470,741
21 Queensland443,730 0 443,730
22 New South Wales437,026 0 437,026
23 Western Australia383,952 0 383,952
24 New South Wales354,212 0 354,212
25 Western Australia348,885 0 348,885
26 Northern Territory307,068 0 307,068
27 Queensland280,848 0 280,848
28 New South Wales244,611 0 244,611
29 Queensland230,274 0 230,274
30 Western Australia227,946 0 227,946
31 New South Wales225,198 0 225,198
32 Victoria212,789 0 212,789
33 New South Wales209,671 0 209,671
34 Queensland208,395 0 208,395
35 Queensland198,099 0 198,099
36 South Australia190,853 0 190,853
37 New South Wales188,736 0 188,736
38 Western Australia176,100 0 176,100
39 Queensland162,688 0 162,688
40 Queensland156,231 0 156,231
41 Queensland156,192 0 156,192
42 New South Wales153,838 0 153,838
43 Tasmania143,597 0 143,597
44 New South Wales124,173 0 124,173
45 Western Australia119,467 0 119,467
46 Queensland88,197 0 88,197
47 Western Australia82,720 0 82,720
48 Western Australia77,415 0 77,415
49 South Australia76,950 0 76,950
50 South Australia74,346 0 74,346

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Airport Traffic Data . Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics . 2022 . XLS . 24 Jan 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20200424181122/https://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/airport_traffic_data. 24 April 2020. live.
  2. Web site: Movements at Australian airports . . 27 January 2016 . 24 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Airport Traffic Data 1985–86 to 2014–15 . Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) . March 2016 . 24 March 2016.

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