List of the busiest airports in Australia

Total monthly arrivals to Australia since 1976

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

At a glance

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]

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.

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.

References

1. "Airport Traffic Data" (XLS). Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics. 2022. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
2. "Movements at Australian airports". Airservices Australia. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
3. "Airport Traffic Data 1985–86 to 2014–15". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.