OPS · DELAYS BUILDING CANCELLATIONS · 1.4% · NORMAL

21%of flights across 11 Australian airports are running 15+ minutes late right now

Melbourne is the most disrupted airport at 29% delayed across 1,529 flights. Departures are running at least 3 points later than arrivals at 9 of 11 airports. Brisbane has the most cancellations today with 33.

6,674on the boards

1,434delayed 15+

96cancelled

11 airports · live boards · updated 2026-09-07 02:50:26.994 UTC

Live map

Share delayed at each hub

MEL 29% BNE 29% OOL 20% CBR 19% SYD 18% PER 15% HBA 15% ADL 13% CNS 13% MCY 13% DRW 8%

calm under 10%
minor 10 to 19%
building 20 to 29%
heavy 30% or more
dot size is flights on the boards

Airports now

Ranked by share of flights delayed

01 MELMelbourne1,529 flights12 cancelled 29%building ARR 20%DEP 37% 02 BNEBrisbane1,309 flights33 cancelled 29%building ARR 15%DEP 43% 03 OOLGold Coast273 flights2 cancelled 20%building ARR 11%DEP 29% 04 CBRCanberra236 flights3 cancelled 19%minor ARR 15%DEP 23% 05 SYDSydney1,459 flights31 cancelled 18%minor ARR 15%DEP 20% 06 PERPerth676 flights10 cancelled 15%minor ARR 7%DEP 23% 07 HBAHobart124 flights0 cancelled 15%minor ARR 16%DEP 13% 08 ADLAdelaide521 flights4 cancelled 13%minor ARR 9%DEP 18% 09 CNSCairns291 flights0 cancelled 13%minor ARR 12%DEP 14% 10 MCYSunshine Coast79 flights1 cancelled 13%minor ARR 10%DEP 15% 11 DRWDarwin177 flights0 cancelled 8%calm ARR 7%DEP 10%

Where the delay sits

Departures against arrivals

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BNE 15%43%

MEL 20%37%

OOL 11%29%

CBR 15%23%

PER 7%23%

SYD 15%20%

ADL 9%18%

MCY 10%15%

CNS 12%14%

HBA 16%13%

DRW 7%10%

arrivals delayed
departures delayed

Departures carry the wider gap right now. Brisbane is holding 43% of departures late while landing 15% late.

By service type

Domestic, Trans-Tasman and international

DOMESTIC 19%delayed 15+ min 5,232 flights · both airports in Australia

TRANS-TASMAN 36%delayed 15+ min 313 flights · between Australia and New Zealand

INTERNATIONAL 28%delayed 15+ min 1,121 flights · every other country pair

8 flights could not be placed.

Official benchmark

What a normal month looks like

BITRE · Australian Government Domestic · July 2026

78.8%on-time departures

78.4%on-time arrivals

1.5%cancellations

OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗

Participating Australian airlines and routes meeting BITRE reporting criteria only. These figures cover a different reporting period from the live board above.

How services are classified

Domestic means both airports are in Australia. Trans-Tasman means one airport is in Australia and the other is in New Zealand. International covers every other country pair we can identify. Flights we cannot place stay outside these filters.

Live figures come from Pro Flight Search board observations across 11 Australian airports and refresh through the day.