OPS · DELAYS BUILDING CANCELLATIONS · 3.4% · ELEVATED

25%of flights across 11 Australian airports are running 15+ minutes late right now

Melbourne is the most disrupted airport at 32% delayed across 1,996 flights. Departures are running at least 3 points later than arrivals at 8 of 11 airports. Brisbane has the most cancellations today with 149.

8,970on the boards

2,224delayed 15+

304cancelled

11 airports · live boards · updated 2026-11-06 08:40:16.987 UTC

Live map

Share delayed at each hub

MEL 32% BNE 30% OOL 28% HBA 28% SYD 23% PER 23% CBR 20% ADL 18% DRW 11% MCY 10% CNS 0%

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 MELMelbourne1,996 flights59 cancelled 32%heavy ARR 23%DEP 41% 02 BNEBrisbane1,899 flights149 cancelled 30%heavy ARR 14%DEP 44% 03 OOLGold Coast315 flights6 cancelled 28%building ARR 14%DEP 42% 04 HBAHobart167 flights0 cancelled 28%building ARR 27%DEP 28% 05 SYDSydney1,713 flights58 cancelled 23%building ARR 21%DEP 24% 06 PERPerth1,153 flights8 cancelled 23%building ARR 11%DEP 34% 07 CBRCanberra377 flights8 cancelled 20%building ARR 15%DEP 24% 08 ADLAdelaide714 flights12 cancelled 18%minor ARR 14%DEP 23% 09 DRWDarwin164 flights0 cancelled 11%minor ARR 11%DEP 11% 10 MCYSunshine Coast103 flights1 cancelled 10%minor ARR 4%DEP 15% 11 CNSCairns369 flights3 cancelled 0%calm ARR 0%DEP 0%

Where the delay sits

Departures against arrivals

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BNE 14%44%

OOL 14%42%

MEL 23%41%

PER 11%34%

HBA 27%28%

SYD 21%24%

CBR 15%24%

ADL 14%23%

MCY 4%15%

DRW 11%11%

CNS 0%0%

arrivals delayed
departures delayed

Departures carry the wider gap right now. Brisbane is holding 44% of departures late while landing 14% late.

By service type

Domestic, Trans-Tasman and international

DOMESTIC 24%delayed 15+ min 7,394 flights · both airports in Australia

TRANS-TASMAN 29%delayed 15+ min 367 flights · between Australia and New Zealand

INTERNATIONAL 28%delayed 15+ min 1,183 flights · every other country pair

26 flights could not be placed.

Official benchmark

What a normal month looks like

BITRE · Australian Government Domestic · September 2026

79.0%on-time departures

78.7%on-time arrivals

1.3%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.