List of the busiest airports in Australia
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This is a list of the busiest airports in Australia by passenger traffic, passenger movements and aircraft movements.
Top 50 airports by revenue passenger traffic
This is a list of the revenue passenger traffic by airport from 2023 to 2024, compiled by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics.{{cite web | url = https://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/airport_traffic_data | title = Airport Traffic Data 1985–86 to 2023–24—XLSX | publisher = Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) | date = 3 February 2025 | access-date = 4 March 2025}}
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! Rank (2023-24) !! Airport !! Location !! State/territory ! Domestic revenue passengers !! International revenue passengers !! Total revenue passengers | |||||
| 1 | Sydney Airport | Sydney | New South Wales
| align=right|24,720,397 | align=right|15,847,476 | align=right|40,567,873 |
| 2 | Melbourne Airport | Melbourne | Victoria
| align=right|23,879,584 | align=right|10,962,676 | align=right|34,842,260 |
| 3 | Brisbane Airport | Brisbane | Queensland
| align=right|16,657,146 | align=right|5,576,987 | align=right|22,234,133 |
| 4 | Perth Airport | Perth | Western Australia
| align=right|8,456,662 | align=right|4,330,306 | align=right|12,786,968 |
| 5 | Adelaide Airport | Adelaide | South Australia
| align=right|7,297,551 | align=right|951,210 | align=right|8,248,761 |
| 6 | Gold Coast Airport | Gold Coast | Queensland
| align=right|5,613,782 | align=right|708,104 | align=right|6,321,886 |
| 7 | Cairns Airport | Cairns | Queensland
| align=right|4,035,800 | align=right|598,832 | align=right|4,634,632 |
| 8 | Canberra Airport | Canberra | Australian Capital Territory
| align=right|2,794,200 | align=right|26,195 | align=right|2,820,395 |
| 9 | Hobart Airport | Hobart | Tasmania
| align=right|2,651,674 | align=right|25,758 | align=right|2,677,432 |
| 10 | Sunshine Coast Airport | Sunshine Coast | Queensland
| align=right|1,884,990 | align=right|12,594 | align=right|1,897,584 |
| 11 | Darwin Airport | Darwin | Northern Territory
| align=right|1,593,329 | align=right|188,352 | align=right|1,781,681 |
| 12 | Townsville Airport | Townsville | Queensland
| align=right|1,671,367 | align=right|0 | align=right|1,671,367 |
| 13 | Launceston Airport | Launceston | Tasmania
| align=right|1,412,989 | align=right|0 | align=right|1,412,989 |
| 14 | Newcastle Airport | Newcastle | New South Wales
| align=right|1,201,167 | align=right|0 | align=right|1,201,167 |
| 15 | Mackay Airport | Mackay | Queensland
| align=right|911,711 | align=right|0 | align=right|911,711 |
| 16 | Rockhampton Airport | Rockhampton | Queensland
| align=right|656,238 | align=right|0 | align=right|656,238 |
| 17 | Ballina Byron Gateway Airport | Ballina, New South Wales | New South Wales
| align=right|620,258 | align=right|0 | align=right|620,258 |
| 18 | Karratha Airport | Karratha | Western Australia
| align=right|578,078 | align=right|0 | align=right|578,078 |
| 19 | Whitsunday Coast Airport | Proserpine | Queensland
| align=right|506,464 | align=right|0 | align=right|506,464 |
| 20 | Hamilton Island Airport | Hamilton Island | Queensland
| align=right|489,740 | align=right|0 | align=right|489,740 |
| 21 | Port Hedland International Airport | Port Hedland | Western Australia
| align=right|479,295 | align=right|0 | align=right|479,295 |
| 22 | Broome International Airport | Broome | Western Australia
| align=right|439,453 | align=right|0 | align=right|439,453 |
| 23 | Newman Airport | Newman | Western Australia
| align=right|372,181 | align=right|0 | align=right|372,181 |
| 24 | Alice Springs Airport | Alice Springs | Northern Territory
| align=right|367,236 | align=right|0 | align=right|367,236 |
| 25 | Kalgoorlie–Boulder Airport | Kalgoorlie | Western Australia
| align=right|361,876 | align=right|0 | align=right|361,876 |
| 26 | Ayers Rock Airport | Yulara | Northern Territory
| align=right|283,551 | align=right|0 | align=right|283,551 |
| 27 | Albury Airport | Albury | New South Wales
| align=right|276,473 | align=right|0 | align=right|276,473 |
| 28 | Paraburdoo Airport | Paraburdoo | Western Australia
| align=right|263,370 | align=right|0 | align=right|263,370 |
| 29 | Coffs Harbour Airport | Coffs Harbour | New South Wales
| align=right|263,141 | align=right|0 | align=right|263,141 |
| 30 | Gladstone Airport | Gladstone | Queensland
| align=right|240,229 | align=right|0 | align=right|240,229 |
| 31 | Mount Isa Airport | Mount Isa | Queensland
| align=right|232,297 | align=right|0 | align=right|232,297 |
| 32 | Mildura Airport | Mildura | Victoria
| align=right|231,854 | align=right|0 | align=right|231,854 |
| 33 | Port Macquarie Airport | Port Macquarie | New South Wales
| align=right|226,932 | align=right|0 | align=right|226,932 |
| 34 | Wagga Wagga Airport | Wagga Wagga | New South Wales
| align=right|201,614 | align=right|0 | align=right|201,614 |
| 35 | Emerald Airport | Emerald | Queensland
| align=right|195,908 | align=right|0 | align=right|195,908 |
| 36 | Dubbo Airport | Dubbo | New South Wales
| align=right|195,095 | align=right|0 | align=right|195,095 |
| 37 | Tamworth Airport | Tamworth | New South Wales
| align=right|172,980 | align=right|0 | align=right|172,980 |
| 38 | Port Lincoln Airport | Port Lincoln | South Australia
| align=right|171,635 | align=right|0 | align=right|171,635 |
| 39 | Bundaberg Airport | Bundaberg | Queensland
| align=right|165,224 | align=right|0 | align=right|165,224 |
| 40 | Hervey Bay Airport | Hervey Bay | Queensland
| align=right|154,744 | align=right|0 | align=right|154,744 |
| 41 | Devonport Airport | Devonport | Tasmania
| align=right|121,562 | align=right|0 | align=right|121,562 |
| 42 | Moranbah Airport | Moranbah | Queensland
| align=right|111,076 | align=right|0 | align=right|111,076 |
| 43 | Horn Island Airport | Thursday Island{{efn|Thursday Island is listed as the name in the dataset; however, the airport is located on Horn Island, about 8km from Thursday Island.}} | Queensland
| align=right|110,267 | align=right|0 | align=right|110,267 |
| 44 | Geraldton Airport | Geraldton | Western Australia
| align=right|109,887 | align=right|0 | align=right|109,887 |
| 45 | Armidale Airport | Armidale | New South Wales
| align=right|105,691 | align=right|0 | align=right|105,691 |
| 46 | Olympic Dam Airport | Olympic Dam | South Australia
| align=right|103,589 | align=right|0 | align=right|103,589 |
| 47 | Learmonth Airport | Exmouth | Western Australia
| align=right|103,108 | align=right|0 | align=right|103,108 |
| 48 | Orange Airport | Orange | New South Wales
| align=right|99,332 | align=right|0 | align=right|99,332 |
| 49 | East Kimberley Regional Airport | Kununurra | Western Australia
| align=right|98,605 | align=right|0 | align=right|98,605 |
| 50 | Weipa Airport | Weipa | Queensland
| align=right|89,971 | align=right|0 | align=right|89,971 |
Note: data not available for Avalon Airport; regular public transport operations only.
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.{{cite web
| title = Airport Traffic Data
| publisher = Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics
| year = 2022
| url = http://bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/airport_traffic_data.aspx
| format = XLS
| access-date = 24 Jan 2023
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424181122/https://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/airport_traffic_data
|archive-date=24 April 2020
|url-status=live
}}
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| Rank||Airport||Location||IATA||1985–86||1990–91||1995–96||2000–01||2005–06||2010–11||2015–16||2016–17||2017–18||2018-19||2019-20||2020-21||2021-22 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Sydney Airport | Sydney, New South Wales | SYD | 9,498,000 | 12,361,000 | 19,878,000 | 25,814,000 | 28,996,000 | 35,958,000 | 41,105,000 | 42,614,000 | 44,035,000 | 44,376,000 | 32,195,000 | 7,804,000 | 13,670,000 |
| 2 | Melbourne Airport | Melbourne, Victoria | MEL | 6,476,000 | 8,346,000 | 12,972,000 | 16,881,000 | 21,041,000 | 27,963,000 | 33,705,000 | 34,878,000 | 36,319,000 | 37,057,000 | 27,003,000 | 6,106,000 | 12,817,000 |
| 3 | Brisbane Airport | Brisbane, Queensland | BNE | 3,457,000 | 5,246,000 | 9,236,000 | 12,467,000 | 16,016,000 | 19,975,000 | 22,320,000 | 22,653,000 | 23,238,000 | 23,623,000 | 17,805,000 | 7,530,000 | 10,023,000 |
| 4 | Perth Airport | Perth, Western Australia | PER | 1,939,000 | 2,508,000 | 4,145,000 | 5,162,000 | 7,005,000 | 10,890,000 | 12,558,000 | 12,453,000 | 12,433,000 | 12,406,000 | 9,346,000 | 3,262,000 | 4,757,000 |
| 5 | Adelaide Airport | Adelaide, South Australia | ADL | 2,082,000 | 2,461,000 | 3,743,000 | 4,443,000 | 5,767,000 | 7,279,000 | 7,778,000 | 7,999,000 | 8,274,000 | 8,368,000 | 6,246,000 | 2,751,000 | 3,821,000 |
| 6 | Gold Coast Airport | Gold Coast, Queensland | OOL | 778,000 | 1,090,000 | 1,993,000 | 1,888,000 | 3,515,000 | 5,486,000 | 6,273,000 | 6,457,000 | 6,541,000 | 6,414,000 | 4,779,000 | 2,002,000 | 2,996,000 |
| 7 | Cairns Airport | Cairns, Queensland | CNS | 578,000 | 1,288,000 | 2,595,000 | 2,891,000 | 3,731,000 | 3,859,000 | 4,711,000 | 4,898,000 | 4,969,000 | 4,859,000 | 3,472,000 | 2,082,000 | 2,625,000 |
| 8 | Hobart Airport | Hobart, Tasmania | HBA | 506,000 | 590,000 | 850,000 | 974,000 | 1,606,000 | 1,903,000 | 2,313,000 | 2,441,000 | 2,596,000 | 2,726,000 | 2,074,000 | 1,037,000 | 1,506,000 |
| 9 | Canberra Airport | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | CBR | 1,008,000 | 1,124,000 | 1,750,000 | 2,107,000 | 2,550,000 | 3,241,000 | 2,831,000 | 3,013,000 | 3,179,000 | 3,218,000 | 2,350,000 | 1,045,000 | 1,286,000 |
| 10 | Townsville Airport | Townsville, Queensland | TSV | 1,030,000 | 512,000 | 598,000 | 732,000 | 1,161,000 | 1,630,000 | 1,530,000 | 1,535,000 | 1,627,000 | 1,594,000 | 1,216,000 | 976,000 | 1,195,000 |
Note: Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Darwin Airport 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,{{cite web
| title = Movements at Australian airports
| publisher = Airservices Australia
| date = 27 January 2016
| url = http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/publications/reports-and-statistics/movements-at-australian-airports/
| access-date = 24 March 2016}} this list includes regular public transport operations and private operations.
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! Rank | Airport | Location | IATA
! 2000 ! 2005 ! 2010 ! 2015 ! 2020 | |||||
| 1 | Parafield Airport | Adelaide, South Australia | N/A | 158,268 | 177,432 | 228,290 | 235,384 | 272,646 |
| 2 | Moorabbin Airport | Melbourne, Victoria | MBW | 256,644 | 264,734 | 252,218 | 242,542 | 268,054 |
| 3 | Sydney Airport | Sydney, New South Wales | SYD | 308,342 | 281,738 | 304,938 | 336,956 | 267,862 |
| 4 | Archerfield Airport | Brisbane, Queensland | N/A | 182,682 | 141,466 | 118,354 | 133,872 | 196,708 |
| 5 | Bankstown Airport | Sydney, New South Wales | BWU | 298,798 | 275,846 | 275,978 | 220,166 | 235,048 |
| 6 | Jandakot Airport | Perth, Western Australia | JAD | 265,700 | 372,300 | 295,516 | 222,874 | 226,932 |
| 7 | Melbourne Airport | Melbourne, Victoria | MEL | 174,462 | 180,278 | 205,202 | 235,314 | 188,560 |
| 8 | Brisbane Airport | Brisbane, Queensland | BNE | 169,198 | 164,538 | 187,956 | 220,154 | 173,426 |
| 9 | Perth Airport | Perth, Western Australia | PER | 103,198 | 101,648 | 124,640 | 138,728 | 118,466 |
| 10 | Adelaide Airport | Adelaide, South Australia | ADL | 112,554 | 106,840 | 101,560 | 106,630 | 87,482 |
Notes
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