Ballina Airport
QNA · 2 monitored domestic routes · data from Jan 2009
Airport traffic: to Apr 2026
Ballina handled 49,947 passenger movements in Apr 2026, the 20th busiest of the 22 monitored airports. It handles no scheduled international services. Traffic now runs 13% above 2019. Across its 1 monitored routes, 1.5% of flights were cancelled — below the national average.
A passenger movement is not the same as a passenger. Every domestic passenger is counted twice — once departing, once arriving — while an international passenger is counted once. That is the official definition, and it is why these totals cannot be added to the route figures elsewhere on this site.
Passenger movements, 2009 to 2026
To Apr 2026 · Marks show industry events
Aircraft movements
To Apr 2026
Busiest routes from Ballina
| Route | Passengers | Month |
|---|---|---|
| Ballina ↔ Sydney | 33,225 | Jun 2026 |
| Ballina ↔ Melbourne | 8,480 | May 2022 |
Route passengers are a different measure from airport movements above — one trip, not two.
Punctuality on Ballina routes
Across all 1 monitored routes touching this airport, 1.5% of scheduled flights were cancelled over the 12 months to Jul 2026 — against a national average of 2.1%.
| Route | Cancelled | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballina ↔ Sydney | 1.5% | 79.1% | 3,731 |
Punctuality: 12 months to Jul 2026
Ballina in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 106,421 · Dec 2021 |
| National ranking, 2025 | 18th busiest |
| Busiest year on record | 639,313 · 2022 |
| Data coverage | Jan 2009 – Apr 2026 (208 months) |
| Domestic share, Apr 2026 | 100.0% |
| 2019 monthly average | 44,440 |