Passenger movements
61,024
in 2025
Broken Hill Airport
BHQ · yearly totals, 1985–2025
Busiest airports
59th
in Australia, 2025
Aircraft movements
2,529
landings and take-offs
vs 2019
100.1%
of the pre-pandemic year
Airport traffic: 2025
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, 1985 to 2025
Calendar years to 2025
Aircraft movements
Calendar years to 2025
Broken Hill in numbers
| Busiest year on record | 70,078 · 2018 |
| Years of data | 1985 – 2025 |
| 2019 total | 60,962 |
| National ranking, 2025 | 59th busiest |
Monthly figures, route detail and punctuality are published for Australia's twenty busiest airports — you can find those on the airports index.