Broome Airport
BME · 1 monitored domestic routes · data from Jan 1985
Reporting for Broome stopped in Jul 2013, when it dropped out of the top twenty airports. Everything below is historical.
Airport traffic: to Jul 2013
Broome handled 47,206 passenger movements in Jul 2013, the 21st busiest of the 22 monitored airports. Across its 1 monitored routes, 0.8% of flights were cancelled — well 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, 1985 to 2013
To Jul 2013 · Marks show industry events
Aircraft movements
To Jul 2013
Busiest routes from Broome
| Route | Passengers | Month |
|---|---|---|
| Broome ↔ Perth | 36,031 | Jun 2026 |
Route passengers are a different measure from airport movements above — one trip, not two.
Punctuality on Broome routes
Across all 1 monitored routes touching this airport, 0.8% of scheduled flights were cancelled over the 12 months to Jul 2026 — against a national average of 2.1%.
| Route | Cancelled | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broome ↔ Perth | 0.8% | 81.9% | 3,404 |
Punctuality: 12 months to Jul 2026
Broome in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 48,473 · Jul 2009 |
| National ranking, 2025 | 22nd busiest |
| Busiest year on record | 461,769 · 2025 |
| Data coverage | Jan 1985 – Jul 2013 (343 months) |
| Domestic share, Jul 2013 | 100.0% |