Australian Flight Data

Launceston Airport

LST · 3 monitored domestic routes · data from Jan 1985

Passenger movements
124,911
Apr 2026
International share
0%
0 movements
Aircraft movements
1,224
landings and take-offs
vs 2019
116.3%
of pre-pandemic average

Airport traffic: to Apr 2026

Launceston handled 124,911 passenger movements in Apr 2026, the 13th busiest of the 22 monitored airports. It handles no scheduled international services. Traffic now runs 16% above 2019. Across its 3 monitored routes, 2.2% of flights were cancelled — close to 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 2026

080,351160,701 Apr 2025Oct 2025Apr 2026
080,351160,701Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Apr 2021Oct 2023Apr 2026
080,351160,701Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Apr 2016Apr 2021Apr 2026
080,351160,701The pilots' dispute grounds domestic aviation — Aug 1989 Domestic deregulation ends the Two Airline Policy — Oct 1990 Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Tiger Airways Australia enters the market — Apr 2008 Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Qantas grounds its entire fleet — Oct 2011 Skywest becomes Virgin Australia Regional Airlines — May 2013 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Jan 1985Sep 2005Apr 2026

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Aircraft movements

07441,488 Apr 2025Oct 2025Apr 2026
07681,535Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Apr 2021Oct 2023Apr 2026
07981,596Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Apr 2016Apr 2021Apr 2026
07981,596The pilots' dispute grounds domestic aviation — Aug 1989 Domestic deregulation ends the Two Airline Policy — Oct 1990 Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Tiger Airways Australia enters the market — Apr 2008 Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Qantas grounds its entire fleet — Oct 2011 Skywest becomes Virgin Australia Regional Airlines — May 2013 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Jan 1985Sep 2005Apr 2026

To Apr 2026

Busiest routes from Launceston

RoutePassengersMonth
Launceston ↔ Melbourne 65,713 Jun 2026
Launceston ↔ Sydney 22,631 Jun 2026
Launceston ↔ Brisbane 11,041 Jun 2026

Route passengers are a different measure from airport movements above — one trip, not two.

Punctuality on Launceston routes

Across all 3 monitored routes touching this airport, 2.2% of scheduled flights were cancelled over the 12 months to Jul 2026 — against a national average of 2.1%.

RouteCancelledOn timeFlights
Launceston ↔ Melbourne 2.8% 68.7% 7,232
Launceston ↔ Sydney 1.2% 72.1% 2,578
Launceston ↔ Brisbane 0.3% 78.6% 1,006

Punctuality: 12 months to Jul 2026

Launceston in numbers

Busiest month on record160,701 · Jan 2026
National ranking, 2025 13th busiest
Busiest year on record 1,464,486 · 2025
Data coverageJan 1985 – Apr 2026 (496 months)
Domestic share, Apr 2026100.0%
2019 monthly average116,275