Sunshine Coast Airport
MCY · 2 monitored domestic routes · data from Jan 1985
Airport traffic: to Apr 2026
Sunshine Coast handled 160,794 passenger movements in Apr 2026, the 10th busiest of the 22 monitored airports. Traffic now runs 37% above 2019. Across its 2 monitored routes, 0.6% 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 2026
To Apr 2026 · Marks show industry events
Aircraft movements
To Apr 2026
Busiest routes from Sunshine Coast
| Route | Passengers | Month |
|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Coast ↔ Sydney | 58,682 | Jun 2026 |
| Sunshine Coast ↔ Melbourne | 56,025 | Jun 2026 |
Route passengers are a different measure from airport movements above — one trip, not two.
Punctuality on Sunshine Coast routes
Across all 2 monitored routes touching this airport, 0.6% of scheduled flights were cancelled over the 12 months to Jul 2026 — against a national average of 2.1%.
| Route | Cancelled | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Coast ↔ Sydney | 0.9% | 73.8% | 5,512 |
| Sunshine Coast ↔ Melbourne | 0.3% | 70.2% | 4,676 |
Punctuality: 12 months to Jul 2026
Sunshine Coast in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 181,062 · Jan 2024 |
| National ranking, 2025 | 11th busiest |
| Busiest year on record | 1,851,637 · 2023 |
| Data coverage | Jan 1985 – Apr 2026 (496 months) |
| Domestic share, Apr 2026 | 94.8% |
| 2019 monthly average | 106,920 |