Australian Flight Data

Brisbane to Gladstone

BNE → GLT · 434 km · 162 flights a month · Gladstone to Brisbane

Cancelled
2.6%
0.5 pts worse than average
On time (departures)
82.7%
national 78.2%
Flight time
1h 15m
scheduled, gate to gate
Latest month
2.4%
Jul 2026 cancelled
Airlines
2
on this direction

Punctuality: 12 months to Jul 2026

Flights between Brisbane and Gladstone carried 17,722 passengers in both directions in Jun 2026, ranking 42nd of the 62 routes with reported traffic that month. Over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 2.6% of flights from Brisbane to Gladstone were cancelled, above the national average of 2.1%. Which airline you fly matters: QantasLink cancelled 3.3% of its flights in this direction, 13.7× the rate of Virgin Australia at 0.2%. Traffic is still running at 84.1% of its 2019 average. The route is busiest in August and quietest in January.

The route

Brisbane Gladstone

434 km great-circle · 1h 15m typical

Punctuality by airline

12 months to Jul 2026. Qantas and QantasLink are reported separately in the source data and are shown that way here — on many routes the difference between them is large.

AirlineGroupFlightsCancelledOn time
QantasLink Qantas Group 1,526 3.3% 82.0%
Virgin Australia Virgin Australia Group 416 0.2% 85.1%

Cancellations over time

0%3%6% Jul 2025Jan 2026Jul 2026
0%18%35%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 Jul 2021Jan 2024Jul 2026
0%19%39%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 Jul 2016Aug 2021Jul 2026
0%19%39%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 2012Apr 2019Jul 2026

Punctuality data begins Nov 2003 and runs to Jul 2026. Gaps are months with no reported services, not missing data.

Passengers, 2011 to 2026

010,15820,316 Jun 2025Dec 2025Jun 2026
010,15820,316Delta 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 Jun 2021Dec 2023Jun 2026
014,73129,462Tigerair 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 Jun 2016Jun 2021Jun 2026
022,05944,118Volcanic 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 Apr 2011Nov 2018Jun 2026

Traffic: to Jun 2026 · Marks show industry events

Passenger figures count both directions together — Brisbane to Gladstone and back. The published statistics do not separate them. Cancellations, punctuality and flight numbers above are for Brisbane to Gladstone only.

When is this route busiest?

Average passengers by calendar month, relative to the annual average. 2020 and 2021 are excluded — those years were a structural break, not a season, and leaving them in shifts the apparent peak month on most routes. Higher months are typically the more expensive ones to fly.

J: 0.82× the annual average J F: 0.84× the annual average F M: 0.97× the annual average M A: 1.00× the annual average A M: 1.00× the annual average M J: 1.03× the annual average J J: 1.09× the annual average J A: 1.09× the annual average A S: 1.05× the annual average S O: 1.09× the annual average O N: 1.05× the annual average N D: 0.96× the annual average D

Both directions combined, as published.

How long is the flight?

Scheduled flight time from Brisbane to Gladstone is 1h 15m gate to gate, over 434 km. The return leg is scheduled at much the same, 1h 12m.

This is scheduled block time — from leaving the gate to reaching it at the other end — not time in the air, and not a substitute for checking your own booking. It is a median across the flights currently timetabled on this leg.

Flight numbers on this route

13 flight numbers currently scheduled from Brisbane to Gladstone. These are the numbers you book under — some are operated by a regional partner such as QantasLink or Alliance.

Typical flight time 1h 15m.

Scheduled every day this week — 38 departures in all.

Qantas · 10 · Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 / DHC-8-400, Embraer 190

QF1894 · QF1918 · QF1920 · QF1922 · QF2330 · QF2332 · QF2334 · QF2336 · QF2338 · QF2340

Virgin Australia · 3 · Fokker 70

VA1707 · VA1709 · VA1715

Current timetable as at 2026-09-06

Timetables change; these are not a booking source and carry no punctuality figures of their own. The cancellation and on-time rates above are for the route as a whole, not for any single flight number — per-flight performance is not collected.

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record44,118 · Oct 2013
Pandemic low1,015 · Apr 2020
Traffic vs 2019 average84.1%
Load factor, Jun 202669.0%
Aircraft trips, Jun 2026316
Great-circle distance434 km

Traffic: to Jun 2026

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