Flight time
2h
Melbourne to Ballina, scheduled
Melbourne to Ballina
QNA → MEL · 1,274 km · Ballina to Melbourne
Distance
1,274 km
great-circle
The route
1,274 km great-circle · 2h typical
No punctuality data is published for this route — only 80 of Australia's 83 monitored domestic routes are covered. Traffic figures below are unaffected.
Passengers, 2020 to 2026
Not enough data to chart.
Traffic: to Jun 2026 · Marks show industry events
Passenger figures count both directions together — Melbourne to Ballina and back. The published statistics do not separate them. Cancellations, punctuality and flight numbers above are for Melbourne to Ballina only.
How long is the flight?
Scheduled flight time from Melbourne to Ballina is 2h gate to gate, over 1,274 km. The return leg is scheduled at 2h 20m — the two directions differ by 20m, so this way round is the quicker one.
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
1 flight number currently scheduled from Melbourne to Ballina. These are the numbers you book under — some are operated by a regional partner such as QantasLink or Alliance.
The route still operates, but it is no longer large enough to appear in the published passenger statistics — those end May 2022. The timetable below is current.
Typical flight time 2h.
Scheduled every day this week — 7 departures in all.
Jetstar · 1 · Airbus A320
JQ464
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 record | 33,291 · Dec 2021 |
| Pandemic low | 11,866 · Apr 2021 |
| Great-circle distance | 1,274 km |
Traffic: to Jun 2026