Flight time
3h
Melbourne to Townsville, scheduled
Melbourne to Townsville
MEL → TSV · 2,055 km · Townsville to Melbourne
Distance
2,055 km
great-circle
Punctuality for this route is no longer reported, though historical figures remain below.
The route
2,055 km great-circle · 3h typical
Cancellations over time
Punctuality data begins Nov 2003 and runs to Jul 2018. Gaps are months with no reported services, not missing data.
Punctuality is no longer reported for this route. The historical series above ends Jul 2018.
Passengers, 2017 to 2026
Not enough data to chart.
Not enough data to chart.
Traffic: to Jun 2026 · Marks show industry events
Passenger figures count both directions together — Melbourne to Townsville and back. The published statistics do not separate them. Cancellations, punctuality and flight numbers above are for Melbourne to Townsville only.
How long is the flight?
Scheduled flight time from Melbourne to Townsville is 3h gate to gate, over 2,055 km. The return leg is scheduled at much the same, 3h 7m.
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
2 flight numbers currently scheduled from Melbourne to Townsville. 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 Jul 2018. The timetable below is current.
Typical flight time 3h.
Scheduled every day this week — 12 departures in all.
Jetstar · 1 · Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A321 NEO
JQ916
Qantas · 1 · Embraer 190
QF1942
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 | 15,813 · Jul 2018 |
| Great-circle distance | 2,055 km |
Traffic: to Jun 2026