Cancelled
1.4%
0.7 pts better than average
Sydney to Hobart
SYD → HBA · 1,039 km · 240 flights a month · Hobart to Sydney
On time (departures)
76.3%
national 78.2%
Flight time
1h 55m
scheduled, gate to gate
Latest month
0.0%
Jul 2026 cancelled
Airlines
4
on this direction
Punctuality: 12 months to Jul 2026
Flights between Sydney and Hobart carried 57,446 passengers in both directions in Jun 2026, ranking 22nd of the 62 routes with reported traffic that month. Over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 1.4% of flights from Sydney to Hobart were cancelled, below the national average of 2.1%. Which airline you fly matters: QantasLink cancelled 3.3% of its flights in this direction, 9.3× the rate of Virgin Australia at 0.4%. Traffic now runs 15% above its 2019 average. The route is busiest in January and quietest in August.
The route
1,039 km great-circle · 1h 55m 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.
| Airline | Group | Flights | Cancelled | On time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jetstar | 1,016 | 1.0% | 77.6% | |
| Virgin Australia | Virgin Australia Group | 832 | 0.4% | 85.0% |
| QantasLink | Qantas Group | 750 | 3.3% | 64.1% |
| Qantas | Qantas Group | 286 | 1.1% | 77.0% |
Cancellations over time
Punctuality data begins Nov 2003 and runs to Jul 2026. Gaps are months with no reported services, not missing data.
Passengers, 1994 to 2026
Traffic: to Jun 2026 · Marks show industry events
Passenger figures count both directions together — Sydney to Hobart and back. The published statistics do not separate them. Cancellations, punctuality and flight numbers above are for Sydney to Hobart 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.
Both directions combined, as published.
How long is the flight?
Scheduled flight time from Sydney to Hobart is 1h 55m gate to gate, over 1,039 km. The return leg is scheduled at much the same, 1h 50m.
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
11 flight numbers currently scheduled from Sydney to Hobart. These are the numbers you book under — some are operated by a regional partner such as QantasLink or Alliance.
Typical flight time 1h 55m.
Scheduled every day this week — 58 departures in all.
Qantas · 5 · Airbus A220-300, Airbus A320
QF1503 · QF1505 · QF1507 · QF5719 · QF5725
Jetstar · 3 · Airbus A320, Airbus A320 (Sharklets)
JQ719 · JQ721 · JQ725
Virgin Australia · 3 · Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737, Boeing 737-700
VA1528 · VA1530 · VA1536
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 | 95,718 · Jan 2026 |
| Pandemic low | 404 · Aug 2021 |
| Traffic vs 2019 average | 115.4% |
| Load factor, Jun 2026 | 84.8% |
| Aircraft trips, Jun 2026 | 414 |
| Great-circle distance | 1,039 km |
Traffic: to Jun 2026