Cancelled
1.7%
0.4 pts better than average
Townsville to Brisbane
TSV → BNE · 1,112 km · 367 flights a month · Brisbane to Townsville
On time (departures)
79.9%
national 78.2%
Flight time
1h 55m
15m shorter than the return
Latest month
0.8%
Jul 2026 cancelled
Airlines
4
on this direction
Punctuality: 12 months to Jul 2026
Flights between Townsville and Brisbane carried 87,801 passengers in both directions in Jun 2026, ranking 12th of the 62 routes with reported traffic that month. Over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 1.7% of flights from Townsville to Brisbane were cancelled, below the national average of 2.1%. Which airline you fly matters: Jetstar cancelled 2.5% of its flights in this direction, 4.5× the rate of Qantas at 0.6%. The route is busiest in July and quietest in February.
The route
1,112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Australia | Virgin Australia Group | 1,646 | 0.8% | 81.8% |
| QantasLink | Qantas Group | 1,580 | 2.5% | 81.1% |
| Jetstar | 827 | 2.5% | 70.6% | |
| Qantas | Qantas Group | 354 | 0.6% | 86.7% |
Cancellations over time
Punctuality data begins Nov 2003 and runs to Jul 2026. Gaps are months with no reported services, not missing data.
Passengers, 1984 to 2026
Traffic: to Jun 2026 · Marks show industry events
Passenger figures count both directions together — Townsville to Brisbane and back. The published statistics do not separate them. Cancellations, punctuality and flight numbers above are for Townsville to Brisbane 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 Townsville to Brisbane is 1h 55m gate to gate, over 1,112 km. The return leg is scheduled at 2h 10m — the two directions differ by 15m, 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
22 flight numbers currently scheduled from Townsville to Brisbane. 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 — 95 departures in all.
Qantas · 14 · Embraer 190, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-800 (winglets), Airbus A220-300
QF753 · QF863 · QF865 · QF867 · QF1547 · QF1551 · QF1555 · QF1861 · QF1863 · QF1865 · QF1867 · QF1871 · QF5905 · QF5907
Virgin Australia · 5 · Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-800 (winglets), Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737
VA382 · VA384 · VA388 · VA392 · VA394
Jetstar · 3 · Airbus A320, Airbus A320-200, Airbus A321 NEO
JQ905 · JQ907 · JQ909
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 | 98,751 · Jul 2018 |
| Pandemic low | 4,193 · Apr 2020 |
| Traffic vs 2019 average | 95.7% |
| Load factor, Jun 2026 | 82.5% |
| Aircraft trips, Jun 2026 | 705 |
| Great-circle distance | 1,112 km |
Traffic: to Jun 2026