Australia's most cancelled routes
Share of scheduled flights cancelled over the three months to Jul 2026, all airlines combined — recent enough to reflect how a route is running now, and still around a thousand flights per route. The national average over the same period is 1.5%.
| # | Route | Cancelled | Trend | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canberra ↔ Sydney | 4.9% | 83.2% | 3,456 | |
| 2 | Port Macquarie ↔ Sydney | 4.4% | 73.8% | 994 | |
| 3 | Canberra ↔ Melbourne | 3.8% | 78.9% | 2,207 | |
| 4 | Adelaide ↔ Port Lincoln | 3.6% | 82.2% | 1,493 | |
| 5 | Melbourne ↔ Sydney | 3.5% | 81.6% | 12,180 | |
| 6 | Launceston ↔ Melbourne | 3.2% | 65.5% | 1,710 | |
| 7 | Melbourne ↔ Mildura | 3.2% | 73.0% | 1,073 | |
| 8 | Brisbane ↔ Emerald | 2.8% | 89.4% | 854 | |
| 9 | Devonport ↔ Melbourne | 2.5% | 79.7% | 479 | |
| 10 | Orange ↔ Sydney | 2.5% | 73.7% | 203 | |
| 11 | Brisbane ↔ Rockhampton | 2.4% | 82.3% | 2,122 | |
| 12 | Brisbane ↔ Gladstone | 2.1% | 84.3% | 980 | |
| 13 | Kalgoorlie ↔ Perth | 2.0% | 83.4% | 1,160 | |
| 14 | Adelaide ↔ Canberra | 2.0% | 89.5% | 710 | |
| 15 | Adelaide ↔ Brisbane | 1.7% | 81.9% | 1,844 | |
| 16 | Adelaide ↔ Sydney | 1.7% | 83.5% | 3,323 | |
| 17 | Sydney ↔ Wagga Wagga | 1.5% | 75.7% | 1,116 | |
| 18 | Brisbane ↔ Mackay | 1.4% | 82.9% | 2,009 | |
| 19 | Albury ↔ Sydney | 1.3% | 74.8% | 996 | |
| 20 | Perth ↔ Port Hedland | 1.3% | 87.5% | 1,253 | |
| 21 | Brisbane ↔ Sydney | 1.2% | 79.0% | 6,880 | |
| 22 | Dubbo ↔ Sydney | 1.1% | 75.5% | 1,176 | |
| 23 | Launceston ↔ Sydney | 1.1% | 73.1% | 545 | |
| 24 | Perth ↔ Sydney | 1.1% | 80.3% | 2,543 | |
| 25 | Brisbane ↔ Townsville | 1.0% | 82.2% | 2,124 | |
| 26 | Hobart ↔ Sydney | 1.0% | 83.8% | 1,300 | |
| 27 | Coffs Harbour ↔ Sydney | 0.9% | 73.1% | 1,161 | |
| 28 | Adelaide ↔ Melbourne | 0.9% | 83.1% | 3,717 | |
| 29 | Gold Coast ↔ Melbourne | 0.9% | 72.0% | 2,736 | |
| 30 | Brisbane ↔ Melbourne | 0.8% | 80.7% | 5,589 | |
| 31 | Gold Coast ↔ Sydney | 0.8% | 79.5% | 4,063 | |
| 32 | Adelaide ↔ Perth | 0.7% | 89.3% | 1,225 | |
| 33 | Melbourne ↔ Newcastle | 0.7% | 80.4% | 888 | |
| 34 | Karratha ↔ Perth | 0.7% | 87.1% | 1,674 | |
| 35 | Sunshine Coast ↔ Sydney | 0.7% | 80.1% | 1,374 | |
| 36 | Broome ↔ Perth | 0.6% | 87.1% | 993 | |
| 37 | Hamilton Island ↔ Sydney | 0.6% | 74.4% | 338 | |
| 38 | Brisbane ↔ Hobart | 0.6% | 84.8% | 528 | |
| 39 | Ballina ↔ Sydney | 0.5% | 80.2% | 928 | |
| 40 | Ayers Rock ↔ Melbourne | 0.5% | 81.4% | 189 | |
| 41 | Cairns ↔ Sydney | 0.5% | 79.6% | 1,381 | |
| 42 | Brisbane ↔ Perth | 0.5% | 83.7% | 1,875 | |
| 43 | Adelaide ↔ Gold Coast | 0.5% | 71.2% | 429 | |
| 44 | Cairns ↔ Melbourne | 0.4% | 71.5% | 1,128 | |
| 45 | Brisbane ↔ Canberra | 0.4% | 83.0% | 1,707 | |
| 46 | Darwin ↔ Melbourne | 0.3% | 73.8% | 601 | |
| 47 | Melbourne ↔ Perth | 0.3% | 83.7% | 3,090 | |
| 48 | Hobart ↔ Melbourne | 0.3% | 74.5% | 2,326 | |
| 49 | Brisbane ↔ Newcastle | 0.2% | 80.4% | 1,354 | |
| 50 | Melbourne ↔ Sunshine Coast | 0.2% | 74.2% | 1,056 | |
| 51 | Newman ↔ Perth | 0.2% | 90.8% | 1,138 | |
| 52 | Brisbane ↔ Cairns | 0.2% | 80.4% | 2,438 | |
| 53 | Adelaide ↔ Alice Springs | 0.0% | 66.3% | 288 | |
| 54 | Brisbane ↔ Darwin | 0.0% | 77.1% | 660 | |
| 55 | Brisbane ↔ Hamilton Island | 0.0% | 76.5% | 396 | |
| 56 | Brisbane ↔ Launceston | 0.0% | 77.1% | 210 | |
| 57 | Brisbane ↔ Mount Isa | 0.0% | 85.5% | 420 | |
| 58 | Brisbane ↔ Proserpine | 0.0% | 77.0% | 418 | |
| 59 | Canberra ↔ Gold Coast | 0.0% | 80.9% | 272 | |
| 60 | Darwin ↔ Perth | 0.0% | 86.4% | 396 |
3 months to Jul 2026
0 routes with fewer than 30 flights a month are excluded from this ranking. On those, a single cancellation moves the rate by several points, which makes the ordering meaningless rather than informative — their figures are still shown on each route's own page.