Airports in Australia
155 airports with scheduled flights, busiest first.
Australia has 155 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 15 of them large. The busiest are Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD, 42.6 million passengers, BITRE, 2025), Melbourne Airport (MEL, 36.7 million passengers, BITRE, 2025) and Brisbane International Airport (BNE, 24.5 million passengers, BITRE, 2025). Melbourne has more than one airport.
Cities with more than one airport
Busiest routes
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| MEL – SYD | 706 km | 8,091,178 |
| BNE – SYD | 751 km | 4,431,416 |
| BNE – MEL | 1,379 km | 3,691,322 |
| OOL – SYD | 678 km | 2,609,754 |
| ADL – MEL | 642 km | 2,409,362 |
| MEL – OOL | 1,328 km | 2,216,157 |
| MEL – PER | 2,706 km | 2,113,102 |
| ADL – SYD | 1,166 km | 1,900,844 |
| SIN – SYD | 6,288 km | 1,758,167 |
| PER – SYD | 3,284 km | 1,742,359 |
| MEL – SIN | 6,024 km | 1,739,044 |
| PER – SIN | 3,895 km | 1,480,147 |
| HBA – MEL | 617 km | 1,457,845 |
| AKL – SYD | 2,164 km | 1,321,410 |
| BNE – CNS | 1,389 km | 1,305,346 |
| DPS – PER | 2,569 km | 1,165,021 |
| DPS – MEL | 4,376 km | 1,146,291 |
| BNE – PER | 3,614 km | 1,144,127 |
| AKL – MEL | 2,643 km | 1,091,173 |
| HKG – SYD | 7,372 km | 1,065,358 |
Questions
Australia has 155 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 15 of them large airports (OurAirports, 14 October 2026). Airfields without airline service are not counted.
Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), Melbourne Airport (MEL), Brisbane International Airport (BNE), Perth International Airport (PER), Adelaide International Airport (ADL) and Gold Coast Airport (OOL), by passengers a year in open data. The full list with ICAO codes is on this page.
Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), with 42.6 million passengers (BITRE, 2025).
Melbourne (MEL, MEB, MBW, AVV).