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✈️ Busiest Airports in Australia

Airports ranked by revenue passengers in 2024–25.

📅 2025📏 million passengers40 entries🇦🇺 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 157.5M (40 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.
1
Sydney AirportSydney, New South Wales
41.8M
2
Melbourne AirportMelbourne, Victoria
36.0M
3
Brisbane AirportBrisbane, Queensland
23.8M
4
Perth AirportPerth, Western Australia
14.2M
5
Adelaide AirportAdelaide, South Australia
8.4M
6
Gold Coast AirportGold Coast, Queensland
6.0M
7
Cairns AirportCairns, Queensland
4.7M
8
Hobart AirportHobart, Tasmania
2.8M
9
Canberra AirportCanberra, Australian Capital Territory
2.8M
10
Darwin AirportDarwin, Northern Territory
1.9M
11
Townsville AirportTownsville, Queensland
1.7M
12
Sunshine Coast AirportSunshine Coast, Queensland
1.6M
13
Launceston AirportLaunceston, Tasmania
1.4M
14
Newcastle AirportNewcastle, New South Wales
1.2M
15
Mackay AirportMackay, Queensland
0.9M
16
Karratha AirportKarratha, Western Australia
0.7M
17
Rockhampton AirportRockhampton, Queensland
0.6M
18
Ballina Byron Gateway AirportBallina, New South Wales
0.6M
19
Whitsunday Coast AirportProserpine, Queensland
0.5M
20
Hamilton Island AirportHamilton Island, Queensland
0.5M
21
Port Hedland International AirportPort Hedland, Western Australia
0.5M
22
Broome International AirportBroome, Western Australia
0.4M
23
Newman AirportNewman, Western Australia
0.4M
24
Kalgoorlie–Boulder AirportKalgoorlie, Western Australia
0.4M
25
Alice Springs AirportAlice Springs, Northern Territory
0.4M
26
Ayers Rock AirportYulara, Northern Territory
0.3M
27
Paraburdoo AirportParaburdoo, Western Australia
0.3M
28
Coffs Harbour AirportCoffs Harbour, New South Wales
0.3M
29
Mount Isa AirportMount Isa, Queensland
0.2M
30
Albury AirportAlbury, New South Wales
0.2M
31
Gladstone AirportGladstone, Queensland
0.2M
32
Wagga Wagga AirportWagga Wagga, New South Wales
0.2M
33
Emerald AirportEmerald, Queensland
0.2M
34
Dubbo AirportDubbo, New South Wales
0.2M
35
Mildura AirportMildura, Victoria
0.2M
36
Port Macquarie AirportPort Macquarie, New South Wales
0.2M
37
Tamworth AirportTamworth, New South Wales
0.2M
38
Port Lincoln AirportPort Lincoln, South Australia
0.2M
39
Bundaberg AirportBundaberg, Queensland
0.2M
40
Hervey Bay AirportHervey Bay, Queensland
0.2M

Highlights

Within Australia, Sydney Airport ranks first in 2025 with 41.8M, followed by Melbourne Airport (36.0M) and Brisbane Airport (23.8M).

Across 40 entries, values run from 41.8M (Sydney Airport) to 0.2M (Hervey Bay Airport), with a median of 0.5M.

Source: Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (2024–25) (via Wikipedia), 2025. Unit: million passengers.

Source: Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (2024–25) (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026