Australia flag Canberra Airport (CBR)

Country Australia | Oceania | Regional Airport | IATA: CBR | ICAO: YSCB | Elevation 1886 ft · 575 m | Local time —

Destinations
12
Flights / day
57
Busiest route
Sydney
Top airline
Virgin Australia

Canberra Airport averages 57 flights per day to 12 destinations, with 10 domestic routes and two international routes. A total of 22 airlines operate at CBR, led by Virgin Australia. This airport provides direct service to three countries across two continents, with Indonesia representing its largest international market. The longest nonstop route from Canberra connects to Bali, with a typical flight time of 6 hr 45 mins. Updated: October 16, 2026

Route Network

Canberra Airport connects 12 destinations worldwide, with Sydney standing out as its busiest route. The longest nonstop flight is to Bali, and the shortest flight is to Sydney.

Australia flag Sydney (SYD) – Australia 6 airlines
1 hr 10 mins
147 mi · 236 km
22
per day
Australia flag Melbourne (MEL) – Australia 3 airlines
1 hr 50 mins
292 mi · 470 km
14
per day
Australia flag Brisbane (BNE) – Australia 4 airlines
2 hr 10 mins
594 mi · 956 km
10
per day
Australia flag Adelaide (ADL) – Australia 2 airlines
2 hr 35 mins
603 mi · 970 km
4
per day
Australia flag Gold Coast (OOL) – Australia 2 airlines
2 hr 5 mins
555 mi · 892 km
2
per day
Australia flag Sydney (BWU) – Australia 10 airlines
—
CBR → BWU
2
per day
Australia flag Perth (PER) – Australia 1 airline
5 hr 10 mins
1,917 mi · 3,085 km
1
per day
Indonesia flag Bali (DPS) – Indonesia 1 airline
6 hr 45 mins
2,823 mi · 4,543 km
3
per week
Fiji flag Nadi (NAN) – Fiji 1 airline
5 hr 0 mins
2,113 mi · 3,401 km
3
per week
Australia flag Williamtown (NTL) – Australia 2 airlines
1 hr 20 mins
230 mi · 370 km
2
per week
Australia flag Melbourne (MBW) – Australia 1 airline
—
CBR → MBW
1
per week
Australia flag Moruya (MYA) – Australia 1 airline
—
CBR → MYA
1
per week

Route and destination data updated October 16, 2026.

Canberra Airport is served by 22 airlines, with Virgin Australia in the lead at 18% of routes. The top three carriers together cover 41% of routes. 18 carriers operate only one route each. A total of two airlines operate international routes, compared with 21 airlines serving domestic routes. Virgin Australia is operating the longest nonstop flight, connecting to Bali with a flight time of 6 hrs 45 mins.

Virgin Australia (6 routes)
Qantas (5 routes)
Jetstar (3 routes)
JSO (2 routes)
Aeromexico (1 routes)
EJT (1 routes)
NV (1 routes)
YUL (1 routes)
LZP (1 routes)
LZQ (1 routes)
Mandarin Airlines (1 routes)
VPF (1 routes)
XCW (1 routes)
XGN (1 routes)
YVP (1 routes)
YZZ (1 routes)
ZSZ (1 routes)
Fiji Airways (1 routes)
Avianca Costa Rica (1 routes)
Tchadia Airlines (1 routes)
EPG (1 routes)
SNH (1 routes)

Canberra Airport provides direct service to three countries across two continents. The route network is 83% domestic and 17% international. Indonesia is the primary international destination.

Australia - 56/day
Indonesia - 0/day
Fiji - 0/day

Delays

Global  Delays
Delay Performance (24 hour average)
Departures
1 min late
1 min (+327%) vs last 24 hours
24h trend
Arrivals
1 min early
2 min (-294.3%) vs last 24 hours
24h trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (24 hour total)

Oct 20

2026

07:00 - 08:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

05:00 - 06:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

04:00 - 05:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
4 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

03:00 - 04:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
6 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

02:00 - 03:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

00:00 - 01:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
5 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

23:00 - 00:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
7 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

22:00 - 23:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
5 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

21:00 - 22:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

19:00 - 20:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

18:00 - 19:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

17:00 - 18:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

16:00 - 17:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

15:00 - 16:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

14:00 - 15:00

Departure
—
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

12:00 - 13:00

Departure
—
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

11:00 - 12:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

10:00 - 11:00

Departure
6 min late
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

09:00 - 10:00

Departure
10 min late
Arrival
4 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

08:00 - 09:00

Departure
8 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0
Delay Performance (7 day average)
Departures
1 min late
1 min (+63.7%) vs last week
7d trend
Arrivals
1 min late
min (+139.5%) vs last week
7d trend
Cancelled Departures
7 flights (7 day total)

Oct 19

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 16

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
4

Oct 15

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
6 min late
Cancelled
3

Oct 14

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 13

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
2 min late
Cancelled
0
Delay Performance (30 day average)
Departures
2 min late
1 min (+185.9%) vs last 30 days
30d trend
Arrivals
1 min late
2 min (+234%) vs last 30 days
30d trend
Cancelled Departures
46 flights (30 day total)

Oct 19

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 16

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
4

Oct 15

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
6 min late
Cancelled
3

Oct 14

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 13

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
2 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 12

2026

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
4 min late
Cancelled
2

Oct 11

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 10

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 9

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 8

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
2

Oct 7

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 6

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
1

Oct 5

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
3

Oct 4

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
4

Oct 3

2026

Departure
12 min late
Arrival
25 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 2

2026

Departure
12 min late
Arrival
11 min late
Cancelled
3

Oct 1

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
5 min late
Cancelled
6

Sep 30

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
1

Sep 29

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 28

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
2

Sep 27

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
2 min late
Cancelled
3

Sep 26

2026

Departure
9 min late
Arrival
20 min late
Cancelled
0

Sep 25

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
4

Sep 24

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 23

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
1

Sep 22

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
5 min early
Cancelled
1

Sep 21

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
3

Sep 20

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
3

Global Rankings

Worldwide Position

Flights per day

#412 (57 flights/day)
Top 100 Busiest Airports in the World
Worldwide Position

Most destinations

#878 (12 destinations)
Top 100 Airports with Most Destinations

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
10,797 ft 3,291 m 131 ft 40 m Asphalt
10,797 ft 3,291 m 131 ft 40 m Asphalt
5,502 ft 1,677 m 148 ft 45 m Asphalt
5,502 ft 1,677 m 148 ft 45 m Asphalt

Runway Length

7 aircraft cannot operate at Canberra Airport due to runway length constraints. The airport’s longest runway is 10,797 ft (3,291 m), which is below the typical takeoff or landing distance required by the aircraft listed here.

Aircraft Takeoff Landing
Boeing 747-8 VIP / BBJ 10,801 ft 3,292 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-8 Freighter 10,801 ft 3,292 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-300 10,827 ft 3,300 m 6,919 ft 2,109 m
Boeing 747-400F 10,827 ft 3,300 m 6,890 ft 2,100 m
Boeing 747-400ER 10,892 ft 3,320 m 7,136 ft 2,175 m
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 11,250 ft 3,429 m 7,218 ft 2,200 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71 11,499 ft 3,505 m 5,909 ft 1,801 m

Operational Context

Canberra (IATA: CBR) operates around 57 flights per day to 12 nonstop destinations. Its network includes 10 domestic and 2 international routes, with Virgin Australia as the leading carrier and Sydney currently the busiest connection. From CBR, passengers can reach 3 countries across 2 continents, and the longest runway measures 3,291 m (10,797 ft).

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