AYQ to MEL flight delays
214 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · Australian Government BITRE
91.04%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.93%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
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Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Flights from Yulara to Melbourne are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from AYQ overall run 7.6 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion AYQ has, this route is largely escaping it.
Only Jetstar flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 214 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Jetstar arrived on time most often on AYQ to MEL. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in June.
Every airline on AYQ to MEL
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jetstar | 138 | 90.58% | 0% | — | A |
| Virgin Australia | 76 | 91.89% | 2.63% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MEL to AYQ Melbourne back to Yulara 87.79% on time ACommon questions
Are flights from Yulara to Melbourne usually delayed?
91.04% of flights on the AYQ to MEL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Yulara to Melbourne?
Only Jetstar appears in the published record on this route, with 138 flights and 90.58% arriving on time.
How often are AYQ to MEL flights cancelled?
0.93% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 9 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Yulara to Melbourne?
February, when 96.6% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 82.8%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on AYQ to MEL during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →