MEL to AYQ flight delays
213 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · Australian Government BITRE
87.79%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
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
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 11.3 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from MEL overall run 7 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion MEL has, this route is largely escaping it.
Flights from Melbourne to Yulara keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Jetstar arrived on time most often on MEL to AYQ. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in May.
Every airline on MEL to AYQ
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 | 87.68% | 0% | — | A |
| Virgin Australia | 75 | 88% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
AYQ to MEL Yulara back to Melbourne 91.04% on time AOther routes from Melbourne
- MEL → SYD · Sydney (Mascot) D
- MEL → BNE · Brisbane D
- MEL → ADL · Adelaide B
- MEL → OOL · Gold Coast C
- MEL → PER · Perth B
- MEL → HBA · Hobart (Cambridge) C
- MEL → CBR · Canberra C
- MEL → LST · Launceston (Western Junction) D
- MEL → CNS · Cairns B
- MEL → MCY · Maroochydore B
- MEL → MQL · Mildura C
- MEL → NTL · Williamtown C
Common questions
Are flights from Melbourne to Yulara usually delayed?
87.79% of flights on the MEL to AYQ 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 Melbourne to Yulara?
Only Jetstar appears in the published record on this route, with 138 flights and 87.68% arriving on time.
How often are MEL to AYQ flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Melbourne to Yulara?
February, when 96.6% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 79.3%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on MEL to AYQ 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 →