How reliable is Ballina Byron Gateway Airport?
Flights from BNK avoided significant airline-controlled delay in 73% of 12,946 flights in official BITRE history. Here’s the full picture before you book.
Reliability score
on-time, cancellations & delays
Origin-airport operations
What the airline-controlled delay record at BNK looks like
Avoided 15+ min controlled delay
across 12,946 flights
Source: BITRE · data through 2026-03-31. Origin-grouped, cause-attributed operational history; it is not a direct departure-punctuality measure or a guarantee for any flight.
Weather by month
Weather history isn’t available for BNK yet
PlaneSane shows month-by-month airport weather once enough historical METAR/IEM observations are loaded for the airport. This does not mean the airport has no weather data forever; it means the current climatology table has no monthly coverage for Ballina Byron Gateway Airport.
The read on BNK
What the numbers say about flying through Ballina Byron Gateway Airport
Across official performance history, flights from Ballina avoided significant airline-controlled delay about 73% of the time over 12,946 flights. That's a middling record — neither a strength nor a red flag on its own. Pair it with an elevated cancellation rate of 3.5% — worth weighing alongside the on-time figure. When a departure does run late, the typical delay is around 0 minutes.
None of this guarantees your specific flight — it’s the backdrop. To turn it into a booking, score real flights to Ballina, read how we weigh it all in how the Peace of Mind Score works, and brush up with how to pick a reliable flight and avoiding weather delays.
Common questions about BNK
- How reliable is Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK)?
- Flights from Ballina avoided significant airline-controlled delay roughly 73% of the time across 12,946 flights of official history — a middling record — neither a strength nor a red flag on its own. The cancellation rate runs about 3.5%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.
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