How reliable is Canberra Airport?
Flights from CBR avoided significant airline-controlled delay in 76% of 81,765 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 CBR looks like
Avoided 15+ min controlled delay
across 81,765 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 CBR 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 Canberra Airport.
The read on CBR
What the numbers say about flying through Canberra Airport
Across official performance history, flights from Canberra avoided significant airline-controlled delay about 76% of the time over 81,765 flights. That's a respectable but unspectacular operational record. Pair it with an elevated cancellation rate of 4.5% — 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 Canberra, 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 CBR
- How reliable is Canberra Airport (CBR)?
- Flights from Canberra avoided significant airline-controlled delay roughly 76% of the time across 81,765 flights of official history — a respectable but unspectacular operational record. The cancellation rate runs about 4.5%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.
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