Aircraft movements: Melbourne (units) - Australia - BITRE - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Australian Airport Traffic (BITRE)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Australia, at Melbourne airport, the number of aircraft movements was 18,442 in May 2026, versus 19,912 in the previous month. This represents a decrease of 7.38 percent.
Sample. There are 209 records overall in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The time period covered by the series stretches from January 2009 to May 2026.
History. Here are a few statistics calculated on the full sample: aircraft movements had an average value of 17,319; they attained a maximum of 21,624 in December 2025; they reached a trough of 1,854 in August 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 20,321.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 19,912.0 |
| 2026-05-31 | 18,442.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Aircraft movements: Melbourne |
| Country | Australia |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Units |
| Source | Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Commonwealth of Australia permission |
| Other information | Scheduled regular public transport (RPT) services; inbound plus outbound movements |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM1 |
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