Wagga Wagga to Sydney flight delays and cancellations

1.9% of Wagga Wagga to Sydney flights were cancelled in the twelve months to September 2026, and 79.5% left on time. That is about the national rate of 1.9%.

2,220 flights were scheduled from Wagga Wagga to Sydney over the twelve months to September 2026, about 6 a day. 1.9% of them were cancelled, which is about the national rate of 1.9% and puts it around the middle of the 92 routes BITRE publishes. 79.5% of the flights that did operate left within 15 minutes of schedule. In practical terms that is about one cancellation in every 53 flights on this route.

Wagga Wagga to Sydney at a glance

Cancelled1.9%
Departed on time79.5%
Flights a year2,220
Cancellations43

Cancellation rate is cancellations divided by flights scheduled. On-time rate is on-time departures divided by flights flown, because a flight that was cancelled cannot also have left late. Each direction is counted separately: Sydney to Melbourne and Melbourne to Sydney are different flights with different records.

Which airline is most reliable on Wagga Wagga to Sydney

The carriers on this route perform much the same as each other, within 0.1 of a percentage point. Choose on price and timing; the reliability difference is not real enough to pay for.

Airlines on Wagga Wagga to Sydney by cancellation and on-time rate
AirlineCancelledOn timeFlights
QantasLink 1.9% 82.5% 1,277
Rex Airlines 2% 75.4% 943

An airline needs 200 scheduled flights a year on the route to appear here. Codeshare flights are reported by the airline that operates them, so a Qantas-numbered flight flown by QantasLink counts as QantasLink.

The worst months to fly Wagga Wagga to Sydney

February is the month to avoid on this route, at 3.7% cancelled against 1% in August. If the trip can move, moving it is worth more than any airline choice you could make.

Wagga Wagga to Sydney cancellation rate by month of the year Averaged over October 2023 to September 2026
Jan
3.7% Feb
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Month by month, over the last two years

It has been steady, running near 1.6% over the last six months.

Monthly cancellation rate, Wagga Wagga to Sydney Percentage of scheduled flights cancelled
0% 1% 2% 3% 4% Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Sep 26
See the monthly figures as a table
MonthCancelledOn timeFlights
January1.2%81.6% 429
February3.7%78.5% 536
March1.4%83.4% 580
April2%83.1% 554
May1.9%82.6% 593
June2.5%80.1% 556
July2.5%76.8% 602
August1%81.1% 594
September1.9%85.6% 582
October2.2%81.3% 596
November3.4%77.4% 582
December2.7%78.3% 512

The flight home

The return leg is a different flight with a different record: Sydney to Wagga Wagga is cancelled 1.8% of the time, less often than the outbound. Morning departures generally do better than evening ones on any route, because a delay early in the day follows the aircraft around for the rest of it.

Sydney to Wagga Wagga delays

If it is cancelled

About 43 Wagga Wagga to Sydney flights were cancelled over the last twelve months, so on this route it is worth knowing the answer before you are standing at the desk. Australia has no fixed compensation payment like the European one. If the airline caused it you can ask for a refund or a seat on the next flight, on any carrier, and most airlines will cover a meal and a hotel. If it was weather or air traffic control, you get the later flight or your money back and nothing else.

What you are owed when a flight is cancelled

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Before You Fly (2026). Wagga Wagga to Sydney flight delays. Derived from BITRE domestic airline on time performance data. Retrieved from https://beforeyoufly.com.au/flight-delays/wagga-wagga-sydney/

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Wagga Wagga to Sydney flight FAQs

How often are Wagga Wagga to Sydney flights cancelled?

1.9% of scheduled Wagga Wagga to Sydney flights were cancelled in the twelve months to September 2026: 43 cancellations out of 2,220 scheduled flights. That is about the national rate of 1.9%. The figures are BITRE's, collected from the airlines each month.

Are Wagga Wagga to Sydney flights usually on time?

79.5% of Wagga Wagga to Sydney flights that operated departed within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, against a national average of 78.7%. QantasLink was the most punctual carrier on the route at 82.5%.

What is the worst month to fly Wagga Wagga to Sydney?

February is the worst month on this route, with 3.7% of flights cancelled, and August the best at 1%. Measured across three years of BITRE data, so it reflects the route's usual pattern rather than one bad month.

Source: Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics, domestic airline on time performance, published on data.gov.au under a CC BY 3.0 AU licence. Figures cover the twelve months to September 2026 and were last refreshed 22 October 2026. On time means within 15 minutes of the scheduled time, which is BITRE's definition. This route had 2,220 scheduled flights in the period. All Australian flight delay statistics.

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