New flight paths commenced at Brisbane Airport on 12 July 2020. You can find out more about the new flight paths on our When is each flight path used page.

To learn more about the runways at Brisbane Airport, take a look at our Brisbane Airport Runways page.

The illustration below shows how aircraft typically operate following the new runway opening.

Some changes were made to departure flight paths on 28 November 2024. The North East Flow image below will be updated to show the changes once we have captured enough representative data. You can view the flight path changes on the Noise Action Plan for Brisbane | Engage Airservices page.

The animation is indicative only and provided for information purposes, on occasions flights may leave these general areas from time-to-time.