Live flights over Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK)
From 21 to 27 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 39 departures and 41 arrivals at Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, 11 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Sydney (SYD) and Melbourne (MEL). The airline seen most often is Jetstar Airways.
Airport data
- IATA code
- BNK
- ICAO code
- YBNA
- City
- Ballina
- Region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia
- Elevation
- 2 m (7 ft)
- Coordinates
- -28.83324, 153.56147
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Ballina Byron Gateway Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Ballina.
Seen by the network
21–27 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fri 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sun 25 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| Mon 26 | 16 | 20 | 36 |
| Tue 27 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
Airlines
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 21
- QantasLinkQLK 14
- Virgin AustraliaVOZ 6
Aircraft
- Airbus A320 A320 21
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 14
- C208 12
- Boeing 737-800 B738 6
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 6
- BE36 5
- PA30 5
- PA31 4
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-28.83324/lon/153.56147/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Ballina right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Ballina Byron Gateway Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Ballina: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of BNK, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Ballina Byron Gateway Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (21–27 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Jetstar Airways, QantasLink and Virgin Australia.
What are the main connections from Ballina Byron Gateway Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (21–27 October 2026), both ways: Sydney (SYD, 34) and Melbourne (MEL, 5). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Ballina? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Ballina Byron Gateway Airport? +
Ballina Byron Gateway Airport has IATA code BNK and ICAO code YBNA. It lies in New South Wales, Australia, at coordinates -28.83324, 153.56147.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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