Brisbane Airport · BNE · the Qantas and Virgin Australia gateway · June 2026

Advertising at Queensland's capital gateway for Qantas and Virgin Australia

Brisbane Airport handled 23.3 million passengers in 2024. Qantas and Virgin Australia hub here. Sydney is its busiest route. Second runway became operational in July 2020. Blindspot books its screens by the hour, priced per play.

Updated July 28, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

22.6M

annual passengers through BNE (FY24)

2

terminals: domestic and international

20min

on the Airtrain to Brisbane Central

$0.48

puts your brand airside via Blindspot

Brisbane Airport, large-format DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Brisbane Airport · domestic terminal departures hall · oOh!mediaBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Brisbane Airport advertising spans from a few cents per play on concourse and gate screens to premium arrivals-hall LED and spectacular digital walls. On Blindspot, Brisbane Airport screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.48, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Brisbane Airport play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the departures bank in the morning, the security and concourse dwell through the day, the arrivals halls when the long-haul flights land.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Brisbane Airport's billboard spots, ranked

Directional 1–10 scores based on zone type and passenger flow, not audited measurements. Every zone is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Departures hall

Best for: Launches · Luxury · Travel

Check-in across International Terminal and Domestic Terminal funnels every departing passenger past the screens, Qantas and Virgin Australia banks included.

Visibility8
Dwell time6
Footfall7
02

Security & checkpoint

Best for: Finance · Telco · Auto

Screening for International Terminal and Domestic Terminal holds a phone-down queue, and Qantas and Virgin Australia connection times keep it busy through the day.

Visibility6
Dwell time7
Footfall7
03

Concourse & gate holdrooms

Best for: Travel · FMCG · Apps

Qantas passengers on the northern concourse and Virgin Australia passengers on the southern concourse wait out boarding dwell across the domestic and international gate holdrooms.

Visibility6
Dwell time8
Footfall6
04

Arrivals & baggage reclaim

Best for: Hospitality · Banking · Local

Reclaim belts and the arrivals corridor catch a captive, recently landed audience of business, leisure and Gold Coast visitors.

Visibility7
Dwell time7
Footfall7
05

City rail transit link

Best for: Commerce · Mobility · Retail

The Airtrain platforms at each terminal repeat your brand on the ride toward Brisbane Central and the Gold Coast.

Visibility6
Dwell time6
Footfall6
06

Lounges & duty-free

Best for: Premium · Spirits · Beauty

The Qantas and Virgin lounges and the international duty-free runs reach a higher-spend traveler before the flight.

Visibility4
Dwell time8
Footfall4

The media estate · operator partners

Brisbane Airport screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Brisbane Airport's media owners, oOh!media, Brisbane Airport (BNE) advertising program (oOh!media exclusive concession), JCDecaux Australia among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Brisbane Airport, Departures hall · digital pillar network, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Departures hall · digital pillar networkJCDecaux Airport
Brisbane Airport, Security checkpoint · suspended LED, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Security checkpoint · suspended LEDJCDecaux Airport
Brisbane Airport, Gate concourse · holdroom screens, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Gate concourse · holdroom screensJCDecaux Airport
Brisbane Airport, Arrivals corridor · animation lightbox, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Arrivals corridor · animation lightboxJCDecaux Airport
Brisbane Airport, Airtrain platforms · transit LED, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Airtrain platforms · transit LEDJCDecaux Airport
Brisbane Airport, Duty-free · premium lightbox, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Duty-free · premium lightboxJCDecaux Airport

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Brisbane Airport format, one map

From a single gate screen to a full arrivals-hall takeover, Blindspot puts Brisbane Airport's digital out-of-home on one map, each screen priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter airside and landside:

Departures & check-in LED

Large-format digital across check-in islands and departures, where every traveler dwells before security.

Security & checkpoint queues

Captive screens along the security and passport queues, minutes of guaranteed attention per passenger.

Concourses & gate holdrooms

Concourse and gate-lounge screens reaching seated, relaxed travelers with long airside dwell.

Arrivals halls & baggage reclaim

High-dwell arrivals and baggage-claim placements as passengers wait, the airport's longest captive window.

Jet bridges & boarding

Boarding-bridge and gate-side panels in the final moment before the flight.

Spectaculars & landmark LED

Iconic hall and atrium spectaculars for brand-statement reach across the whole terminal.

Location insights

Where Brisbane Airport moves

Brisbane Airport is Queensland's capital gateway and a hub for both Qantas and Virgin Australia, the third-busiest airport in Australia about 13 km from the city. A two-storey domestic terminal splits the Qantas and QantasLink northern concourse from the Virgin Australia southern concourse, while a separate international terminal handles the long-haul and inbound flow, the two linked by the Airtrain and a free transfer bus. Mornings push the domestic east-coast shuttle banks, midday holds turnaround dwell, evenings fill arrivals and the Airtrain platforms toward Brisbane Central and the Gold Coast. Two terminals, one Queensland audience. Buy the banks, not the dead hours.

Brisbane Airport footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Departures
Security
Gates
Arrivals
Transit
Retail
Departures hall
Domestic terminal check-in
Security lanes
Northern concourse gates
Southern concourse gates
International gates
Arrivals corridor
Baggage reclaim
Airtrain platforms
Duty-free hall
QuietPeak flow
Brisbane Airport · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Brisbane Airport Per-play price pins across prime Brisbane Airport advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. The Story Bridge & the river ◊ central hall 60+ $0.66$0.58$0.54$0.52$0.48 $0.76 SecurityGatesArrivalsTransitRetailDepartures
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
12AM6AM12PM6PM11PM
Departures peak in the morning

Departures and check-in fill in the early-morning and late-afternoon banks. Book those hours and your frequency against business travelers climbs for the same budget.

Layover dwell, all day

Gates and the gate holdrooms hold seated, relaxed travelers for 60–90 minutes, long windows where dwell, not rush, does the work.

Arrivals land in waves

Arrivals fills as long-haul flights land in banks, high-value international passengers with time to read. Swap creative to match who just arrived.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Brisbane Airport doesn't have a rush hour; it has flight banks. Departures peak in the morning, long-haul arrivals land in waves, and between them travelers dwell for 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. The buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the banks when your audience is captive, skip the dead hours.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launch / premiumDepartures + TransitAll day · long-haul banks
Business travelersDepartures, GatesWeekday 6–10 AM · 4–8 PM
Long-dwell layoversGates, Arrivals10 AM–8 PM
International arrivalsArrivals, RetailAligned to long-haul landing banks
Duty-free & retailDepartures, GatesDepartures peaks
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Brisbane Airport’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Security-line passengers read in seconds; gate-side travelers dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

The zones above already draw a specific buyer: based-carrier corporate travel, since Brisbane is the primary hub for Virgin Australia and an important hub for Qantas, moving over 24 million passengers in 2025 through the Departures hall pillars & LED and Gate concourse & holdroom screens (see DOOH for B2B), and Asia-Pacific inbound tourism and trade, since about a quarter of traffic is international on direct routes to Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Auckland and Dubai, met at Arrivals & baggage reclaim.

Book Brisbane Airport by the hour

Cite this

Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Brisbane Airport (BNE) welcomed about 22.6 million passengers in FY24, the third-busiest airport in Australia.
  • The airport runs a two-storey domestic terminal and a separate international terminal, linked by the Airtrain and a free transfer bus.
  • The domestic terminal splits the Qantas and QantasLink northern concourse from the Virgin Australia southern concourse, and BNE is a hub for both carriers.
  • oOh!media holds the exclusive advertising concession across both terminals and recently launched a 400 square metre digital billboard, the largest airport screen in the southern hemisphere.
  • The Airtrain runs from stations at each terminal into Brisbane Central in about 20 minutes, continuing south toward the Gold Coast.
  • On Blindspot, BNE screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.48, no contracts or minimums.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Brisbane Airport billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
Departures hall pillars & LEDfrom ~$0.48 per play$100 buys hourly departures-hall slotsevery departing passenger through the domestic and international concourses
Gate concourse & holdroom screensfrom ~$0.48 per play$100 buys hourly holdroom slotsseated, east-coast shuttle and long-haul traveler attention before boarding
City rail transitfrom ~$0.46 per play$100 buys repeat exposure on the city linkarrivals and visitors riding the Airtrain into Brisbane Central
Arrivals & baggage reclaimfrom ~$0.46 per play$100 buys belt-side reclaim timea captive, recently landed audience of business, leisure and Gold Coast visitors
Departures-hall spectacularcustomflagship domestic terminal takeoverdominant share of voice over the whole departures core

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

Four things move the price on any Brisbane Airport (BNE) screen: the format (pricing runs higher on departures-hall spectacular than on departures hall pillars & LED), the zone (Departures hall carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.

What a campaign costs

Brisbane Airport budgets, three ways

Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

Concourse test

$500-1,800

One concourse's gate holdrooms across a morning east-coast shuttle bank

Multi-zone airport push

$9,000-28,000

Departures hall, security lanes, the northern and southern concourse and international gate holdrooms and the arrivals corridor together

BNE flagship takeover

$52,000+

Dominant share of voice across the departures core and the domestic and international terminals

FAQ

Brisbane Airport billboard FAQs

Do I need a permit to advertise at Brisbane Airport (BNE)?

No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, oOh!media, JCDecaux Australia among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.

Why advertise at Brisbane Airport?

Brisbane Airport handled 23.3 million passengers in 2024. The audience is the reason to buy it: air passengers are captive, comparatively affluent, and hard to reach through most channels, and they spend meaningful time in the terminal with attention to spare between check-in and boarding. Dwell is the asset. Unlike a roadside screen read in two seconds, a gate or arrivals placement gets minutes rather than moments, which is why airport placements hold up for brand and considered-purchase messages rather than short reminders. In 2024 the airport handled over 23 million passengers, with domestic traffic representing roughly 74% and international traffic roughly 26% of the total. Qantas and Virgin Australia both hub here, which concentrates connecting traffic through the same core. Because the screens are bookable by the hour, you can match spend to the flight banks that carry your audience instead of paying for a flat month.

What are the best placements at Brisbane Airport?

Brisbane Airport zones are scored separately for visibility, dwell time and footfall, because the best placement depends on which of those you actually need. Departures hall guarantees exposure to essentially every departing passenger. Security & checkpoint holds attention through a queue, where dwell is involuntary and long. Concourse & gate holdrooms gives the longest relaxed attention, with passengers seated and waiting. Each zone shows its own per-play price and live availability, so you can pair a high-reach zone with a high-dwell one rather than guessing at a single best spot. Arrivals & baggage reclaim catches a recently landed audience with phones back out. Lounges & duty-free reaches a higher-spend traveler before the flight. The terminal layout shapes all of this: Brisbane Airport has an International Terminal (built 1995, 14 aerobridge-equipped bays) and a separate Domestic Terminal with three satellite arms, plus cargo and general aviation terminals.

Can I book Brisbane Airport screens by the hour?

Yes. On Blindspot every Brisbane Airport screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum, so you can buy only the morning departures bank or the long-haul arrivals windows that match your audience.

Who operates advertising at Brisbane Airport?

The airport's media is run by operators such as oOh!media, JCDecaux Australia; Blindspot aggregates the bookable digital screens onto one map, priced per play.

How fast can my ad go live at Brisbane Airport?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get at Brisbane Airport for $500?

More than the usual airport rate card suggests, because you are buying plays rather than a fixed package. In Brisbane Airport a $500 budget typically funds a multi-day hourly presence across a high-dwell zone such as Concourse & gate holdrooms, or a concentrated burst on Departures hall and Security & checkpoint through the busiest departure banks only. At entry plays around $0.48, the arithmetic is visible before you commit. It will not buy a month of an arrivals-hall spectacular, and that is the trade: hourly, per-play buying lets a small budget own the specific windows when the passengers you want are actually in the terminal, instead of thinning the same money across empty overnight hours.

How to book

Live on a Brisbane Airport screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Brisbane Airport by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

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