Australian Flight Data

Perth Airport

PER · 11 monitored domestic routes · data from Jan 1985

Passenger movements
1,245,752
Apr 2026
International share
36%
453,992 movements
Aircraft movements
9,149
landings and take-offs
vs 2019
117.8%
of pre-pandemic average

Airport traffic: to Apr 2026

Perth handled 1,245,752 passenger movements in Apr 2026, the 4th busiest of the 22 monitored airports. International services account for 36% of its traffic. Traffic now runs 18% above 2019. Across its 10 monitored routes, 1.1% of flights were cancelled — well below the national average.

A passenger movement is not the same as a passenger. Every domestic passenger is counted twice — once departing, once arriving — while an international passenger is counted once. That is the official definition, and it is why these totals cannot be added to the route figures elsewhere on this site.

Passenger movements, 1985 to 2026

0672,9421,345,883 Apr 2025Oct 2025Apr 2026
0672,9421,345,883Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Apr 2021Oct 2023Apr 2026
0672,9421,345,883Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Apr 2016Apr 2021Apr 2026
0672,9421,345,883The pilots' dispute grounds domestic aviation — Aug 1989 Domestic deregulation ends the Two Airline Policy — Oct 1990 Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Tiger Airways Australia enters the market — Apr 2008 Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Qantas grounds its entire fleet — Oct 2011 Skywest becomes Virgin Australia Regional Airlines — May 2013 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Jan 1985Sep 2005Apr 2026

To Apr 2026 · Marks show industry events

Aircraft movements

04,6649,327 Apr 2025Oct 2025Apr 2026
04,6649,327Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Apr 2021Oct 2023Apr 2026
04,6649,327Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Apr 2016Apr 2021Apr 2026
04,6649,327The pilots' dispute grounds domestic aviation — Aug 1989 Domestic deregulation ends the Two Airline Policy — Oct 1990 Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Tiger Airways Australia enters the market — Apr 2008 Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Qantas grounds its entire fleet — Oct 2011 Skywest becomes Virgin Australia Regional Airlines — May 2013 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Jan 1985Sep 2005Apr 2026

To Apr 2026

Busiest routes from Perth

RoutePassengersMonth
Perth ↔ Melbourne 148,647 Jun 2026
Perth ↔ Sydney 123,961 Jun 2026
Perth ↔ Brisbane 84,246 Jun 2026
Perth ↔ Karratha 62,366 Jun 2026
Perth ↔ Adelaide 53,862 Jun 2026
Perth ↔ Port Hedland 42,289 Jun 2026
Perth ↔ Newman 38,840 Jun 2026
Perth ↔ Kalgoorlie 37,723 Jun 2026
Perth ↔ Broome 36,031 Jun 2026
Perth ↔ Darwin 16,156 Jun 2026
Perth ↔ Geraldton 10,155 Jun 2026

Route passengers are a different measure from airport movements above — one trip, not two.

Punctuality on Perth routes

Across all 10 monitored routes touching this airport, 1.1% of scheduled flights were cancelled over the 12 months to Jul 2026 — against a national average of 2.1%.

RouteCancelledOn timeFlights
Perth ↔ Kalgoorlie 2.3% 80.8% 4,441
Perth ↔ Port Hedland 1.7% 83.0% 4,889
Perth ↔ Sydney 1.4% 73.0% 10,648
Perth ↔ Karratha 1.3% 84.1% 6,257
Perth ↔ Melbourne 1.0% 77.3% 12,723
Perth ↔ Darwin 0.9% 84.3% 1,495
Perth ↔ Broome 0.8% 81.9% 3,404
Perth ↔ Newman 0.6% 88.0% 4,446
Perth ↔ Adelaide 0.6% 82.6% 4,807
Perth ↔ Brisbane 0.6% 76.9% 7,700

Punctuality: 12 months to Jul 2026

Perth in numbers

Busiest month on record1,345,883 · Oct 2025
National ranking, 2025 4th busiest
Busiest year on record 14,619,200 · 2025
Data coverageJan 1985 – Apr 2026 (496 months)
Domestic share, Apr 202663.6%
2019 monthly average1,042,793