Australian Flight Data

Perth to Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia · 497 months of data from Jan 1985 · Kuala Lumpur to Perth

Passengers
312,959
Perth to Kuala Lumpur, 12 months to May 2026
Both directions
650,436
including Kuala Lumpur to Perth
Flight time
10h 35m
8h 50m longer than the return
At least
68%
full on this leg — a conservative floor

Traffic: 12 months to May 2026

312,959 passengers flew Perth to Kuala Lumpur in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 650,436 on the route in both directions. This route has been reported for 41 years.

The route

Perth Kuala Lumpur

Distances are true from Perth; the ring marks the distance to Kuala Lumpur.

How long is the flight?

Scheduled flight time from Perth to Kuala Lumpur is 10h 35m gate to gate, over 4,124 km. Coming back takes 1h 45m — a difference of 8h 50m, so this direction is the slower one.

Scheduled block time — gate to gate, not time in the air — taken from the current timetable for this leg. Long-haul flights are often timetabled differently in each direction because of winds aloft, so the return is not always the same length. Check your own booking for the flight you are taking.

Flight numbers on this route

6 flight numbers currently scheduled from Perth to Kuala Lumpur. These are the numbers you book under.

Scheduled every day this week — 33 departures in all.

AirAsia · 2 · Airbus A320, Airbus A321 NEO

AK605 · AK607

Malaysia · 2 · Boeing 737, Airbus A330-300, Airbus A330-900

MH124 · MH126

Malindo Air · 2 · Boeing 737-800

OD152 · OD194

Current timetable as at 2026-09-06

Timetables change, and these carry no punctuality figures of their own — no on-time data is published for international flights at all. The passenger and load factor figures above cover the route, not any single flight number.

Passengers, 1985 to 2026

033,59167,181 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
035,07670,152Delta 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 May 2021Nov 2023May 2026
035,07670,152Tigerair 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 May 2016May 2021May 2026
035,07670,152The 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 2005May 2026

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How full were the flights?

Inbound load factor, read as a floor rather than an exact figure. Some flights on this pair also carried passengers to and from other cities, and their seats cannot be split between those journeys. Dividing by every seat on every aircraft that touched the route gives the lowest the true figure can be, so actual occupancy is at or above the line. Seat data begins in 2009, so this series is shorter than the passenger chart above.

62%74%85% May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
9%49%88% Oct 2021Apr 2024May 2026
7%49%92% May 2016Nov 2020May 2026
7%50%94% Sep 2003Mar 2015May 2026

Load factor: seats data from 2009

When is this route busiest?

Average passengers by calendar month over the last ten years, relative to the annual average.

J: 1.15× the annual average J F: 0.88× the annual average F M: 0.87× the annual average M A: 1.01× the annual average A M: 0.83× the annual average M J: 0.94× the annual average J J: 1.12× the annual average J A: 0.90× the annual average A S: 1.03× the annual average S O: 1.03× the annual average O N: 0.99× the annual average N D: 1.25× the annual average D

Freight

Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.

0225449 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
0484967 May 2021Nov 2023May 2026
0484967 May 2016May 2021May 2026
05401,081 Jan 1985Sep 2005May 2026

To May 2026

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record70,152 · Jan 2025
Data coverageJan 1985 – May 2026 (497 months)
Freight, 12 months to May 20264,092 tonnes
Destination regionMalaysia

No punctuality data is published for international services, so there are no cancellation or on-time figures on this page. That series covers domestic routes only.

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