Connecting at Perth airport

Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at PER.

How connections work at PER

At Perth airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration. If you connect from an international to a domestic flight, you enter the country here: you go through immigration and collect and re-check your bags.

The airport has 2 terminals or concourses (T1/T2 precinct, T3/T4 precinct). They are not connected after security: changing means going through security again.

Connecting passengers go through a transfer security screening.

Connection time calculator

Is your layover at PER long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.

Terminals / concourses: T1/T2 precinct, T3/T4 precinct

Getting between them: Terminal transfer shuttle every 20 minutes from 06:00 to 22:00 and every 30 minutes overnight (about 15 minutes by road); taxis and rideshare also available

Perth Airport has two separate terminal precincts, T1/T2 and T3/T4, about a 15-minute drive apart. Changing precinct means leaving the terminal and taking the transfer shuttle, a taxi or a rideshare.

Official transfer times:

  • T1/T2 → T3/T4: up to 15 min by bus
  • If your connection involves changing precinct, add the shuttle wait (up to 20 minutes by day, 30 at night) to the 15-minute ride.
  • Check which terminal each flight uses before you fly: the two precincts are not connected inside the airport.

Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.

Sources: prod.perthairport.com.au.

Times are estimates: always check with your airline.

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