Perth Airport transfers

Wheelchair accessible transfers to Perth Airport

Perth Airport's terminals sit in two precincts seven kilometres apart, and the domestic ones aren't where most people assume. We confirm the right terminal from your flight number, track the arrival time, and get you there with room to spare, including the 4am departures and the midnight landings.

  • T1, T2, T3 & T4
  • Flight number tracked
  • Luggage & equipment help
Travel day

The part of the trip that shouldn't be the stressful part

Flying with a wheelchair already involves more moving parts than most journeys. Special assistance to arrange, equipment to hand over at the gate, and a longer runway of time needed at every step. Getting to the terminal should not be another thing to worry about.

We take airport work as pre-booked trips only, deliberately. It means the vehicle is confirmed, the driver knows which terminal you actually need, and there's no gamble on whether an accessible car happens to be free at 5am. At a rank, it usually isn't.

  • Pick-ups planned back from your check-in time, not your departure time
  • Drivers assist with luggage, wheelchairs and mobility aids
  • Extra allowance built in for assistance desks and equipment hand-over
  • Return transfers held at the same time as the outbound booking
Travellers moving through a bright modern airport terminal, including a passenger using a wheelchair.

We'll ask you for

  • Flight number, date and departure time
  • Bags, equipment and who's travelling
  • Whether you're checking your own wheelchair
What's handled

On the day itself

The things that turn a stressful travel day into an ordinary one.

Delays absorbed

We track the flight, not the timetable. A two-hour delay means we arrive two hours later, not that you lose the booking and start again.

Kerb to counter

Drivers take you and your luggage to the terminal entrance or the special assistance desk, rather than unloading at the kerb and driving off.

Equipment handled properly

Powered chairs, batteries, cushions, oxygen and spare parts loaded with care, and back out again the same way at the other end.

Groups and luggage

A family flying together with chairs, cases and equipment fits in one maxi vehicle rather than a convoy of two cars and a taxi.

Which terminal

Two precincts, seven kilometres apart

This is the single most expensive mistake a Perth Airport passenger can make. The terminals are split across two precincts on opposite sides of the airfield, about a 15-minute drive apart, and "domestic" does not mean T3/T4. Give us your flight number and we'll confirm it rather than leaving you to guess.

T1 & T2 on Airport Drive

The international precinct

  • T1: all international airlines
  • T1: Virgin Australia domestic flights
  • T2: Rex and Alliance regional WA services

T3 & T4 on Brearley Avenue

The domestic precinct

  • T3: Jetstar domestic
  • T4: Qantas and QantasLink
  • Regional QantasLink connections

Also served

  • Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Victoria Quay (cruise)
  • Transfers between the two airport precincts
  • Flight-to-ship transfers on the same day

Virgin Australia domestic departing from T1, not the domestic precinct, is the one that catches most people out. Airlines do move terminals, so we confirm yours against the flight number when you book.

Timing it properly

How much earlier you actually need to leave

Standard airport advice assumes a passenger who can walk to a gate. Travelling with a wheelchair or a mobility aid adds time at several specific points, and each one is predictable enough to plan around.

Departures: work backwards from special assistance, not from boarding

If you've booked assistance with your airline, that meeting point has its own timing, usually earlier than standard check-in. Handing over a powered wheelchair adds more: batteries need to be identified and sometimes disconnected, the chair has to be tagged, and someone has to arrange the aisle chair or the walk to the gate.

We plan the pick-up backwards from your assistance time rather than your departure time, and we build in slack. As a working rule we aim to have you at the terminal three hours ahead for international and two hours for domestic, but tell us your own preference and we'll work to it. Some passengers want more, and nobody has ever complained about arriving unhurried.

Arrivals: the wait is at the aircraft door, not the carousel

Arrivals are where accessible transport most often falls apart. Ranks rarely hold a wheelchair accessible vehicle, rideshare almost never does, and the disembarkation process for a passenger who needs their own chair back is slow by design. You're typically last off the aircraft, and your chair has to come up from the hold.

Give us the flight number when you book. We track the actual landing time rather than the scheduled one, and we allow for the equipment return and the assistance queue rather than starting a waiting-time charge the moment the wheels touch down.

Book the return leg while you're booking the outbound

It costs nothing to hold and it removes the worst-case scenario, which is landing late at night with no accessible vehicle available and a rank that can't help you. The free inter-terminal transfer bus at Perth Airport is accessible, but it runs between terminals. It won't take you home.

What it costs

Fares, PTSS and NDIS funding

Metro trips run on the WA Government maximum metered rates with no accessibility surcharge, and pre-booked journeys can be quoted as a fixed price. A purple PTSS card pays 75% of the fare, up to a $35 subsidy, when you travel in your wheelchair in a wheelchair accessible taxi.

Good to know

Perth Airport transfers questions

Pre-book and relax

Book your accessible airport transfer

Give us the flight number and we'll confirm the terminal, track the time and have an accessible vehicle waiting.

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