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Find cheap flights from Darwin to Perth from $363

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Darwin to Perth departing on 10/5. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap flight deals from Darwin to Perth (DRW-PER)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Darwin to Perth that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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17:35 - 20:05DRW-PER
4h 00mdirect
07:05 - 12:10PER-DRW
3h 35mdirect
$458Virgin Australia
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Sun, 19 May - Sun, 26 May
17:35 - 20:05DRW-PER
4h 00mdirect
11:35 - 16:40PER-DRW
3h 35mdirect
$460Virgin Australia
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Sun, 19 May - Sat, 25 May
17:35 - 20:05DRW-PER
4h 00mdirect
13:20 - 23:40PER-DRW
8h 50m1 stop
$619Virgin Australia
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Fri, 21 Jun - Mon, 24 Jun
19:35 - 22:00DRW-PER
3h 55mdirect
11:35 - 16:40PER-DRW
3h 35mdirect
Mon, 17 Jun - Fri, 21 Jun
17:35 - 20:05DRW-PER
4h 00mdirect
12:00 - 18:00PER-DRW
4h 30m1 stop
Sun, 19 May - Tue, 21 May
12:15 - 14:40DRW-PER
3h 55mdirect
11:45 - 16:45PER-DRW
3h 30mdirect
$823Qantas Airways
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Fri, 5 Jul - Sat, 13 Jul
01:30 - 18:25DRW-PER
18h 25m1 stop
11:45 - 16:45PER-DRW
3h 30mdirect
$914Qantas Airways
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Thu, 4 Jul - Sat, 13 Jul
00:25 - 12:40DRW-PER
13h 45m1 stop
17:50 - 17:45PER-DRW
22h 25m1 stop
$961Jetstar
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Sat, 18 May - Sun, 26 May
18:50 - 22:25DRW-PER
5h 05mdirect
12:00 - 18:00PER-DRW
4h 30mdirect
$988Airnorth
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Tue, 14 May - Tue, 21 May
00:25 - 12:40DRW-PER
13h 45m1 stop
17:50 - 17:45PER-DRW
22h 25m1 stop
$1,051Jetstar
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Sat, 18 May - Sat, 25 May

Flights from Darwin to Perth - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Darwin to Perth to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Darwin to Perth?

The average price of all flights from Darwin to Perth clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Darwin to Perth, you should consider leaving on a Saturday and avoid Thursdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Darwin, you’ll find the best rates on Fridays and the most expensive ones on Thursdays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Darwin to Perth?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Darwin to Perth, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Darwin to Perth is February, where tickets cost $593 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and June, where the average cost of tickets is $1,006 and $952 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Darwin to Perth?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Darwin to Perth, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Darwin to Perth, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 71 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Darwin to Perth?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest one-way tickets to Perth from Darwin were found on Qantas Airways ($377) and Virgin Australia ($431), and the lowest return tickets were found on Virgin Australia ($458) and Qantas Airways ($823).

Which airlines fly direct between Darwin and Perth?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from Darwin to Perth.
There are 2 airlines that fly direct from Darwin to Perth. They are Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia. The cheapest airline for this route is Virgin Australia, with the best one-way deal found costing $344. On average, the best prices for this route can be found at Virgin Australia.

How many flights are there between Darwin and Perth per day?

Each day, there are between 1 and 4 nonstop flights that take off from Darwin and land in Perth, with an average flight time of 3h 56m. The most common departure time is 17:00 and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 18 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Sunday, when 22% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Thursday.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Darwin and Perth?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

How long does a flight from Darwin to Perth take?

Direct flights from Darwin generally make it to Perth in 3h 55m. The flying distance between the two cities is 4,265 km.

What’s the earliest departure time from Darwin to Perth?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Darwin at 12:15 and will be landing in Perth at 14:40.

What’s the latest departure time from Darwin to Perth?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Darwin to Perth jets off at 19:35 and lands at 22:00.

Good to know

Low season

May

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$363
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 13% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 0% lower on average.
Flight from Darwin to Perth

When to book flights from Darwin to Perth

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Darwin to Perth based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Darwin to Perth

  • What support services are available at Perth Airport for people with disabilities?

    Passengers with special needs will find a range of services to support them during their time at Perth Airport. All four terminals feature lifts, ramps, modified toilets and closed caption TVs. Service animal relief areas are available in both precincts of the airport, and there’s a special pick-up zone just outside the terminal building for passengers who require mobility support. For personalised assistance, passengers can contact their airline ahead of travel to ensure these needs are met.

  • Where can my friend wait to pick me up from Perth Airport?

    Perth Airport has bays designed for quick pick-ups just outside the arrivals hall. While your friend won’t be able to pull in here until you’re ready to go, they can park for free for up to 1 hour in Long Term Parking. Once you’ve made it through luggage claim, you can either follow the signs to Long Term Parking or call your friend so they can meet you at the pick-up bays in front of the arrivals hall.  

  • What is the cheapest flight from Darwin to Perth?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Darwin to Perth was $240 for a one-way ticket and $303 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Darwin to Perth?

    The Airbus A320-100/200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Darwin to Perth flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Darwin to Perth?

    oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Darwin and Perth, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Darwin to Perth?

    There are direct flights from Darwin to Perth on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Darwin to Perth, Virgin Australia or Qantas Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Darwin to Perth are Virgin Australia and Qantas Airways. With an average price for the route of $720 and an overall rating of 7.7, Virgin Australia is the most popular choice. Qantas Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $803 and an overall rating of 7.6.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Darwin to Perth?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Darwin to Perth.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Darwin to Perth?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Perth from Darwin is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Darwin to Perth?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Perth with an airline and back to Darwin with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Darwin to Perth?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Perth from Darwin up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from Darwin to Perth

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $345 or less one-way and $738 or less round-trip.
  • If you’ll be leaving your car at Darwin International Airport (DRW) during your trip to Perth, you have two long-term parking options. Long Stay Plus is closer to the airport terminal, while Long Stay Saver is around a 6min walk away. Long Stay Saver offers significantly lower prices, but you can save on both parking options by booking in advance online.
  • Passengers who’d like to freshen up before their flight to Perth can do so in the domestic departures lounge at Darwin Airport. Showers are located on the first floor and are free to use. However, towels, soap and other consumables are not provided.
  • Perth Airport (PER) has four terminals, with T1 and T2 in one precinct and T3 and T4 in a separate precinct. Flights from Darwin will generally arrive at T3 or T4 if you’re travelling with Qantas or Virgin. However, some domestic flights do arrive at T2.
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Prefer to fly direct from Darwin to Perth?

Find which airlines fly direct from Darwin to Perth, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Darwin to Perth

Monday

Emirates, Qantas Airways, Singapore Airlines, +1 more

Emirates, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Tuesday

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas Airways

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Wednesday

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, +3 more

Thursday

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas Airways

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Friday

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas Airways, +4 more

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, +5 more

Saturday

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, +3 more

Sunday

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, +3 more

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Direct returns

Perth to Darwin

Monday

Emirates, Qantas Airways, Singapore Airlines, +1 more

Emirates, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Tuesday

Emirates, Qantas Airways

Emirates, Qantas Airways

Wednesday

Emirates, Qantas Airways, Singapore Airlines, +1 more

Emirates, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Thursday

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas Airways

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, +1 more

Friday

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas Airways, +4 more

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, +5 more

Saturday

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, +3 more

Sunday

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Cathay Pacific, Emirates, +3 more

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Top 4 airlines serving from Darwin to Perth

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Darwin to Perth. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Darwin to Perth? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.7
Virgin AustraliaOverall score based on 667 reviews
7.6Comfort
6.8Food
7.9Boarding
6.8Entertainment
8.4Crew
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This time is good . Don’t cancel flight with out early notice .

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2024BNE - MEL
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This time is good . Don’t cancel flight with out early notice .

Very good experience, considering the short flight the meals were served promptly after takeoff.

X class seats in row 3 with the new configuration are very poor in fact I feel 3B and 3E should no longer be considered as X class seat as there is no forward seat pocket available to these seats and greatly reduced leg room due the intrusion of the business class armrests/table module

It was pretty good. Everyone friendly. Like all airlines, the draconian limitations on baggage and weight and not giving even a free soda kind of drags down the experience a bit.

Last 10 minutes boarding they canceled the flight and didn’t organise anything

Estheticly the plane looks great, although the seats are way too upright. If the seats were just slightly more reclined then the comfort level would increase tenfold. I had the stiffest neck after just a short flight due to this. A nap was almost out of the question.

Cabin crew were very professional and welcoming. They certainly appeared to have lifted their game. Congratulations

I know not directly a Virgin "thing" but I hold Virgin responsible for their subcontractors. Had to wait 45 minutes waiting for baggage at PER before the belt conveyor even started. This is unacceptable and hopefully Virgin engages with whoever to pull their fingers out. I realise PER staff are generally slow at the best of times but this was ridiculous. Maybe more seating for those waiting, a cafe in the baggage area for a light meal while we wait or at the very least a troop of dancing girls to entertain the punters while they stare at the conveyor belt start light almost willing it to fire up.

Very poor. Flight was cancelled due to captain exceeding hours. Told to fend for ourselves for 12 hours until a new flight could be done. This meant overnight accommodation in Hobart. Next plane was delayed and no food onboard. No apologies from Virgin. Extremely disappointing.

Flight was cancelled due to a mechanical fault - Virgin rebooked me on a flight 6 hours later so I cancelled and flew with another carrier

Initial flight was cancelled so moved to an alternative flight. As a result, stuck in a middle seat. Flight then place in holding pattern prior to landing resulting in a very late trip home.

There was nothing I didn’t like, prices a little lower would help

Flight delay was informed at the last minute. Food quality is not up to Qantas standard I was unable to book an online boarding pass on any of my 6 flights.

Following a marathon flight riddled by delays and changes from Santiago, Chile, my flight to Melbourne from Sydney was on schedule but I was transferred to the next flight. The reason by ticketing and the floor manager was I missed the entry to flight by one minute! That's right, the emphasised that if I was 1 minute earlier I would be on the flight. I asked what was the point them emphasising 1minute overdue and how that helped me or the situation. They didn't care at all. Replying that if it was one minute earlier they would've done something and smirking delivering the information. Australian's do call Australia home, Qantas calls Australian's suckers.

Rescheduled after ticket purchased and issued, not 2 or 3 times and not a fourth but by 5 times, by Qantas, that's right, 5 changes! Forcing an overnight stay in Chile and need for visa. Qantas can no longer provide basic services as a national or international service provider. Professionalism is extinct and the provider needs to be mentored and educated in perfecting who to operate as an airline. Qantas is the spirit of Australian dissatisfaction.

Amazing! Was put on the earlier flight and I requested for an aisle seat and was given it. Thanks Qantas!

The staff we fantastic and seemed to work very well with each other

Business lounge in Melbourne mediocre. Look at Emirates or Qatar, Qantas! Great friendly crew. Food was good but Emirates is a level above. Business seat good. But can’t compare to Qatar. Main reason for booking Qantas is loyalty and terrific connection via Perth to LHR.

It's only a short trip from Sydney to Melbourne, which i have done many times. The trip met my expectations

I really appreciated the fact that when I checked my bags at the Quantas counter after arriving from an international flight an hour early, the agent noticed I had a very long layover. He then found an earlier flight that allowed me to get to Cairns several hours earlier than I planned. That was amazing because I had already traveled over 20 hours and wasn’t looking forward to such a long layover. It allowed me to see my daughter and grandchildren much earlier (it had been two years since I visited last).

Cons: "In this time of Covid-19 the few passengers on the plane were all sat in the same area. There was plenty of room to put at least one seat between passengers"

Note that food has to be purchased in flight. No free food. And no entertainment in flight. So I’ve treated these two items as okay which, in this case, means neutral/not applicable.

My Dad needed assistance to board the plane. The Jetstar staff were excellent with him and made the experience a lot easier😁

No food taken so can't rate also no entertainment so can't rate.

Boarding was easy and unstressful, though the early "final call" was a bit off-putting. The crew were pleasant, and the seats were comfortable. The prices for food and drink were reasonable, apart from tea and coffee, where simple percolated coffee was charged at espresso prices. Deboarding was OK, though some Jetstar passengers appear to have a bad habit of pushing forward from their assigned rows, making it more difficult to get out for passengers that have paid a premium to sit up-front. Jetstar might want to look to address this to stop it from spreading.

I got to the airport earlier than I expected, and they let me change to an earlier flight with no trouble.

It was a super crowded time to travel out of Melbourne, but the flight was OK

Worst experience ever flying Melbourne to Phuket. 5 hours delayed! Didn’t land till 1am in the morning. Staff were rude and unhelpful

Plane was late leaving darwin so we didn’t get home till 1130pm 2nd time in a fortnight that has happened. Hard when you have to work the next day

It may have been a result of earlier issues with a previous plane, causing delays, but the staff were not nearly as smiley as the previous Jetstar flight I was on. Also, they started boarding before the plane was empty...so we moved from one line into another line. They should have just waited until the plane was empty to avoid waiting in two lines.

We were visiting from California and did not know Melbourne. When we arrived at the main airport, where we also arrived when we flew in, we found to our horror that we were at the wrong airport! There was no obvious to us indication that there were two airports that Jetstar flew out of in Melbourne, or even that there were two airports. The staff tried to find us seats to Sydney but none were available, so we got an Uber and went to the other airport and managed to catch the original flight. The staff were great and very helpful, including figuring out how to check what bag to not have to pay extra for the luggage. I was contrasted with Ryan Air that we had flown with in Europe a few months previously and been treated as cattle and no smiles, no help, just line up and pay. We were impressed by the friendliness and the help extended to us.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Darwin to Perth found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
10/5Fri
1 stop
26h 45mDRW-PER
$363
9/5Thu
1 stop
26h 45mDRW-PER
$368
14/7Sun
directQantas Airways
3h 55mDRW-PER
$377
9/5Thu
1 stop
12h 05mDRW-PER
$387
9/5Thu
1 stop
12h 05mDRW-PER
$398
12/5Sun
directVirgin Australia
4h 00mDRW-PER
$431
11/5Sat
directVirgin Australia
4h 00mDRW-PER
$436
11/5Sat
1 stopJetstar
25h 30mDRW-PER
$532
14/7Sun
1 stopJetstar
24h 00mDRW-PER
$581
13/7Sat
1 stopQantas Airways
21h 35mDRW-PER
$605

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