There are 11 ways to get from Perth Airport (PER) to Whitsunday Islands by plane, train, bus, rideshare, or car
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Fly to Whitsunday Coast Airport
best- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP)PER - PPP
7h 25m$380–1,200Train, bus via Adelaide
- Take the train from Perth to Adelaide Parklands
- Take the train from Adelaide to Brisbane
- Take the bus from Brisbane Roma Street to Airlie Beach
5d 3h$3,064–13,738Airport Transfer
- Take the rideshare from Perth-PER to Bowen4,613.3 km
2d 3hDrive 4,613.3 km
- Drive from Perth Airport (PER) to Bowen4,613.3 km
2d 3h$874–1,263Fly to Great Barrier Reef Airport
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI)PER - HTI
7h 30m$480–1,500Fly to Townsville Airport, drive
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Townsville Airport (TSV)PER - TSV
- Drive from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Airlie Beach
10h 48m$465–1,218Fly to Mackay, bus
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Mackay (MKY)PER - MKY
- Take the bus from Mackay to Airlie Beach
11h 38m$432–577Fly to Moranbah Airport, drive
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Moranbah Airport (MOV)PER - MOV
- Drive from Moranbah Airport (MOV) to Airlie Beach
11h 35m$1,105–2,986Fly to Rockhampton, bus
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Rockhampton (ROK)PER - ROK
- Take the bus from Rockhampton to Airlie Beach
15h 41m$569–2,666Train
- Take the train from Perth to Sydney Central Station
- Take the train from Central Station to Roma Street Station
- Take the train from Roma Street to Proserpine
5d 6h$980–13,756Train, bus
- Take the train from Perth to Sydney Central Station
- Take the bus from Central Station to Brisbane
- Take the bus from Brisbane Roma Street to Airlie Beach
5d 8h$1,134–10,025
Perth Airport (PER) to Whitsunday Islands by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Perth Airport (PER) to Whitsunday Islands is to fly and bus which costs $430 - $600 and takes 11h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Perth Airport (PER) to Whitsunday Islands is to fly which takes 7h 25m and costs $380 - $1,200.
The distance between Perth Airport (PER) and Whitsunday Islands is 3473 km. The road distance is 4613.3 km.
The best way to get from Perth Airport (PER) to Whitsunday Islands without a car is to train and bus via Adelaide which takes 5 days 3h and costs $3,000 - $14,000.
It takes approximately 7h 25m to fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP), including transfers and time at the airport.
The best way to get from Perth Airport (PER) to Whitsunday Islands is to fly which takes 7h 25m and costs $380 - $1,200. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $950 - $14,000 and takes 5 days 6h.
There is no direct flight from Perth Airport Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport Airport. The quickest flight takes 7h 25m and has one stopover.
Whitsunday Islands is 2h ahead of Perth Airport (PER). It is currently 10:54 AM in Perth Airport (PER) and 12:54 PM in Whitsunday Islands.
Yes, the driving distance between Perth Airport (PER) to Whitsunday Islands is 4613 km. It takes approximately 2 days 3h to drive from Perth Airport (PER) to Whitsunday Islands.
Qantas, Virgin Australia and Jetstar offer flights from Perth Airport Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport Airport.
What companies run services between Perth Airport (PER), Australia and Whitsunday Islands, QLD, Australia?
Qantas, Jetstar, and Virgin Australia fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Airport Central Stn Platform 1 to Shute Harbour Road at Hermitage Drive via Perth Stn Platform 7, Perth, Sydney Central Station, Central Station, Roma Street Station, Roma Street, Proserpine, and Proserpine, Mill Street in around 5d 6h.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
Flights from Perth Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–2,700
Flights from Perth Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
Flights from Perth Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Perth Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Perth Airport to Townsville Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Townsville Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Townsville Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Townsville Airport via Alice Springs, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Mackay via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Perth Airport to Mackay via Adelaide, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Mackay via Brisbane, Rockhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Perth Airport to Moranbah Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Moranbah Airport via Adelaide, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Moranbah Airport via Melbourne, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,100
Flights from Perth Airport to Moranbah Airport via Sydney, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,100
Flights from Perth Airport to Rockhampton via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,600
Flights from Perth Airport to Rockhampton via Sydney, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,600
Flights from Perth Airport to Rockhampton via Adelaide, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,600
Flights from Perth Airport to Rockhampton via Melbourne, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,600
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Perth Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Perth Airport to Great Barrier Reef Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Perth Airport to Townsville Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
Flights from Perth Airport to Mackay via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–550
Flights from Perth Airport to Rockhampton via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–2,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Rockhampton via Melbourne, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–2,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Rockhampton via Sydney, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–2,500
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Perth Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Perth Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Townsville Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Townsville Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Mackay via Adelaide, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Train from Perth to Adelaide Parklands
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $598–8,000
- Book at
- https://bookings.journeybeyondrail.com.au/
- Everyday Daynighter Seat
- $598
- Advanced Gold Single Cabin
- $1,000–1,400
- Low Gold Single Cabin
- $1,000–1,400
- Everyday Gold Single Cabin
- $1,200–1,700
- GOLD TWIN
- $2,200–3,800
- GOLD SINGLE
- $1,900–3,400
- PLATINUM
- $5,000–8,000
- GOLD PREMIUM TWIN
- $2,600–4,600
Train from Perth to Sydney Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 19h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $863–9,500
- Book at
- https://bookings.journeybeyondrail.com.au/
- Everyday Daynighter Seat
- $863
- Advanced Gold Single Cabin
- $1,400–2,000
- Low Gold Single Cabin
- $1,500–2,100
- Everyday Gold Single Cabin
- $1,800–2,400
- GOLD TWIN
- $3,100–5,500
- GOLD SINGLE
- $2,800–4,900
- PLATINUM
- $6,000–9,500
- GOLD PREMIUM TWIN
- $3,800–7,000
Train from Adelaide to Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $2,365–5,390
- Book at
- https://bookings.greatsouthernrail.com.au/?_ga=2.27793852.1430812322.1538203551-1884130056.1538203551
- Gold
- $2,365
- Gold Premium
- $3,390
- Platinum
- $5,390
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- transportnsw.info
Train from Central Station to Roma Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- https://transportnsw.info/regional
- Book at
- https://transportnsw.info/regional/regional-train-coach-facilities/xpt-regional-trains
- Economy
- $80–110
- First
- $110–150
- Sleeper
- $220–250
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Roma Street to Proserpine
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–3,972
- Book at
- https://queenslandrailtravel-booking.opendestinations.com/BookingSite/rail/search
- Website
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Pages/Timetable.aspx
- BQuick
- $85–310
- AChoice
- $55–260
- Gold Class
- $3,171
- Heritage Class
- $3,972
- Phone
- 13 34 10
- reservations@premierms.com.au
- Website
- premierms.com.au
Bus from Brisbane Roma Street to Airlie Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–220
- Website
- https://premierms.com.au/
Bus from Mackay to Airlie Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- https://premierms.com.au/
Bus from Rockhampton to Airlie Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- https://premierms.com.au/
- Phone
- 1300 473946
- Website
- greyhound.com.au
Bus from Mackay to Airlie Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $30–50
- Advantage
- $35–55
- Flexible
- $30–55
Bus from Rockhampton to Airlie Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $75–110
- Advantage
- $90–140
- Flexible
- $100–170
Bus from Central Station to Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–300
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.greyhound.com.au/timetables
- Early Bird
- $130–190
- Advantage
- $160–240
- Flexible
- $190–300
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