There are 6 ways to get from Perth to Kirkwall by plane, bus, ferry, or train
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Fly to Kirkwall
best- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane PER - KOI
29h 7m£904–2,706Fly to Glasgow Airport, train, bus, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PER - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry
35h 44m£511–1,518Fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane PER - INV
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry
33h 34m£587–1,757Fly to Aberdeen Airport, train, bus, ferry
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane PER - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry
39h 11m£533–1,040Fly to Edinburgh Airport, train, bus, ferry
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PER - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry
35h 36m£518–2,128Fly to Newcastle, train, bus, ferry
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Newcastle (NCL)plane PER - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry
37h 39m£610–2,612
Perth Airport (PER) to Kirkwall (KOI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Perth to Kirkwall is to fly and train and bus and ferry which costs £500 - £1,100 and takes 39h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Perth to Kirkwall is to fly which takes 29h 7m and costs £900 - £2,800.
The distance between Perth and Kirkwall is 9162 miles.
It takes approximately 29h 7m to get from Perth to Kirkwall, including transfers.
Kirkwall is 7h behind Perth. It is currently 5:44 PM in Perth and 10:44 AM in Kirkwall.
There are 214+ hotels available in Kirkwall.
What companies run services between Perth, WA, Australia and Kirkwall, Scotland?
Qantas, British Airways, and five other airlines fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Kirkwall (KOI) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via London Heathrow, Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £1,100–3,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via London Heathrow, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £1,000–3,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via London Heathrow, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £1,000–3,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £1,100–3,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via Doha, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £900–2,700
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via Dubai, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £900–2,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–2,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–2,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via London Heathrow, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £1,000–3,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £1,100–3,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via Doha, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £900–2,700
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via Dubai, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £900–2,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dubai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
Flights from Perth Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Rome, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,300
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via London Heathrow, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £1,000–3,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £1,100–3,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via Doha, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £900–2,700
Flights from Perth Airport to Kirkwall via Dubai, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £900–2,900
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–2,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–2,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Newcastle via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,100
Flights from Perth Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dubai, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,700
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £490–1,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 01224591381
- bluebird.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- northlinkferries.co.uk
Ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- £13–17
- Peak
- £16–19
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