Melbourne to Perth Flight Time

At the moment, you can catch a direct flight from Melbourne to Perth with the following airlines, including: Jetstar Airways Virgin Australia Qantas Airways Selected airlines are based on historical data collected from flight bookings users made on Trip.com within the last 90 days.

It takes about 4 hours 17 minutes to fly from Melbourne (MEL) to Perth (PER).

By analyzing data from all airlines on the Trip.com flight calendar, it looks like the best time to book a flight from Melbourne to Perth is around 40 days (6 weeks) in advance, and the best time to fly is usually on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Tuesday typically offers the cheapest flights for departure, while Saturday offers the best return deals.

Based on Trip.com data in the past 4 weeks, there is 113 flight per week flying from Melbourne to Perth. You can check the weekly schedule for popular airlines on this route below: Jetstar Airways: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- JQ972 (06:26) Virgin Australia: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- VA677 (07:31) Qantas Airways: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- QF763 (09:30)

The cheapest months to fly from Melbourne to Perth is October, when demand for travel is lower.

After crunching the numbers on our May flight calendar, it's currently cheapest to fly from Melbourne to Perth on May 22, 2026 with Virgin Australia, with prices starting at £ 104.

You can land at any one of the following hubs in Perth, with Melbourne Airport to Perth Airport (MEL-PER) is by far the most common option on this route: Perth Airport (PER) Jandakot Airport (JAD).

The time difference between Perth and Melbourne is 2h.

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