Perth Airport is about 12 kilometres east of the city centre and handles both international and domestic flights. Terminal 1 serves international arrivals and departures; Terminal 2 handles domestic services for Qantas and some other carriers; Terminals 3 and 4 serve Jetstar and Virgin domestically. The terminals are not all connected, so check which terminal your flight uses before you arrive.
There is no direct rail link between the airport and the city centre as of 2024 — the Metronet project has proposed extending the rail network to the airport, but this is still under construction. The most practical options from the airport are taxi or rideshare (30 to 45 minutes to the CBD, longer in peak hour), the Transperth 380 and 40 bus routes to the city (inexpensive but slower, around an hour), or the Perth Airport Connect shuttle bus, which serves major hotels. Car hire is available from all terminals.
Perth is very distant from the rest of Australia by any measure: it is roughly 2,700 kilometres from Adelaide, 2,700 kilometres from Darwin, and 4,300 kilometres from Sydney. Flying is the only practical way to get there for most visitors. The Indian Pacific train from Sydney to Perth (via Adelaide) is a classic long-distance rail journey taking about four days, operated by Great Southern Rail, and is an experience in itself rather than a practical mode of transport. There are no international passenger ship services to Perth, though cruise ships dock at Fremantle.