A pre-booked Perth Airport taxi at a fixed price — your driver meets you inside the terminal with a name board, tracks your flight, and drives you door-to-door. No rank queue, no meter, no surge. Sedans for singles and couples, maxi taxis seating up to seven for families and groups.
Fixed one-way fares from Perth Airport, confirmed at booking — GST, airport fees, tolls and waiting time included. Prices are for a private sedan; maxi taxis and premium cars are quoted at booking.
| Destination | Distance | Time | Sedan, fixed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth CBD | 12 km | 18 min | $63 | View |
| Fremantle | 27 km | 31 min | $86 | View |
| Scarborough | 29 km | 26 min | $89 | View |
| Joondalup | 36 km | 30 min | $99 | View |
| Cottesloe | 24 km | 32 min | $81 | View |
| Mandurah | 77 km | 54 min | $161 | View |
| Rockingham | 53 km | 41 min | $125 | View |
Any Perth or WA address is quoted the same way — one fixed fare, both directions.
The honest answer is that a metered taxi from Perth Airport does not have a single price — it has a range, because the meter climbs with the traffic and the time of day. A run to the Perth CBD is roughly twenty minutes and around twelve to fifteen kilometres, and on a metered rank taxi you might pay one figure at 10am and a noticeably higher one at 5pm on a Friday or after midnight, once time-based charges and any late-night surcharge are added. That uncertainty is exactly what a pre-booked fixed fare removes.
With PerthRide the Perth Airport to city fare is set before you fly and does not move — the figure in the fare guide above is the figure you pay, with GST, airport fees, tolls and waiting time already included. The same is true for the other trips people ask about most: the airport to Fremantle, to the northern beaches around Scarborough and Hillarys, to Joondalup, and the longer run south to Mandurah and Rockingham. You see the price, you book it, and nothing is added at the kerb.
Perth Airport is two precincts about ten minutes apart, and getting the terminal right is the single biggest thing an ordinary airport taxi gets wrong. Terminals 1 and 2 sit together on the western side off Airport Drive; Terminals 3 and 4 sit together on the eastern side off Dunreath Drive, roughly twelve kilometres away by road. Terminal 1 handles the international airlines and Virgin Australia, Terminal 2 the regional carriers like Rex and Alliance and Jetstar, and Terminals 3 and 4 are Qantas.
A pre-booked driver knows your terminal from your flight number, so the car is at the right precinct when you land — not a ten-minute drive away at the wrong one. Rather than joining the rank, you are met inside the arrivals hall with a name board, which is faster and calmer than queueing outside, especially after a long-haul flight into T1 or a red-eye into T3.
A standard airport taxi seats four at a squeeze, which does not work for a family with a week of luggage or a FIFO crew coming off a swing. A maxi taxi — a seven-seat people mover — takes the group and the bags together, and with PerthRide it is booked at one fixed price for the whole vehicle rather than a meter that rises with every extra kilometre. Prams, sporting gear, oversized bags and the usual holiday overflow are accounted for when you tell us the load at booking.
For groups larger than seven, cars are combined and the whole party is quoted as a single price, so everyone arrives together at one known cost. Child and booster seats are available on any vehicle for a flat fee and fitted before pickup — worth flagging the ages when you book so the right seats are installed in advance.
Rideshare apps are the other option at Perth Airport, and they have their place — but on an airport run they carry two specific risks a pre-booked transfer removes. The first is cancellation: it is a common experience to book a rideshare on arrival, watch a driver accept, and then have them cancel while you stand at the kerb with a trolley of bags, restarting the wait from scratch. A pre-booked transfer is a car and driver reserved in advance, so it is genuinely committed to you before you land.
The second is price. Rideshare fares at the airport surge when several flights arrive together — exactly the moment demand is highest — so the fare quoted when you open the app can be well above the everyday rate, and it is not known until you need the ride. A fixed transfer fare is agreed when you book, days ahead if you like, and does not move with demand, the time of day, or the traffic on the way in.
Rideshare pickups also route you to a designated pickup zone rather than the door, and there is no meeting inside. With a booked transfer the driver comes into arrivals with a name board, takes the bags, and walks you to the car — the difference between being met and being one more person tapping a phone in the pickup bay.
The fare is agreed before you fly — no meter, no after-hours surcharge, no event surge.
Your driver is already at arrivals with a name board — no rank queue, no rideshare hunt.
Land early or late and the pickup adjusts automatically, at no extra cost.
Up to seven seats with full luggage — one fixed price for the whole group.
Pickup, drop-off, date and passenger count — we confirm one fixed price up front, GST and airport fees included.
Confirm by email or WhatsApp. Flight number added? We track it and adjust your pickup automatically.
Name board at arrivals or a message at the kerb — then a quiet, comfortable ride to the door.
A pre-booked Perth Airport taxi to the CBD is a fixed fare confirmed before you fly, covering the roughly 20-minute run with GST, airport fees and waiting time included — no meter and no surge, so the price you book is the price you pay. See the fare guide above for popular destinations.
A maxi taxi seating up to seven passengers with full luggage can be booked from Perth Airport for families and groups, at one fixed price — request the group size at booking and the right vehicle is assigned automatically.
Your driver meets you inside the arrivals hall with a name board — T1 or T2 for international and Virgin Australia flights, T3 or T4 for Qantas domestic — rather than the rank, so there is no queue and the car is guaranteed.
A pre-booked fixed-price airport taxi removes the meter, the after-hours surcharge and event surge pricing, so the fare is known in advance; a metered rank taxi varies with traffic and time of day. For a set price and a guaranteed car, pre-booking wins.
The Perth Airport to Fremantle run is about 30 kilometres and 30 minutes, and with a pre-booked transfer the fare is fixed before you fly — see the fare guide above for the exact price — with GST, tolls and waiting time included and no meter climbing in traffic on the way.
Pre-booked airport taxis and transfers run 24 hours a day, including red-eye and pre-dawn arrivals, at the same fixed fare — there is no late-night surcharge, and because the car is reserved it is waiting whether your flight is on time or delayed.
Pre-booking is not required to fly, but it is what locks the fixed price and guarantees a car and driver waiting with a name board; booking even a day ahead removes the rank queue and the risk of a rideshare cancelling on arrival.
Baby and booster seats are available on any vehicle for a flat fee and are fitted and checked by the driver before pickup — request the ages at booking so the correct seats are installed in advance.
Prefer a premium car and driver? See our Perth Airport chauffeur service.
One fixed quote, confirmed in writing before you commit — airport, FIFO, event night or the long run south.
Fixed price, confirmed up front
No meter · no surge · GST included