How reliable is Perth International Airport?
Flights from PER avoided significant airline-controlled delay in 78% of 142,805 flights in official BITRE history. Here’s the full picture before you book.
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on-time, cancellations & delays
Origin-airport operations
What the airline-controlled delay record at PER looks like
Avoided 15+ min controlled delay
across 142,805 flights
Source: BITRE · data through 2026-08-30. Origin-grouped, cause-attributed operational history; it is not a direct departure-punctuality measure or a guarantee for any flight.
Weather by month
Weather history isn’t available for PER yet
PlaneSane shows month-by-month airport weather once enough historical METAR/IEM observations are loaded for the airport. This does not mean the airport has no weather data forever; it means the current climatology table has no monthly coverage for Perth International Airport.
The read on PER
What the numbers say about flying through Perth International Airport
Across official performance history, flights from Perth avoided significant airline-controlled delay about 78% of the time over 142,805 flights. That's a respectable but unspectacular operational record. Pair it with a moderate cancellation rate of 2.2%. When a departure does run late, the typical delay is around 0 minutes.
None of this guarantees your specific flight — it’s the backdrop. To turn it into a booking, score real flights to Perth, read how we weigh it all in how the Peace of Mind Score works, and brush up with how to pick a reliable flight and avoiding weather delays.
Common questions about PER
- How reliable is Perth International Airport (PER)?
- Flights from Perth avoided significant airline-controlled delay roughly 78% of the time across 142,805 flights of official history — a respectable but unspectacular operational record. The cancellation rate runs about 2.2%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.
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