Airlines Using This Terminal:

Opening Times:

Location:

HOW TO GET TO TERMINAL 4 (Qantas Domestic):

Driving:

• Fauntleroy Avenue off Great Eastern Highway, or
• Dunreath Drive off Tonkin Highway.

Be mindful of speed limits – speed cameras are sometimes used.

Free shuttle buses run from the long-term parking areas to the terminal.

Parking cost calculator

Public Transport:

The Perth Airport Connect shuttle bus service is also available for travel between the International Terminal (T1) and Perth City or Fremantle, but is expensive (almost the same as a taxi fare)  – see Perth Airport Connect website for prices and schedules

Taxi:

HOW TO GET TO THE ARRIVALS/DEPARTURES VIEWING AREA:

You can also walk through a hallway to Terminal 3, which is used by Virgin Australia, Skywest and Tiger Airways Australia.

Advantages:

• Bays 13 – 15 are usable from late morning and best from mid afternoon for photography
• Good views of traffic landing and taking off runway 21, but only if you have a telephoto lens of at least 300mm for large aircraft, more for smaller aircraft.
• Good views of aircraft parked at Terminal 4; taxying to/from or past the terminal; and landing/taking off at nearest point on runway 21.
• Wheelchair access via lift.
• Escalator also available.
• Under cover with single-layer glass windows.
• Air conditioned
• Seating available
• Arrivals and Departures TV monitors.
• Toilets
• Food and drink shops available

Disadvantages:

• Early morning photography will be facing the sun.
• Bays 9 – 12 are usually shooting into the sun, depending on angle of sun (e.g. in Winter, the sun is more from the north)
• Distortion and reflections from windows can be an issue for photography, though not as bad as Terminal 3.
• Heat haze is a problem if aircraft are too far away – more haze at threshold of runway 21, but less at closest point on runway to the terminal.
• No restaurants or cafes, unless you go down to the first floor.
• Aircraft parked at some bays will be partly or fully obscured by terminal structures and airbridges.
• Lighting poles and terminal structure may cause shadows on aircraft in the afternoon.
• International terminal is on the opposite side of the airport, too far away for decent photos of international aircraft.
• Photographing aircraft on runways requires a telephoto lens of at least 300mm.
• Aircraft taking off runway 21 or 24 will usually be obscured by terrain, trees or structures at rotation – the same applies to aircraft touchdown point for landings on runway 03 and 06.
• Need to be mindful of parking costs