BME to PER flight delays
2,393 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · Australian Government BITRE
78.35%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.96%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
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Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Virgin Australia arrived on time 21.4 points more often than Virgin Australia Regional Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 46.6 points more punctual than in July — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 19.8 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
The two directions do not behave alike. PER to BME arrives on time 6.3 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Virgin Australia arrived on time most often on BME to PER. Virgin Australia Regional Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in July.
Every airline on BME to PER
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QantasLink | 1,413 | 78.48% | 0.99% | — | C |
| Virgin Australia | 771 | 82.72% | 0.91% | — | B |
| Virgin Australia Regional Airlines | 209 | 61.35% | 0.96% | — | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
PER to BME Perth back to Broome 84.6% on time BCommon questions
Are flights from Broome to Perth usually delayed?
78.35% of flights on the BME to PER route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Broome to Perth?
Virgin Australia, at 82.72% on time across 771 flights. The least punctual on the route was Virgin Australia Regional Airlines at 61.35%.
How often are BME to PER flights cancelled?
0.96% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 10 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Broome to Perth?
February, when 94.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 48.3%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BME to PER during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →