PHE to PER flight delays
Port Hedland (PHE) Perth (PER)
3,472 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · Australian Government BITRE
75.56%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.07%
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
The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 34.6 points more punctual than in February — 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.
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. QantasLink arrived on time 7.6 points more often than Virgin Australia 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 two directions do not behave alike. PER to PHE arrives on time 10.1 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.
Flights from Port Hedland to Perth run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, QantasLink arrived on time most often on PHE to PER. Virgin Australia was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in November.
Every airline on PHE 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 | 2,426 | 78.14% | 2.14% | — | C |
| Virgin Australia | 933 | 70.56% | 1.71% | — | D |
| Virgin Australia Regional Airlines | 91 | 57.95% | 3.3% | — | — |
| Qantas | 22 | 76.19% | 4.55% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
PER to PHE Perth back to Port Hedland 85.69% on time BCommon questions
Are flights from Port Hedland to Perth usually delayed?
75.56% of flights on the PHE 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 Port Hedland to Perth?
QantasLink, at 78.14% on time across 2,426 flights. The least punctual on the route was Virgin Australia at 70.56%.
How often are PHE to PER flights cancelled?
2.07% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 21 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Port Hedland to Perth?
May, when 88.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 53.9%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on PHE 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 →