Jetstar is the only airline with scheduled public flights, from Melbourne and Sydney a few days a week. Nothing scheduled flies from Perth. Land, collect a pre-booked car at the terminal and you are in Dunsborough in half an hour.
Listed by the airport as a Regular Public Transport service. Passengers on Melbourne flights go through security screening. The airport says flight times can change at short notice and to confirm with the airline.
Listed by the airport as a Regular Public Transport service. margaretriver.com confirms Jetstar flies Sydney-Busselton 'several days a week'. Passengers on Sydney flights go through security screening.
The airport's static schedule lists Perth flights only as 'Closed Charter' services (Qantas, Virgin, Alliance/Nexus codes) for mine-site workers; the only services marked 'Regular Public Transport' are Jetstar's Melbourne and Sydney flights. Visitors arriving in Perth drive (about three hours) or take a coach.
Times and days change by season; confirm on Jetstar before booking the car.
Car hire at Busselton Airport works on pre-booked arrangements, with key drop facilities at the airport. The operators are Avis, Avraa Car Hire, Hertz, Europcar, Budget and Busselton & South West Rent A Car. Contact your operator before travel to arrange collection. Busselton & South West Rent A Car says it is based in the airport arrivals hall and is open for all flights, with bookings essential; Avraa lists Busselton Airport (BQB) and a Busselton town office as its locations.
Dedicated taxi and rideshare pick-up areas are directly outside the terminals and signposted; the passenger pick-up and drop-off zone is at the front of the departures terminal. South West Taxis (1300 68 16 16) covers Busselton, Vasse, Dunsborough, Quindalup, Yallingup, Cowaramup, Gracetown and Margaret River, and DiDi is listed as a registered operator. The airport is about 10 minutes from Busselton town centre and 45 minutes from Margaret River.
Free Wi-Fi covers the arrival and departure lounges. The cafe, Poppy and Pip 'On the Fly', opens around scheduled arrivals and departures for coffee, cakes, toasties, sandwiches and snacks; it is not licensed. There are a limited number of free luggage trolleys, accessible toilets and baby-change rooms, and signposted smoking areas outside. Pets are not allowed inside the buildings (service animals excepted).
Jetstar is the only airline with scheduled public services, flying from Melbourne (Tullamarine) and from Sydney a few days a week each. Other flights on the airport's schedule are closed charters for mine-site workers.
No. There is no scheduled public flight between Perth and Busselton Airport. From Perth, drive about three hours down the Forrest Highway or take a coach to Busselton town.
Busselton Airport is a security-controlled airport: anyone flying to Melbourne or Sydney is screened (body scanner, carry-on x-ray and random explosive-trace tests), and the airport asks you to allow a little extra time. Check Jetstar's check-in cut-off for your flight. Airline baggage tags are available in the departures terminal.
Every desk at the airport in one place. Book before you fly; keys are at the terminal.