Geraldton Airport (GET)

Departures from Geraldton Airport (GET) at a glance

• 2flights a day86th busiest of 111 airports
• 1route from here
• 1airline
• 11:55 – 21:15first and last00061218

Collected 11 October 2026. Not live — check with the airline before booking.

Geraldton Airport (GET) is owned and operated by the City of Greater Geraldton and sits about 10 kilometres east of Geraldton, on the Geraldton-Mount Magnet Road at Moonyoonooka in Western Australia. Passengers use one terminal, the Greenough Terminal, and the airport is a Security Controlled Airport. This site's schedule records show direct flights from Geraldton Airport to Perth with Qantas.

The City says there are no food or beverage options in the departure lounge, the terminal opens from the first flight of the day to the last and not all day at weekends, and the car parks take electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFTPOS) payment only, with no cash. Fruit fly rules also apply to fruit and plants moved into or out of a quarantine area around South Perth.

Who runs Geraldton Airport

The City of Greater Geraldton owns and operates the airport, and the aerodrome entry published by Airservices Australia names the City as the operator. The same entry records Geraldton Airport as a Security Controlled Airport.

The airport is a hub for Royal Flying Doctor Service and State Emergency Services operations, beside an emergency services precinct.

The Greenough Terminal at Geraldton Airport

The City's terminal page says the Greenough Terminal is open daily from the first flight in the morning to the last flight in the evening. It is not open all day on weekends, so check the flight times before you go out to the airport on a Saturday or Sunday. The airport's administration offices are upstairs and take general enquiries on business days.

Check-in at Geraldton Airport

Qantas has a designated check-in desk in the terminal. The City says check-in usually opens an hour and a half before the scheduled departure time and closes half an hour before departure. Confirm the times with Qantas before you fly.

For check-in and airline queries, the City also points travellers to the local representative, North West Aviation Services.

The departure lounge

The departure lounge is a security controlled area, and you go through screening before you enter it. It has two boarding gates, and Gate 1 is designated for Qantas. Inside are televisions, toilets and a wheelchair accessible toilet with baby change, but the City says there are no food or beverage options in the departure lounge, so buy what you need before you go through screening.

The cafe and the playground

Airport Cafe GET sells toasties, wraps, cakes, hot drinks, beer, wine, spirits and non-alcoholic drinks. Its hours follow the flight schedule, usually opening about an hour and a half before a departure. It closes on public holidays, and times can vary with delays and schedule changes.

The terminal has an airport-themed indoor playground, Ready GET Go, for children aged two to five. It is open to the public seven days a week, but the terminal itself is not open all day on weekends.

Other facilities in the terminal

The main terminal area has public toilets with showers, and unisex wheelchair accessible toilets with baby change. A room in the terminal can be hired for meetings, small functions or training through the City's facility hire page.

Access and assistance

The City's Disability Access Plan asks you to contact your airline before you travel if you need assistance. The plan lists automatic double doors at the main entrance, check-in counters on one level, and accessible toilets in the main lounge and the screened lounge with baby change and Braille signage.

The plan lists hearing loops in the screened lounge, and flight information screens in the arrival and departure lounges and in the screened lounge. It also says guide and assistance animals are allowed in the terminal.

Lost property and missing bags at Geraldton Airport

For items lost in the terminal, the departure lounge or the car parks, the City has a lost property report form on its airport site, and the airport office is open Monday to Friday. For missing or damaged baggage, the City has a separate Missing Bags page.

Security screening at Geraldton Airport

The Australian Government regulates security at Australian airports, including Geraldton Airport. As a security controlled airport, every passenger and visitor passing through to secure areas, and their bags, are screened for prohibited items and dangerous goods. Screening opens one hour before departure, and charter flights such as fly-in fly-out services do not require screening.

The City says a wheelchair user who cannot pass through the metal detector is screened with a hand-held wand, and it advises contacting the airline before you travel. For what you can carry in hand and checked baggage, the City sends travellers to the Department of Home Affairs pages on what you can and cannot bring, and on dangerous goods.

The Australian Government sets general conditions for when an open charter or regular public transport air service must be screened, and they are not specific to Geraldton Airport. A service must be screened if it:

• uses aircraft with a seating capacity of 40 or more persons
• operates from an Australian designated, tier 1 or tier 2 security controlled airport
• uses any aircraft departing from the same apron as a screened air service operating at a designated airport

When the liquids restrictions apply

The Department of Home Affairs sets general restrictions on liquids, aerosols and gels. It says they apply in these situations:

• when departing Australia
• when transiting through Australia from one country to another
• when travelling on the domestic leg of a flight departing from an Australian international terminal
• before boarding an inbound flight at its last point of departure before it reaches Australia

Each container is limited to 100 mL or 100 g or less, and all containers must fit in one transparent, re-sealable plastic bag.

Getting to and from Geraldton Airport

The airport is about 10 kilometres east of Geraldton on the Geraldton-Mount Magnet Road. The City's Disability Access Plan says a drop-off and pick-up area is directly in front of the Departure and Arrivals doors of the Greenough Terminal.

Visit Geraldton, the City's associated tourism site, says Geraldton is 424 kilometres north of Perth by road, about a four-hour drive. Coach lines arrive at and depart from the Old Railway Station on Chapman Road in Geraldton.

Parking at Geraldton Airport

The airport has a short-term car park directly in front of the terminal and a long-term car park just north-west of it, about a two-minute walk away. The City's parking page gives a free period in the short-term car park and a grace period in the long-term car park, with charges after that, and payment at both is by EFTPOS only, with no cash.

The City asks drivers to park only in the designated customer bays to avoid penalties. The Disability Access Plan lists accessible parking bays in the short-term car park opposite the terminal and in the long-term car park opposite Pay Station 2.

Car hire at Geraldton Airport

The hire car desks are near the baggage claim area, so you can sort out your car while you wait for your bags. The companies the City lists include Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Thrifty, and it asks you to book with the hire company directly.

Flights from Geraldton Airport to Perth

Direct domestic flights recorded from Geraldton Airport go to the destination below, with Qantas.

Destination	Airport	Airlines recorded
Perth	Perth Airport (PER)	Qantas

Geraldton and Perth are both in Western Australia, which does not observe daylight saving. Queensland and the Northern Territory do not either, while New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory do.

Fruit and plants moving in or out of the South Perth quarantine area

A flight from Perth to Geraldton stays inside Western Australia, but a Queensland fruit fly quarantine area covers part of Perth. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) declared it in a quarantine area notice gazetted on 17 April 2026, because Queensland fruit fly was present in the area on 27 March 2026. The area is everything within a 15-kilometre radius of the intersection of South Terrace and Sandgate Street, South Perth.

The 17 April 2026 notice splits the area into two zones with different rules. A corrective action zone covers streets around Como, Kensington, South Perth and East Victoria Park, and the rest of the quarantine area is the export assurance zone. The rules cover the host fruit listed in the notice, which include apples, citrus, stone fruit, grapes, tomatoes and capsicum, and their host plants.

• Corrective action zone: non-commercially produced fruit and host plants must not be moved within or out of the zone except as the notice, an approval or a general exemption allows. Under the notice, fruit may be moved once it has been treated (for example cooked, sliced, juiced or frozen for at least 24 hours) or disposed of in a tied black plastic bag in the general waste bin, and host plants once all their fruit has been removed.
• Export assurance zone: fruit grown there, and host plants, may be moved to the rest of Western Australia if the fruit has been processed, cooked or frozen for at least 24 hours, all fruit has been removed from the plant, an inspector authorises it, or DPIRD has been notified beforehand and its approved measures are met.

Fruit or host plants entering or passing through the quarantine area comply with the notice if they are moved under secure conditions, following measures approved by DPIRD's Chief Plant Biosecurity Officer. The notice says failing to comply could result in a fine. An amendment gazetted on 22 September 2026 moved the notice's end date to 31 March 2027, so read the notice as amended before you pack fruit or plants from South Perth.

The Abrolhos Islands and Kalbarri National Park

Visit Geraldton calls Geraldton the central hub of the Midwest region and the largest regional city north of Perth. It says many visitors base themselves in Geraldton for the Abrolhos Islands, Pink Lake, the Kalbarri Gorges and Wildflower Country.

The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) says Houtman Abrolhos Islands National Park is a marine archipelago 60 to 80 kilometres off the Midwest coast. Visitors are welcome on day trips and private tours run there, but camping is not permitted, and many islands are hard to reach because of shallow water and reefs. Private operators offer historical tours by scenic flight and charter boat, East Wallabi is accessible by boat and aircraft, and the wreck of the Batavia (1629) lies in the Wallabi Group.

The park itself has no entry fee, but a separate fee applies to passengers landing by aircraft. Visitors need to be self-sufficient, and DBCA asks you to check shoes and gear for soil, seeds and pests and to pack food in sealed containers to protect the islands.

DBCA says Kalbarri National Park surrounds the lower Murchison River and its 80-kilometre gorge, with the Kalbarri Skywalk over the Murchison Gorge, coastal cliffs and spring wildflowers. An entry fee applies, the park has no drinking water, and hiking is advised in the cooler months, May to October.

History and recent work at Geraldton Airport

The City says West Australian Airways Ltd, operated by Sir Norman Brearley, departed Geraldton Airport on 5 December 1921, and describes it as the first commercial air service in Australia.

In September 2024, construction began on a microgrid at the airport powered by renewable energy, awarded to UON and funded in part by a Commonwealth Government Disaster Ready Fund grant. The City says the project is completed, and that the microgrid lets the airport and the neighbouring emergency services precinct keep working through a power failure.

Questions about Geraldton Airport

Who runs Geraldton Airport?

The City of Greater Geraldton owns and operates Geraldton Airport. The airport office is upstairs in the Greenough Terminal.

How far is Geraldton Airport from Geraldton?

The airport is about 10 kilometres east of Geraldton on the Geraldton-Mount Magnet Road, at Moonyoonooka.

Is there food in the departure lounge at Geraldton Airport?

No. The City says there are no food or beverage options in the departure lounge, so buy what you need before you go through screening.

How early should I check in at Geraldton Airport?

The City says check-in usually opens an hour and a half before the scheduled departure time and closes half an hour before departure. Confirm the times with Qantas before you fly.

Does Geraldton change its clocks for daylight saving?

No. Geraldton and Perth are both in Western Australia, which does not observe daylight saving.