VIC · Melbourne
Melbourne Airport → Footscray taxi fare
A taxi from Melbourne Airport to Footscray costs about A$53.87 on the weekday day rate. It usually runs A$51.18–A$59.26 depending on the time of day.
Melbourne Airport → Footscray is 20.9 km of road, generally 38 minutes when traffic moves. Day-rate trips settle near A$53.87, spreading between A$51.18 and A$59.26 depending on the time of day.
Estimated fare range
A$51.18 – A$65.87
20.9 km · 38 min typical
Tuesday 8am
A$51.18 – A$59.26
overnight tariff
Friday 6pm
A$51.18 – A$59.26
overnight tariff
Saturday 10pm
A$56.89 – A$65.87
peak tariff
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About this route
Airport-pickup surcharges apply to trips leaving Melbourne Airport and account for a portion of the A$53.87 day-rate midpoint shown. Late Saturday (post-10pm), the trip out of Melbourne Airport costs around A$59.88, an extra A$6.01 above the daytime baseline. The standard path out of Melbourne Airport avoids tolls, so the meter is the whole story for this trip.
Melbourne Airport has no train line, so the taxi rank, SkyBus and private car parks absorb the entire arrivals load — queues track the arrival bank rather than the hour. Over 20.9 km the meter alternates between two rates: a per-kilometre charge while the cab is moving, and a per-minute waiting rate once it drops below the slow-speed threshold. That is why a A$53.87 trip from Melbourne Airport to Footscray costs more in stop-start traffic than the distance alone suggests. All fares quoted track the official schedule published by Commercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria (CPVV); the day-rate midpoint from Melbourne Airport sits at A$53.87.
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