Your Airport Run from St Kilda East
The run from St Kilda East covers 31.9 km and takes about 31 minutes in ordinary traffic. Your estimated fare is around $85 to $104 in a standard taxi.
Traffic can push this out to about 47 minutes at the wrong time of day, which is worth planning around even though it will not affect your fare.
When to Leave St Kilda East
Working backwards from a domestic departure, three hours is a comfortable buffer from St Kilda East, or one more hour if you are flying international. The drive itself is 31 minutes.
We run 24 hours and there is no night rate. A 3am pickup costs the same as a 3pm one, which is worth knowing when you are weighing an early flight against a convenient one.
Travelling with a Group
From St Kilda East a standard taxi is $85 to $104 and an SUV is $102 to $125, the difference being boot space rather than seats. A group of up to eleven takes the maxi at $102 to $125.
Nearby areas including Windsor, Prahran and St Kilda are priced the same way, with their own fares listed on this site.
We cover all of St Kilda East 3183, including residential pickups, hotels and business addresses. Airport pickups back to the area are quoted the same way.
How a taxi to Melbourne Airport works start to finish, the upfront quote, the flight tracking and what happens when a flight moves, is set out on the main service page.