The invention provides a preparation method of flaky alpha aluminum oxide, which comprises the following steps: (1) weighing molten salt and an aluminum source, putting the molten salt and the aluminum source into a container, adding deionized water for dissolving, ultrasonically dispersing uniformly, and drying to obtain a mixture; (2) putting the mixture dried in the step (1) into a mortar, adding aluminum fluoride, and uniformly grinding; and (3) putting the powder in the step (2) into a crucible, putting the crucible into a heating furnace, heating to 750-900 DEG C, keeping the temperature for 0.5-5 hours, taking out a solid matter, grinding, and carrying out ultrasonic washing to obtain the flaky alpha aluminum oxide. The preparation method of the flaky alpha alumina is low in preparation temperature and short in reaction time, and the production cost is greatly reduced. The invention also provides the flaky alpha aluminum oxide prepared by the preparation method of the flaky alpha aluminum oxide, the average radial size of the flaky alpha aluminum oxide is 4-5 microns, the thickness is 150-250 nm, and the radius-thickness ratio is 16-25.