Cairns International Airport

Cairns International Airport is located 8km north of the city centre.

Nestled between mountains, mangroves and the shores of the Coral Sea, Cairns International Airport is Australia's largest regional airport. It is the 5th busiest airport for international passengers and the 6th busiest airport in Australia.

The airport is internationally recognised as the gateway to the world's oldest rainforest and one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Barrier Reef.

Airfield operations are 24 hours, and terminal Operations including Shops/Cafes pre and post immigration are open in accordance with flight schedules.

Airlines and destinations serviced from Cairns include Qantas to Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne,Perth, Sydney, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Gladstone, Gove Mackay, Horn Island, Thursday Island, Townsville, Weipa, and Hamilton Island, Jetstar to Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney, Virgin Blue to Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, Macair Airlines to Normanton, Kowanyama, Pompuraaw, Mount Isa, Edward River, and Mornington Island, and Regional Pacific to Bamaga.

International servicing airlines include Air New Zealand to Auckland, Air Niugini to Port Moresby, Cathay Pacific to Hong Kong, Continental Micronesia to Guam, Qantas to Narita/Tokyo, Jetstar to Nagoya, Osaka, Singapore, and United Airlines to Auckland.

Onward connecting flights are available to numerous other worldwide destinations, from the direct ports served.