Getting here
By plane
Cairns International Airport (IATA: CNS, ICAO: YBCS) is the primary international gateway into the region and is also served by many domestic flights. Cairns airport has two terminals; a domestic terminal and an international terminal, both within walking distance from each other.
The international airlines serving Cairns are
- Jetstar direct from Tokyo-Narita, Osaka-Kansai, Singapore and Bali via Darwin
- Air Niugini flying from Port Moresby
- Air New Zealand flying from Auckland
- Cathay Pacific from Hong Kong 4 times a week
- Airlines PNG flying from Port Moresby, Tabuil and Mt Hagen
- Continental Airlines flying from Guam
- Airfast Indonesia flying from Timika
- Korean Air flying from Incheon
The domestic airlines serving Cairns are
- Qantas flying from Horn Island, Weipa, Gove/Nhulunbuy, Alice Springs, Yulara (Uluru), Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane
- Virgin flying from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane
- Jetstar flying from Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin, Perth, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane
- Tiger Air flying from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne
The Airport Shuttle bus leaves every 30min into town, costs $10, while a taxi will do the same trip directly to your destination for around $24.