Cairns Airport
Airport Information
Cairns Airport
Cairns Airport is one of Australia’s leading regional airports, providing air links to a variety of regional, domestic, and international destinations. Pre-COVID, Cairns Airport welcomed over 5 million passengers per year.
Described as ‘descending into paradise’, Cairns Airport is the gateway to the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef and Tropical Rainforests of North Queensland and is just 7km from the Cairns CBD.
Cairns Airport offers direct domestic flights to Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Townsville, Newcastle, Whitsunday Coast and other various regional centres across North Queensland. Passengers can also fly internationally direct to Singapore, Port Moresby, Japan and New Zealand.
Airport News
05/12/2025
Cairns Airport Climate Study Sets New Standard
A leading international journal has platformed a new study born out of the dense mangroves surrounding Cairns Airport, the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef.
The study, published recently in Ocean & Coastal Management, highlights the …
