Cheap Flights from Cairns to Townsville

Flights from Cairns to Townsville are operated by 3 airliners – Qantas Airways, V Australia and Virgin Blue. The most popular are provided by Qantas Airways. They operate around 6 flights a day departing from Cairns and arriving at Townsville International. In the morning there is 12 flights, 29 flights in the evening and 0 flights at night with the earliest departuare at 06:39 and latest departure at 18:25. Please be aware that flight times and the number of flights will vary between summer and winter months. The most common flight number for this flight is QF 2301, QF 2303, QF 2305, QF 2307, QF 2309, QF 2313, QF 2315 and QF 2317.

Other airliners offer less frequent flights but departure times may be more desirable. Virgin Blue offers 1 flight a day from Cairns to Townsville International between the hours of 07:55 and 07:55. The flight number for this flight is DJ 1636.

Qantas Airways flight prices from Cairns to Townsville International can be found at www.qantasairways.com

Daily Flights

Below you find a list of all the airliners that operate flights from Cairns to Townsville and how many flights depart on a per day basis.

Airliner
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Qantas Airways
7
7
6
7
7
2
5
Virgin Blue
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
V Australia
1
1
1
1
1
1
0

Flight Routes

Do you need to get travel fast? You will find alternative routes from Cairns to Townsville that require 1 or more stops and in some instances the timing may be more convenient or a quicker route. View the table below to see alternative route that are possible.

Route
Stops
Total Distance
Weekly Flights
Cairns > Townsville
0
295 Km (183 Miles)
47
Cairns > Brisbane > Townsville
1
2,595 Km (1,612 Miles)
78
Cairns > Sydney > Townsville
1
3,800 Km (2,361 Miles)
12
1
4,530 Km (2,815 Miles)
7
Cairns > Gold Coast > Townsville
1
2,790 Km (1,734 Miles)
4
Cairns > Mount Isa > Townsville
1
1,620 Km (1,007 Miles)
3

Return flight are operated by 4 airliners which include Qantas Airways, V Australia, Virgin Blue and Australian Air Express. More information on return flights can be found on our Flights from Townsville to Cairns page.

Arriving at Townsville

If a friend or relative is collecting you at Townsville then make sure they visit our Townsville Airport Arrivals page that gives all needed about the flight arrival; planning the trip can useful should there a delay. Alternatively, if you choose to hire a car then visit our page which will give you the cheapest car hire quote from all companies based at Townsville.

When arriving at Townsville bear in mind that the time zone is GMT +10.0, so remember to change you time on your watch.

On departing Townsville International Airport airport you should find getting to your destination to be relatively straight forward. Townsville International Airport is located around 4 km (3 miles) from Townsville city center where a lot of travelers will be heading to. Townsville has more than 139,000 residents so you if you are in search of a place to stay you should easily find a number of hotels and hostels available.