Cheap Flights from Townsville to Cairns

Flights from Townsville to Cairns are operated by 4 airliners – Qantas Airways, V Australia, Virgin Blue and Australian Air Express. The most popular are provided by Qantas Airways. They operate around 5 flights a day departing from Townsville International and arriving at Cairns. In the morning there is 16 flights, 17 flights in the evening and 1 flight at night with the earliest departuare at 00:03 and latest departure at 20:10. 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 2300, QF 2302, QF 2304, QF 2306, QF 2308, QF 2310, QF 2312, QF 2314, QF 2316 and QF 2318.

Other airliners offer less frequent flights but departure times may be more desirable. Virgin Blue offers 1 flight a day from Townsville International to Cairns between the hours of 06:30 and 06:30. The flight number for this flight is DJ 1637.

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

Daily Flights

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

Airliner
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Qantas Airways
0
6
7
7
8
4
2
Virgin Blue
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
V Australia
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Australian Air Express
0
1
1
1
1
0
0

Flight Routes

Do you need to get travel fast? You will find alternative routes from Townsville to Cairns 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
Townsville > Cairns
0
295 Km (183 Miles)
40
Townsville > Brisbane > Cairns
1
2,595 Km (1,612 Miles)
62
Townsville > Sydney > Cairns
1
3,800 Km (2,361 Miles)
10
1
4,530 Km (2,815 Miles)
6
1
2,790 Km (1,734 Miles)
5
1
1,620 Km (1,007 Miles)
3

Return flight are operated by 3 airliners which include Qantas Airways, V Australia and Virgin Blue. More information on return flights can be found on our Flights from Cairns to Townsville page.

Arriving at Cairns

If a friend or relative is collecting you at Cairns then make sure they visit our Cairns 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 Cairns.

When you arrive at Cairns remember that the time zone is GMT -10.0 compared to GMT +10.0 at Cairns.

Getting to your destination from Cairns Airport Airport should be relatively straight forward and quick. Cairns Airport is around 5 km (3 miles) from Cairns city center where most people will be traveling. Cairns is a large city with over 154,200 people so you if you are looking for accommodation then there should be plenty of hotels and hostels available.