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Local time zone: Australia/Brisbane
Cairns International Airport (CNS) had nonstop service to 32 destinations on 11 airlines in our August 28, 2026 departure snapshot. The busiest route was to Brisbane (BNE), served by 3 carriers, and the largest operator here was Jetstar with nonstops to 11 destinations. 8 of those routes were international.
Route data as of August 28, 2026, based on a 7-day departures sample. Routes may have changed since this snapshot.
This schedule snapshot includes nonstop flights from CNS to 32 destinations, including 8 international routes. The snapshot shows about 55 flights per day across those routes. The busiest options start with Brisbane (BNE), Sydney (SYD), Melbourne (MEL).
8 international routes in this schedule set
Australia 24 · Japan 2 · New Zealand 2
11-12/day on 3 airlines
Airbus A320 family · Boeing 737 · Embraer E-Jet
These routes have enough tracked flights or schedule depth for a full guide with duration, distance, airlines, aircraft, and frequency.
Ranked by destinations served, then daily frequency.
Grouped by departure terminal in our schedule data, with each carrier's share of that terminal's captured departures.
Ranked by airlines operating the route. Routes with enough tracked data or schedule depth link to full route guides.
Cairns International Airport (CNS / YBCS) is located in Cairns, Australia.
The IATA code is CNS. The ICAO code is YBCS.
The busiest scheduled route from CNS in our August 28, 2026 departure data was CNS to BNE (Brisbane), with 11-12/day across 3 airlines.
Jetstar was the largest operator in our CNS schedule data, serving 11 destinations with 15-16/day.
This schedule snapshot includes 8 international routes and 24 domestic routes from CNS.
11 airlines operated at CNS in our August 28, 2026 snapshot. Top carriers include Jetstar, Qantas, Skytrans, Virgin Australia, Rex Regional Express.
This schedule snapshot includes direct flights from CNS to 32 destinations including Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Townsville, Horn Island.
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