Cheap flights Cairns to Sydney (Kingsford Smith)

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Cheap flights Cairns to Sydney

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Price

110 C$ 227 C$ 227 C$

Airlines

Air Jamaica Express Qantas Airways Virgin Australia

VA 782

03:55

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 14 sep

4h 45min

1 stop

08:40

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 14 sep

219 C$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 15 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 15 sep

121 C$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 15 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 15 sep

184 C$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Wed, 16 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Wed, 16 sep

159 C$

JQ 957 🔥 Hot deal

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Thu, 17 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Thu, 17 sep

149 C$

VA 1428

09:15

Cairns (CNS)

Thu, 17 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:10

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Thu, 17 sep

159 C$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Thu, 17 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Thu, 17 sep

143 C$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 18 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 18 sep

169 C$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 18 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 18 sep

170 C$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 19 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 19 sep

187 C$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 19 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 19 sep

197 C$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 20 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 20 sep

156 C$

VA 1428

09:15

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 20 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:10

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 20 sep

140 C$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 20 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 20 sep

172 C$

VA 1428

09:15

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 21 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:10

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 21 sep

157 C$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 21 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 21 sep

121 C$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 22 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 22 sep

138 C$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 25 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 25 sep

127 C$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 26 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 26 sep

114 C$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 26 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 26 sep

151 C$

JQ 953 🔥 Hot deal

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 27 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 27 sep

141 C$

JQ 957 🔥 Hot deal

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 28 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 28 sep

182 C$

VA 1428

09:15

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 28 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:10

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 28 sep

153 C$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 28 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 28 sep

186 C$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 29 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 29 sep

161 C$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 12 oct

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 12 oct

210 C$

QF 1819

20:50

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 13 oct

2h 55min

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 13 oct

185 C$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Thu, 15 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Thu, 15 oct

135 C$

VA 1428

08:15

Cairns (CNS)

Thu, 15 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:10

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Thu, 15 oct

183 C$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 16 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 16 oct

163 C$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 17 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 17 oct

211 C$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 17 oct

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 17 oct

213 C$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 18 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 18 oct

159 C$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 19 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 19 oct

160 C$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 20 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 20 oct

180 C$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Wed, 21 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Wed, 21 oct

152 C$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 23 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 23 oct

156 C$

VA 1428

08:15

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 23 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:10

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 23 oct

169 C$

JQ 951

20:40

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 25 oct

3h

Direct

23:40

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 25 oct

206 C$

VA 1422

05:45

Cairns (CNS)

Wed, 28 oct

3h

Direct

08:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Wed, 28 oct

202 C$

JQ 957

08:05

Cairns (CNS)

Wed, 28 oct

3h

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Wed, 28 oct

212 C$

QF 1819

20:50

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 30 oct

3h

Direct

23:50

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 30 oct

193 C$

VA 1416

00:55

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 1 nov

3h

Direct

03:55

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 1 nov

194 C$

VA 1426

07:35

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 2 nov

3h

Direct

10:35

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 2 nov

155 C$

JQ 951

20:40

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 2 nov

3h

Direct

23:40

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 2 nov

186 C$

JQ 951

20:40

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 3 nov

3h

Direct

23:40

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 3 nov

188 C$

VA 1422

05:45

Cairns (CNS)

Wed, 4 nov

3h

Direct

08:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Wed, 4 nov

143 C$

VA 1426

07:35

Cairns (CNS)

Thu, 5 nov

3h

Direct

10:35

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Thu, 5 nov

160 C$

VA 1426

07:35

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 6 nov

3h

Direct

10:35

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 6 nov

158 C$

JQ 951

20:40

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 7 nov

3h

Direct

23:40

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 7 nov

177 C$

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Cheap flights Cairns to Sydney

Virgin Australia

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun

Price from

C$110

Air Jamaica Express

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun

Price from

C$121

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Cheap flights Cairns to Sydney

Interesting facts about the route

Flight time

3h

Distance

1 972 km

Average price

C$161

Most frequent flight

JQ 957

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Frequently Asked Questions

The average ticket price Cairns Sydney is C$161. The cheapest ticket costs C$121, operated by Air Jamaica Express, flight 957, departing Cairns on 15 September at 09:10, arriving Sydney on 15 September at 12:05.

The average flight time is 3 hours. The fastest flight takes 2 hours 55 minutes, flight 957 operated by Air Jamaica Express, departing Cairns on 15 September at 09:10, arriving Sydney on 15 September at 12:05.

Flights on the Cairns - Sydney route are operated by the following airlines: Air Jamaica Express, Virgin Australia.

The distance from Cairns to Sydney is 1972 km.