Cheap flights Cairns to Sydney (Kingsford Smith)

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Cheap flights Cairns to Sydney

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Price

137 NZ$ 283 NZ$ 283 NZ$

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

273 NZ$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 15 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 15 sep

151 NZ$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 15 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 15 sep

229 NZ$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Wed, 16 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Wed, 16 sep

198 NZ$

JQ 957 🔥 Hot deal

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Thu, 17 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Thu, 17 sep

185 NZ$

VA 1428

09:15

Cairns (CNS)

Thu, 17 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:10

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Thu, 17 sep

198 NZ$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Thu, 17 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Thu, 17 sep

178 NZ$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 18 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 18 sep

210 NZ$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 18 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 18 sep

212 NZ$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 19 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 19 sep

233 NZ$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 19 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 19 sep

245 NZ$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 20 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 20 sep

194 NZ$

VA 1428

09:15

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 20 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:10

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 20 sep

175 NZ$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 20 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 20 sep

214 NZ$

VA 1428

09:15

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 21 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:10

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 21 sep

195 NZ$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 21 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 21 sep

151 NZ$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 22 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 22 sep

171 NZ$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 25 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 25 sep

158 NZ$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 26 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 26 sep

141 NZ$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 26 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 26 sep

188 NZ$

JQ 953 🔥 Hot deal

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 27 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 27 sep

176 NZ$

JQ 957 🔥 Hot deal

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 28 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 28 sep

227 NZ$

VA 1428

09:15

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 28 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:10

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 28 sep

190 NZ$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 28 sep

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 28 sep

232 NZ$

JQ 957

09:10

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 29 sep

2h 55min

Direct

12:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 29 sep

201 NZ$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 12 oct

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 12 oct

261 NZ$

QF 1819

20:50

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 13 oct

2h 55min

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 13 oct

230 NZ$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Thu, 15 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Thu, 15 oct

168 NZ$

VA 1428

08:15

Cairns (CNS)

Thu, 15 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:10

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Thu, 15 oct

227 NZ$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 16 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 16 oct

203 NZ$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 17 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 17 oct

262 NZ$

JQ 953

20:45

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 17 oct

3h

Direct

23:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 17 oct

265 NZ$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 18 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 18 oct

197 NZ$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 19 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 19 oct

199 NZ$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 20 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 20 oct

224 NZ$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Wed, 21 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Wed, 21 oct

189 NZ$

JQ 957

08:10

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 23 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 23 oct

195 NZ$

VA 1428

08:15

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 23 oct

2h 55min

Direct

11:10

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 23 oct

211 NZ$

JQ 951

20:40

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 25 oct

3h

Direct

23:40

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 25 oct

256 NZ$

VA 1422

05:45

Cairns (CNS)

Wed, 28 oct

3h

Direct

08:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Wed, 28 oct

252 NZ$

JQ 957

08:05

Cairns (CNS)

Wed, 28 oct

3h

Direct

11:05

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Wed, 28 oct

264 NZ$

QF 1819

20:50

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 30 oct

3h

Direct

23:50

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 30 oct

240 NZ$

VA 1416

00:55

Cairns (CNS)

Sun, 1 nov

3h

Direct

03:55

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sun, 1 nov

241 NZ$

VA 1426

07:35

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 2 nov

3h

Direct

10:35

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 2 nov

192 NZ$

JQ 951

20:40

Cairns (CNS)

Mon, 2 nov

3h

Direct

23:40

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Mon, 2 nov

231 NZ$

JQ 951

20:40

Cairns (CNS)

Tue, 3 nov

3h

Direct

23:40

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Tue, 3 nov

234 NZ$

VA 1422

05:45

Cairns (CNS)

Wed, 4 nov

3h

Direct

08:45

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Wed, 4 nov

178 NZ$

VA 1426

07:35

Cairns (CNS)

Thu, 5 nov

3h

Direct

10:35

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Thu, 5 nov

200 NZ$

VA 1426

07:35

Cairns (CNS)

Fri, 6 nov

3h

Direct

10:35

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Fri, 6 nov

197 NZ$

JQ 951

20:40

Cairns (CNS)

Sat, 7 nov

3h

Direct

23:40

Sydney, Kingsford Smith (SYD)

Sat, 7 nov

220 NZ$

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Cheap flights Cairns to Sydney

Virgin Australia

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

Price from

NZ$137

Air Jamaica Express

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

Price from

NZ$151

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NZ$70

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Cheap flights Cairns to Sydney

Interesting facts about the route

Flight time

3h

Distance

1 972 km

Average price

NZ$200

Most frequent flight

JQ 957

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Frequently Asked Questions

The average ticket price Cairns Sydney is NZ$200. The cheapest ticket costs NZ$151, 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.