Cairns Airport Australia

Cairns International Airport is the primary international gateway into the region and is also served by many domestic flights. Cairns International Airport is an Australian domestic and international airport in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is operated by the Cairns Port Authority.

The airport is located 7 kilometres (4 miles) north of the Cairns central business district in the suburb of Aeroglen.

The Cairns airport lies between Mount Whitfield to the west and Trinity Bay to the east.

The Cairns airport serves international, domestic and general aviation flights including a number of helicopter operators. Flights are operated to major Australian cities and tourist destinations, regional communities in Far North Queensland, and a number of international destinations in the Asia-Pacific region with connections to the rest of the world.

The Cairns airport is also a base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia and the search and rescue helicopters of the State Emergency Service.

The international airlines serving Cairns are:

• Qantas  flying in direct from several international destinations, eg. Narita (Tokyo).
• Jetstar from Osaka and Nagoya, Japan
• Air Niugini flying from Port Moresby.
• Air New Zealand flying from Auckland.
• Cathay Pacific from Hong Kong 4 times a week
• Airlines PNG flying from Port Moresby, Tabuil and Mt Hagen.
• Continental Airlines flying from Guam.
• Airfast Indonesia flying from Timika.
• Korean Air flying from Incheon.

The domestic airlines serving Cairns airport are:

• Qantas flying from Horn Island, Weipa, Gove/Nhulunbuy, Darwin, Perth, Alice Springs, Yulara (Uluru), Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
• Virgin Blue  flying from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
• Jetstar flying from Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
• Mac-Air  flying from regional Queensland including Townsville and Mount Isa