CNS
Cairns International Airport
Cairns International Airport (IATA: CNS, ICAO: YBCS) is a large airport in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It opened in 1936. It has one runway, 3,197 m (10,489 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 3.8 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1936–19361936
OpenedCairns International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap15/33156° / 336° · LIT
LENGTH3,197 m10,489 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2011–20223.9M
4.1M
4.2M
4.3M
4.5M
4.9M
4.9M
4.9M
4.8M
1.7M
2.3M
3.8M
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Routes
36 destinations · 7 countriesYear-round34
TSVTownsville Airport / RAAF Base TownsvilleAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines285 km177 miKWMKowanyama AirportAustralia · SmartLynx Australia454 km282 miEDRPormpuraaw AirportAustralia · SmartLynx Australia495 km308 miPPPProserpine Whitsunday Coast AirportAustralia · SmartLynx Australia499 km310 miNTNNormanton AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines505 km314 miIRGLockhart River AirportAustralia · SmartLynx Australia525 km326 miAUUAurukun AirportAustralia · SmartLynx Australia584 km363 miMKYMackay AirportAustralia · QantasLink598 km372 miWEIWeipa AirportAustralia · QantasLink622 km386 miMOVMoranbah AirportAustralia · SmartLynx Australia625 km388 miBUCBurketown AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines667 km414 miONGMornington Island AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines700 km435 miDMDDoomadgee AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines744 km462 miABMNorthern Peninsula AirportAustralia · SmartLynx Australia749 km465 miISAMount Isa AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines782 km486 miHIDHorn Island AirportAustralia · QantasLink793 km493 miPOMPort Moresby Jacksons International AirportPapua New Guinea · Air Niugini842 km523 miGOVGove AirportAustralia · Airnorth1,089 km677 miMCYSunshine Coast AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways1,319 km820 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +11,392 km865 miASPAlice Springs AirportAustralia · Airnorth1,454 km903 miOOLGold Coast AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways1,486 km923 miDRWDarwin International Airport / RAAF DarwinAustralia · QantasLink, Airnorth1,674 km1,040 miAYQAyers Rock Connellan AirportAustralia · QantasLink1,788 km1,111 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways1,974 km1,227 miADLAdelaide International AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways2,133 km1,325 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways2,314 km1,438 miNANNadi International AirportFiji · Fiji Airways3,361 km2,088 miDPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · Jetstar Airways3,432 km2,133 miPERPerth International AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways3,432 km2,133 miCHCChristchurch International AirportNew Zealand · Jetstar Airways3,887 km2,415 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Singapore Airlines5,006 km3,111 miKIXKansai International AirportJapan · Jetstar Airways5,812 km3,611 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Jetstar Airways5,881 km3,654 miCargo5
TSVTownsville Airport / RAAF Base TownsvilleAustralia · Qantas Freight285 km177 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight1,392 km865 miWSIWestern Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight1,955 km1,215 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight1,974 km1,227 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight2,314 km1,438 miMost destinationsJetstar Airways 11QantasLink 7SmartLynx Australia 7Rex Airlines 6Qantas Freight 5Airnorth 3
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CNS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Cairns Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
5 channelsA/DAPP/DEP118.400
ATISATIS113.000
CLDCLNC DEL121.700
GNDGND121.700
TWRTWR124.900