Airlines with flights from Darwin to Cairns
There are two airlines with scheduled flights between DRW and CNS. Qantas is the only airline with non-stop flights from Darwin Intl to Cairns International and the flight time is 2 hours and 30 minutes. You can also connect with Airnorth via Gove with a flight time of 4 hours and 25 minutes.
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Schedules
Non-stop with Qantas
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Total flight time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
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One World Alliance
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Darwin and Cairns are both Qantas focus cities.
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9 flights per week
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Embraer 190
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Business class available
DRW
Direct
CNS
W25, Jun 15 - Jun 21
Flight
Mon
Jun 15
Tue
Jun 16
Wed
Jun 17
Thu
Jun 18
Fri
Jun 19
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Jun 20
Sun
Jun 21
QF1889
07:00
07:00
07:00
07:00
07:00
07:00
07:00
QF1853
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13:30
13:30
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13:30
13:30
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The timetable & schedule information was updated at 2026-04-21
Via Gove with Airnorth
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Total flight time: 4h 25m - 6h 20m.
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Darwin is a Airnorth hub.
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2 flights per week
DRW
Via GOV
CNS
W25, Jun 15 - Jun 21
Flight
Mon
Jun 15
Tue
Jun 16
Wed
Jun 17
Thu
Jun 18
Fri
Jun 19
Sat
Jun 20
Sun
Jun 21
TL414
TL162
TL162
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05:45
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TL414
TL160
TL160
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05:45
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The timetable & schedule information was updated at 2026-04-21

There are two airlines with scheduled flights between DRW and CNS. Qantas is the only airline with non-stop flights from Darwin Intl to Cairns International and the flight time is 2 hours and 30 minutes. You can also connect with Airnorth via Gove with a flight time of 4 hours and 25 minutes.