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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Qantas

Non-stop with Qantas

  • Total flight time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
  • One World Alliance
  • Darwin and Cairns are both Qantas focus cities.
  • 9 flights per week
  • Embraer 190
  • Business class available
DRW
Direct
CNS

The timetable & schedule information was updated at 2026-04-21

Airnorth

Via Gove with Airnorth

  • Total flight time: 4h 25m - 6h 20m.
  • Darwin is a Airnorth hub.
  • 2 flights per week
DRW
 
Via GOV
 
CNS

The timetable & schedule information was updated at 2026-04-21

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Flight data on this page was last updated on 2026-06-02