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YBCS · CNS

Cairns International Airport

-16.88580°N
145.75500°W
ARR / DAY
1
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
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ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

Cairns International Airport (YBCS/CNS) is a medium international airport located in Cairns, Australia. It features 2 runways with the longest being 10,489 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 7 carriers across 1 route. The most active carrier is Qantaslink (QLK). The busiest route is to Brisbane International Airport (YBBN).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
11 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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YBCS 120030Z AUTO 13011KT 9999 // FEW040 29/20 Q1018

Runways

2 installed

10,489 FT MAX
12/30
3,035 ft × 60
ASP○ unlitCLOSED
15/33
10,489 ft × 148
ASP● LIT

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

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Top carriers

Share of flights

5 total
TOP 9 10
Qantaslink 50% Skytrans Pty Ltd T/A Skytrans Airlines 20% Virgin Australia 10% Surveillance Australia P/L 10% Qantas Airways 10%

Top destinations

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BNE 3
MEL 1
TSV 1

Carriers

See all + destinations → 5
Qantaslink
5
Skytrans Pty Ltd T/A Skytrans Airlines
2
Virgin Australia
1
Surveillance Australia P/L
1
Qantas Airways
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from YBCS · last 7d

4 destinations
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Top routes

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See all routes → 5 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
CNSBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantaslink 2 2h 5m
CNSMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 1 3h 7m
CNSBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Virgin Australia 1 1h 56m
CNSTSV
Townsville, AU
 Qantaslink 1 0h 54m

Pilot & community notes

3 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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nontexan
11/11/2011
Great for both airline (passenger) and general aviation - we
Back in 1999 I was traveling to Australia for business. I managed to spend some time visiting Cairns. I flew up from Sydney on a 747-SP, walked down the jet stairs on to the apron - cool! Then later on in the week I rented a C172, VH-WHK, along with an instructor to fly up the coastline sight seeing. Amazing! I also was amazed to see an HF radio in this C172 - but this made sense, since you are often in the outback. Great times - I hope it is still the same or better.
jmblanco430
9/5/2009
CBCS
RUNWAY 15---109.90---150º
Ozguy
7/29/2007
CNS
One of my all-time favourite airports, and cities. The birthplace of Bush Pilots Airways.
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