Airport Name and ICAO/IATA Code
Cairns International Airport (ICAO: YBCS / IATA: CNS)
Location (City, Country)
Cairns, Australia
Airport Type & Size
Cairns is a medium-sized airport that has both international and domestic arrivals and departures. Cairns Airport receives around 5 million Passengers a year. Cairns Airport can receive planes from the small size of a Twin-otter class A to the largest aircraft in the world, the Airbus A380, and can even have the Antonov AN-124 Land in Cairns.
Runway Lengths =
Runway 15/33 - 3,160 Metres / 10,350 feet
T1 International Terminal - 8 shared stands A-F
T2 Domestic Terminal - 19 stands / 4 A-B stands - 15 stands A-D
Cargo stands can vary
T1 + T2 stands - 8 open stands
Why should this airport be added to World of Airports?
This airport adds a really good connection point between major hubs where players can send planes, like from Sydney to go to Hong kong, Bankok or Nagoya. This airport would serve a good hub for players wanting to do small-sized aircraft connections between Sydney and Cairns and Cairns to Hong Kong. Currently, the smallest aircraft to fly connections to Sydney is the Airbus A21XLR to Hong Kong or Bangkok. With cairns, we can have small Fokker 100, DHC-8s, Q400 and smaller aircraft size B and C to be able to have more variety.
Major Airlines & Routes
Major Airlines =
Air New Zealand, Air Niugini, Airnorth, Alliance Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Fiji Airways, Jetstar, Qantas, Qantaslink, REX Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Skytrans, Virgin Australia Airways, Japan Airlines, ANA Airlines, Team Global Express, Hinterland Aviation, TOLL Airways.
Major Routes =
Osake Kansai KIX, Tokyo Narita NRT, Hong Kong, Singapore Changi SIN, Denpasar Ngurag Rai DPS, Port Moresby Jackson POM, Darwin DRW, Gove GOV, Groote Eylandt GTE, Alice Springs ASP, Ayers Rock AYQ, Perth PER, Kingscote KGC, Adelaide ADL, Melbourne MEL, Sydney Kingsford Smith SYD, Gold Coast OOL, Brisbane BNE, Sunshine Coast MCY, Trepell TQP, Cloncurry CNJ, Mount Isa ISA, Labona QBL, Moranbah MOV, Mackay MKY, Hamilton Island HTI, Proserpine Whitsunday Coast PPP, Townsville TSV, Doomadgee DMD, mornington Island ONG, Normanton NTN, innisfail IFL, Mareeba MRB, Kowanyama KWM, pormpuraaw Edward River EDR, Cooktown CTN, lizard Island LZR, Coen CUQ, Lockhard River IRG, Aurukun AUU, Weipa WEI, Skardon River QBS, Bamaga Northern Peninsula ABM, Horn Island HID, Nadi NAN, Auckland AUK, Toowoomba WTB.
Unique Features or Challenges
Unique features could be the different landscapes around the airport and the occasional winds from cyclones, and the challenges could be from the wind from the ocean breeze.
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