Melbourne (MEL)Cairns (CNS)
- non-stop flights:
- 5–11 per day
- flight duration:
- at least
direct flight availability- Sun
- Mon
- Tue
- Wed
- Thu
- Fri
- Sat
airlinesfrom $190number of non-stop flights per airline and day of the week Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 
3–5 3–5 3–5 3–5 3–5 3–5 3–5 
1–4 1–3 1–3 2–4 2–4 1–3 2–3 
1–2 1 1 1 1 1–2 1 Sydney (SYD)Cairns (CNS)
- non-stop flights:
- 6–10 per day
- flight duration:
- at least
direct flight availability- Sun
- Mon
- Tue
- Wed
- Thu
- Fri
- Sat
airlinesfrom $81number of non-stop flights per airline and day of the week Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 
3–4 3–4 3–4 3–4 3–4 3–4 3–4 
2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–4 2–4 
2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2 1–2 Brisbane (BNE)Cairns (CNS)
- non-stop flights:
- 11–20 per day
- flight duration:
- at least
direct flight availability- Sun
- Mon
- Tue
- Wed
- Thu
- Fri
- Sat
airlinesfrom $181number of non-stop flights per airline and day of the week Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 
6–10 6–9 6–10 6–10 6–10 5–6 5–8 
5–6 5–6 5–6 5–6 5–6 4–5 4–6 
3–4 2–3 3–4 3 3–4 3 2–3