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Cheap Flights from Cairns to California

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles2 stops$1,395
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,372
Los Angeles
Los Angeles2 stops$1,395
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,372

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Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Cairns to California that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Cairns to California

Sun, 26 Oct - Sun, 2 Nov
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06:40 - 13:25CNS-SFO
23h 45m2 stops
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22:05 - 17:30SFO-CNS
25h 25m2 stops
$1,372
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Thu, 26 Feb - Sun, 8 Mar
Virgin Australia Logo
06:00 - 15:15CNS-LAX
27h 15m2 stops
Virgin Australia Logo
23:35 - 10:15LAX-CNS
41h 40m1 stop
$1,395Virgin Australia
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Sun, 26 Oct - Sun, 2 Nov
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06:40 - 10:39CNS-SFO
44h 59m2 stops
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18:00 - 17:15SFO-CNS
29h 15m2 stops
$1,396
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Sat, 25 Oct - Sat, 1 Nov
Qantas Airways Logo
15:35 - 16:40CNS-LAX
18h 05m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
22:25 - 16:15LAX-CNS
24h 50m1 stop
$1,457Qantas Airways
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Thu, 26 Feb - Sun, 8 Mar
United Airlines Logo
06:00 - 20:14CNS-LAX
32h 14m2 stops
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23:35 - 14:55LAX-CNS
22h 20m1 stop
$1,464United Airlines
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Thu, 26 Feb - Sun, 8 Mar
United Airlines Logo
06:00 - 15:15CNS-LAX
27h 15m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
10:25 - 11:00LAX-CNS
31h 35m2 stops
$1,466United Airlines
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Fri, 14 Nov - Tue, 18 Nov
Air Canada Logo
06:00 - 12:20CNS-SFO
24h 20m2 stops
Air Canada Logo
18:00 - 14:55SFO-CNS
26h 55m2 stops
$1,541Air Canada
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Sun, 26 Oct - Sun, 2 Nov
Qantas Airways Logo
12:35 - 16:55CNS-SFO
21h 20m1 stop
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20:15 - 14:05SFO-CNS
23h 50m2 stops
$1,562Qantas Airways
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Fri, 14 Nov - Tue, 18 Nov
Air Canada Logo
06:00 - 12:20CNS-SFO
24h 20m2 stops
Air Canada Logo
16:20 - 14:55SFO-CNS
28h 35m2 stops
$1,620Air Canada
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Thu, 26 Feb - Sun, 8 Mar
Air New Zealand Logo
06:00 - 20:08CNS-LAX
32h 08m3 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
20:05 - 16:50LAX-CNS
27h 45m2 stops
$2,063Air New Zealand
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Cairns to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Cairns to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

How much is a return flight from Cairns to California?

What is the cheapest month to fly from Cairns to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Cairns to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Cairns to California is September, when tickets cost $1,146 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and July, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,761 and $1,755 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$561
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 10% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (26% more expensive on average)
Flight from Cairns to Los Angeles

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Cairns to California?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Cairns to California.

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    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Cairns to California is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Cairns to California?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Cairns to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Cairns to California?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Cairns to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally at night, when retur flights cost $1,013 on average. Morning departures are around 17% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,281.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Cairns to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Cairns to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Cairns to California? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 205 reviews
7.4Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.5Crew
7.5Food
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Again, Fijian hospitality was genuine, very comfortable, only improvement would be the entertainment. Why Do they only have 5 episodes of TV shows and from like season three...

10.0 ExcellentMatthew, Aug 2025NAN - CNS
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Again, Fijian hospitality was genuine, very comfortable, only improvement would be the entertainment. Why Do they only have 5 episodes of TV shows and from like season three...

Fiji Airways was amazing, will definately be lfying them again. The "Fijian hospitality" is not a catch phrase, it is genuine. the only things that could be improved is the entertainment. Not a great choice of movies, and the TV shows only have about 5 or so episodes, and often of a random season.

They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

In-flight entertainment options could use a refresh, Consider a tie-up with Spotify for more current music and with IMDB or other service for newer selections/movie ratings.

See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

6 hour delay and they didnt try to make up any time during an over 10 hour flight

Very good; seat made ready for bed after meal, a plus since one airline covered the seat at the start.

Entertainment was not good. Seems like liquor should’ve been advertised only beer and wine was even though I saw others getting liquor didn’t realize I could. And the food to me could’ve been a little bit.

Food choices perhaps not the best. Only offered beer and wine, when it appeared other liquor was available. Entertainment wasn’t so good.

Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

Lost my luggage and brought someone else luggage to my airport.

Not entirely positive. It’s frustrating that everything is done through the united app. One of our flight attendants on our trip from San Francisco to MSP continually had trouble hearing people so she flipped her hair into people’s faces

I flew United from San Francisco to Auckland. My connecting flight from Auckland to Christchurch was canceled with no explanation. I was finally told the cancellation was due to fog. Even though it was clear when we landed. I am from San Francisco, I know what fog is! And I didn't see any fog. I was told the next available flight was 7 hours later. Unacceptable, they should have had a flight ready to go as soon as it was deemed safe to take off.

Our original flight was cancelled from SFO to AKL on 6/16/25. So we had to stay overnight at a hotel after a 12-hour layover plus 3-hour delay before the cancellation. Then had to fly to LA and then to AKL the following day losing an entire day of our vacation in NZ, that we can never get back.

Two hours was not enough time to transition from the international to domestic terminal. You have to go through customs, a biological hazard check, gather your luggage, take a bus to the domestic terminal and recheck your luggage. The bus was slow and crowded and the lines to recheck your bags were very long. We missed our connecting flight. Initially, the Air New Zealand officials were not helpful at all in helping to get us on another flight. Told us we would have to buy another ticket for a flight 11 hours later. Found another agent that was more helpful. He helped arrange to get us on standby for another flight three hours later. Had to ride in jump seats next to the flight attendants, but at least we eventually got to out destination.

Full flight. Flight attendants were harried. Otherwise, fine for the typical cramped seating conditions in coach.

Great! Flight was delayed by 30 mins but all was great. Thanks.

The 10hr flight was a comfortable as it could be in row 57. The food was just very bad….bland and soggy!

The business class upgrade meant a good sleep on the way home after a long week away. Excellent service, great food, and comfortable seat/bed for the journey.

Overall experience was good but what really impressed me the most was the care the flight attendants took of a sick passenger who was sitting in front of me. The flight attendants would come and check on her quite regularly providing her support and comfort. Brilliant service!

Only answered OK and poor as there was no entertainment and I didnt have any food

4.5 hr international flight. We got a glass of water. Ranks up there with Ryan Air, Easy Jet, Spirit and Frontier. Expected better.

Gluten free options less explicit on business class, but great service

Very good… seems the virgin staff particularly in the lounge and in flight exceeded expectations.

I liked everything about the experience but would have liked some free snacks!

Crew was great but flight was delayed almost three hours due to a technical issue and we had to go back to the terminal and wait for another one.

Being told why we delayed three hours and not even given an apology by someone. Not a word. Not my airline of choice ever.

Checked Baggage line up was long but moved quickly, rest of the process, boarding, crew was excellent

Virgin has always provided a smooth and comfortable flight. This one was no different. Seats are comfortable. Staff are great. This is my favourite airline.

My flight from Dallas to Sydney was cancelled. My entire trip was rerouted to include the following: Hartford to Washington DC Washington DC to JFK JFK to Auckland Auckland to Christchurch I paid for an aisle seat on the flight to Auckland and was asked if I would take a window seat to accommodate a family. The agent at the podium failed to mention that the family had a 3 month old baby and that a bassinet would be used during the 16 hour flight. The only way I could get out of my seat was to crawl under the bassinet of the sleeping baby. I think it is wrong that I was no given the choice to sit in another seat, that the agent knew what she was doing and chose to not properly disclose my seating arrangement. Terrible treatment.

they ran out of fruit for breakfast and so I just had a yogurt instead. other than that the flight was good

by the time they got to our row, they were out of some of the food options. games and movies were great but maybe more game options like tetris or pac man would be great

A few more inches of legroom is all i ask

Great as usual, some delays but well communicated and made up for in the air

Poor! This flight was delayed 14 hours. There was no assistance in helping customers find other routes to their destination, nor any other kind of support. It was a chaotic experience. I'm not likely to fly with AA going forward.

Business class points redemption - good value for points paid, dubious value if out of your own pocket, domestic class business product okay for this length of flight. The flight left and arrived on time, crew were good, aircraft was a bit old and tired, but still miles ahead of their competitors in Virgin and Jetstar.

Airline running better than post Covid, proper boarding process now implemented, some aircraft feeling a bit old and tired, crew fine, online experience better.

We were upgraded and after just a short delay in attending to a safety check we were on our way. Would definately fly Qantas International on their Dreamliner again.

Five hour flight instead of four hours due to westerly headwinds which wasn’t the fault of Qantas !

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