$545 Find Cheap Flights from Cairns to California

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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 Angeles1 stop$1,106
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,366
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,106
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,366

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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

Thu, 4 Sep - Thu, 18 Sep
Fiji Airways Logo
12:40 - 12:55CNS-LAX
17h 15m1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
23:55 - 11:40LAX-CNS
18h 45m1 stop
$1,106Fiji Airways
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Sat, 25 Oct - Tue, 18 Nov
Fiji Airways Logo
12:40 - 12:55CNS-LAX
17h 15m1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
22:45 - 11:35LAX-CNS
18h 50m1 stop
$1,222Fiji Airways
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Thu, 4 Sep - Tue, 16 Sep
Fiji Airways Logo
12:40 - 12:55CNS-LAX
17h 15m1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
23:55 - 11:40LAX-CNS
18h 45m1 stop
$1,224Fiji Airways
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Fri, 12 Sep - Fri, 19 Sep
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19:00 - 21:33CNS-SFO
43h 33m2 stops
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09:33 - 09:15SFO-CNS
30h 42m2 stops
$1,366
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Sat, 13 Sep - Sat, 20 Sep
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19:00 - 21:33CNS-SFO
43h 33m2 stops
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09:33 - 09:15SFO-CNS
30h 42m2 stops
$1,381
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Tue, 28 Oct - Tue, 18 Nov
Air New Zealand Logo
17:35 - 12:15CNS-LAX
35h 40m2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
20:10 - 14:05LAX-CNS
23h 55m2 stops
$1,401Air New Zealand
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Wed, 10 Sep - Wed, 17 Sep
Qantas Airways Logo
15:35 - 16:40CNS-LAX
18h 05m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
21:35 - 13:45LAX-CNS
23h 10m1 stop
$1,475Qantas Airways
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Tue, 2 Sep - Sun, 21 Sep
Qantas Airways Logo
18:50 - 16:40CNS-LAX
38h 50m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
21:35 - 16:40LAX-CNS
26h 05m1 stop
$1,522Qantas Airways
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Tue, 28 Oct - Tue, 18 Nov
Virgin Australia Logo
23:55 - 06:50CNS-LAX
23h 55m1 stop
Virgin Australia Logo
13:34 - 14:00LAX-CNS
30h 26m2 stops
$1,556Virgin Australia
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Wed, 3 Sep - Tue, 30 Sep
Virgin Australia Logo
06:00 - 06:35CNS-SFO
17h 35m1 stop
Virgin Australia Logo
23:25 - 23:35SFO-CNS
31h 10m1 stop
$1,560Virgin Australia
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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.

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 May, when tickets cost $1,100 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and July, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,900 and $1,796 respectively.


Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$545
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 10% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (23% 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?

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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.
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8.0
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 202 reviews
8.5Crew
7.5Food
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
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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!!

4.0 OkayChristopher, June 2025NAN - SYD
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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.

They charged me over a $1000 dollars to bring two surfboard bags as check baggage. Inappropriate and I would avoid flying sgain

The experience on Fiji Airways was absolutely amazing. Streamlined. All staff was amazing. Pleasant. Friendly. Extremely helpful.

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.

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.

I love the “boarding from the back” idea - it’s so much better than the “Zones” idea that many others use. Also, the inflight wifi was a first for me! Very nice to have on a 13-hour flight!

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 !

I tried to check in online but was unable to do so. I stood in line for nearly two hours to check in. American Airlines was understaffed. When I finally got to the kiosk to check in, I was still unable to check in. No AA staff was available to help. Finally one of the airport security agents who was helping passengers became of lack of AA Staff told me: “I think the reason you can’t check in is that you are starting your name with an upper case letter when you write it. Just write it with all lower case letters.” That did allow me to check in. HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY KNOW THAT IF THEY USE AN INITIAL UPPER CASE LETTER TO SPELL THEIR OWN NAME, AA WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO CHECK IN?????? Then I had to wait in line over half an hour again to drop off my baggage. Although I arrived at the airport 3 hours early, by the time I got to the gate, they had already started boarding.

One of the oldest most uncomfortable "lay down" seats I've ever experienced. Old plane and old seats that don't lay flat. The seat back does not even recline - at all. Instead the legrest awkwardly extends to fill the gap between a small cubby into which you must insert your feet/legs. I am 5' 11" and could not lay straight but had to tuck my knees. Ticket was also very expensive. Would not recommend flying business/first on Finair from Melbourne to Bangkok and will not do so again myself.

The wifi was out. Otherwise it was great flight. Richard, as CSM, was excellent.

Traditional economy class. Not a full flight so spare seats. Food and drinks were good

Was bumped to a later flight because of inefficiency on part of the airline.

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.

Virgin changed the flight to an Alliance flight. Smaller plane, tea coffee and water the only refreshments available and not sure what happened to the extra money I paid to sit in a selected seat with extra leg room. This is obviously a regular switch as it happened on our flight there and back. Do not recommend.

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