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Cheap Flights from Cairns to North America

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,632
New York
New York2 stops$1,961
Vancouver
Vancouver2 stops$1,828
Toronto
Toronto2 stops$1,967
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,687
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$1,386
Las Vegas
Las Vegas2 stops$2,271
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$1,911
Seattle
Seattle2 stops$1,796
Montreal
Montreal2 stops$3,228
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,632
New York
New York2 stops$1,961
Vancouver
Vancouver2 stops$1,828
Toronto
Toronto2 stops$1,967
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,687
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$1,386
Las Vegas
Las Vegas2 stops$2,271
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$1,911
Seattle
Seattle2 stops$1,796
Montreal
Montreal2 stops$3,228

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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 North America 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 North America

Sat, 13 Sep - Thu, 18 Sep
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19:00 - 05:50CNS-HNL
30h 50m1 stop
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22:55 - 11:40HNL-CNS
16h 45m2 stops
$1,386
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Sat, 13 Sep - Thu, 18 Sep
Fiji Airways Logo
12:40 - 22:10CNS-HNL
29h 30m1 stop
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22:55 - 11:40HNL-CNS
16h 45m2 stops
$1,402Fiji Airways
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Sat, 13 Sep - Thu, 18 Sep
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11:50 - 05:50CNS-HNL
38h 00m2 stops
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22:55 - 11:40HNL-CNS
16h 45m2 stops
$1,486
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Thu, 11 Dec - Wed, 21 Jan
Virgin Australia Logo
06:00 - 10:47CNS-LAX
22h 47m2 stops
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16:00 - 16:45LAX-CNS
30h 45m2 stops
$1,636Virgin Australia
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Sat, 13 Sep - Thu, 18 Sep
Qantas Airways Logo
12:15 - 09:50CNS-HNL
17h 35m2 stops
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09:35 - 13:45HNL-CNS
32h 10m2 stops
$1,687Qantas Airways
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Fri, 19 Sep - Fri, 10 Oct
Virgin Australia Logo
19:15 - 06:05CNS-LAX
27h 50m1 stop
Virgin Australia Logo
22:40 - 19:10LAX-CNS
27h 30m1 stop
$1,793Virgin Australia
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Thu, 11 Dec - Wed, 21 Jan
Qantas Airways Logo
11:35 - 07:25CNS-LAX
37h 50m1 stop
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20:50 - 14:05LAX-CNS
23h 15m1 stop
$1,809Qantas Airways
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Mon, 24 Nov - Thu, 27 Nov
Cathay Pacific Logo
17:00 - 11:00CNS-YVR
60h 00m2 stops
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00:05 - 11:50YVR-CNS
41h 45m2 stops
$1,883Cathay Pacific
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Mon, 24 Nov - Thu, 27 Nov
Cathay Pacific Logo
17:00 - 11:00CNS-YVR
60h 00m2 stops
Cathay Pacific Logo
00:05 - 11:50YVR-CNS
65h 45m2 stops
$1,885Cathay Pacific
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Sun, 28 Sep - Sun, 5 Oct
Jetstar Logo
06:45 - 05:50CNS-HNL
19h 05m1 stop
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08:20 - 22:50HNL-CNS
18h 30m1 stop
$2,182Jetstar
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Cairns to North America flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Cairns to North America 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 North America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Cairns to North America, 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 North America is September, when tickets cost $1,165 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and July, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,849 and $1,785 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$485
Best time to beat the crowds (11% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (20% more expensive on average)
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  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Cairns to North America?

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

    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 North America 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 North America?

    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 North America 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 North America?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to North America 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 North America 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 5 airlines flying from Cairns to North America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Cairns to North America? 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 204 reviews
8.5Crew
8.0Comfort
7.4Entertainment
8.1Boarding
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.

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.

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!

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

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.

no announcement about why we where delayed which is very poor

It was better than I expected. Thought $5 for a small cup of tea was a bit much!

Overall good trip I find seats a bit hard. We were waiting on board for about an hour for 2 passengers with some document issue. This main our arrival late for our pickup person.

15kg allowance is outrageous. Change of time a few days before departure and more than 2 hours of delay in the end. The worse we’ve taken so far in Oceania.

They added the weight of my back to the carryon luggage and charged me NZ$75 for being over 7 kg.

stuck in the aircraft for over three hours due to engineering work, significantly delayed and made a lot of passengers missed the connecting transport, no mention any compensation

Very quiet plane!! One of the quietest planes we have been on.

Jetsatar refused to take my foldable stroller in the plane, despite following all the rules on dimensions and packaging. Similar thing happened on our previous fight. However, at that instance, they offered to check in the stroller. At this fight, the staff was rude, trying to rush us to board the flight. They made excuses that the stroller was not allowed and even offer to leave it behind and ship it back at our own cost. Fortunately, we had someone else attending. Since the flight was about to take off, they left it behind and send it back to us on the next available flight.

Overall, it was good. The only concern was that I couldn't charge my phone because the USB port didn't work after we took off. One of the crew members tried to restart it but never came back to me with an update.

Comfortable seats, boarding was easy and staff were very nice.

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