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Everything you should know

Cheapest return fare
$555
Typical prices: $627-$843
Airnorth
Sun 11/10Sun 25/10
PER - CNS • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
$561
Typical prices: $492-$682
Jetstar
Fri 20/11Sat 28/11
PER - CNS • Direct
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Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat
You can fly direct with Jetstar. Average duration is 4h 10m
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Cheapest • Avg $764 (return)
Shortest trip • 5h 20m (one-way)
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Most punctual • 59% on-time
Best time • Fewest delays
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Our data shows that travellers who book at least 5 weeks in advance save around 36% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheap Flights from Perth to Cairns (PER-CNS)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Perth to Cairns 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Perth to Cairns

Sun, 11 Oct - Sun, 25 Oct
Airnorth Logo
08:05 - 15:30
PER
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CNS
5h 25m
1 stop
Airnorth Logo
12:50 - 16:55
CNS
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PER
6h 05m
1 stop
$555Airnorth
Fri, 20 Nov - Sat, 28 Nov
Jetstar Logo
15:05 - 21:25
PER
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CNS
4h 20mdirect
Jetstar Logo
11:20 - 14:15
CNS
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PER
4h 55mdirect
$561Jetstar
Sun, 6 Sep - Sat, 12 Sep
Multiple Airlines Logo
08:05 - 15:30
PER
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CNS
5h 25m
1 stop
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13:40 - 20:10
CNS
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PER
8h 30m
1 stop
$584Multiple Airlines
Sun, 6 Sep - Sat, 12 Sep
Multiple Airlines Logo
08:05 - 15:30
PER
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CNS
5h 25m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
13:40 - 20:10
CNS
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PER
8h 30m
1 stop
$601Multiple Airlines
Fri, 16 Oct - Fri, 23 Oct
Airnorth Logo
08:05 - 15:30
PER
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CNS
5h 25m
1 stop
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12:50 - 16:55
CNS
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PER
6h 05m
1 stop
$652Airnorth
Tue, 8 Sep - Tue, 22 Sep
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22:40 - 08:40
PER
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CNS
8h 00m
1 stop
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16:35 - 23:30
CNS
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PER
8h 55m
1 stop
$662Virgin Australia
Mon, 7 Dec - Fri, 11 Dec
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13:20 - 23:05
PER
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CNS
7h 45m
1 stop
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11:45 - 19:10
CNS
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PER
9h 25m
1 stop
$692Virgin Australia
Mon, 4 Jan - Sat, 9 Jan
Jetstar Logo
15:05 - 21:25
PER
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CNS
4h 20mdirect
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11:20 - 14:15
CNS
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PER
4h 55mdirect
$701Jetstar
Mon, 7 Sep - Wed, 16 Sep
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06:05 - 19:30
PER
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CNS
11h 25m
2 stops
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12:35 - 21:10
CNS
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PER
10h 35m
1 stop
$1,029Qantas Airways
Thu, 26 Nov - Thu, 3 Dec
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09:15 - 22:40
PER
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CNS
11h 25m
2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
11:40 - 19:55
CNS
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PER
10h 15m
1 stop
$1,065Qantas Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Perth to Cairns flights

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

How much is a return flight from Perth to Cairns?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Perth to Cairns departing in October.

Flight prices are typical for this route right now.

Flights to Cairns from Perth usually cost between $466 and $754 in October.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $555 on Airnorth (11 Oct–25 Oct).

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Perth to Cairns?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Perth to Cairns clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Perth to Cairns, you should consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Perth, you’ll find the best rates on Sundays and the most expensive ones on Tuesdays.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Perth to Cairns, 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 Perth to Cairns is January, where tickets cost $586 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $748 and $747 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Perth to Cairns?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop stopover the cheapest option at $699 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Perth to Cairns?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Perth to Cairns, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Perth to Cairns, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 36% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

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Low season

February

Cheapest flight

$328
Best time to beat the crowds (13% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (9% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Perth to Cairns

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Perth to Cairns based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Perth to Cairns

  • How many flights are there between Perth and Cairns per day?

    There is a maximum of 1 direct flight a day that takes off from Perth and lands in Cairns, with an average flight time of 4h 10m. The most common departure time is 15:00 and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 3 flights.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Perth to Cairns?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Perth to Cairns was $328 for a one-way ticket and $555 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Perth to Cairns?

    Perth airport is called Perth and the only airport in Cairns is Cairns.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Perth to Cairns?

    The Airbus A320-100/200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Perth to Cairns flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Perth to Cairns?

    oneworld is the only airline alliance operating flights between Perth and Cairns.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Perth to Cairns?

    You can catch a direct flight from Perth to Cairns on on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Perth to Cairns, Airnorth or Virgin Australia?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Perth to Cairns are Airnorth and Virgin Australia. With an average price for the route of $744 and an overall rating of 8.0, Airnorth is the most popular choice. Virgin Australia is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $742 and an overall rating of 7.6.

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

    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 Perth to Cairns.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Perth to Cairns?

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

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

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

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

    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 to Cairns from Perth up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Perth to Cairns

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $416 or less one-way and $469 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Perth to Cairns?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Perth to Cairns.
Find which airlines fly direct from Perth Airport to Cairns Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Perth to Cairns

Monday

Jetstar

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Wednesday

Jetstar

Jetstar

Friday

Jetstar

Jetstar

Saturday

Jetstar

Jetstar

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Cairns to Perth

Monday

Jetstar

Jetstar

Wednesday

Jetstar

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Friday

Jetstar

Jetstar

Saturday

Jetstar

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Perth to Cairns

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Perth to Cairns. 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 Perth to Cairns? 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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AirnorthOverall score based on 3 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.6Boarding
2.0Entertainment
6.6Food
8.6Crew

Very good it will be my choice of airline while in Australia.

Very friendly staff. No food service and no entertainment. Only 1hr 20min flight

I bought flights in August and there wasn’t a flight in the system

They didn’t sent my luggage I got it 24 hours later

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

Check-in was good and efficient, Boarding was quick and easy. Didn't like the entertainment side of things requiring your phone to connect for a screen, my eyes are bad enough to use my phone more than I already do. Trip was comfortable and baggage claim was good. If coffee and tea were free, then why not a soda or juice as well, its not like its an alcoholic drink.

Great flight - on time, lovely staff. I’ll always have the same complaint and essentially it’s the limited food options for people who are celiac. But that’s all airlines !

X class seats in row 3 with the new configuration are very poor in fact I feel 3B and 3E should no longer be considered as X class seat as there is no forward seat pocket available to these seats and greatly reduced leg room due the intrusion of the business class armrests/table module

Have to pay for food and drinks. Inflight entertainment wasn't working.

On time, lovely crew, economy-X seating worth the $ for the legroom. In flight entertainment not working, but I wasn’t going to use it anyway. Never had a bad Virgin experience.

My experience was great overall. Tanya was particularly friendly and helpful the entire trip. I was very pleased with her customer service skills. The plane was an older aircraft but the entire way was comfortable with barely any turbulence at all. Qantas should speed up its fleet renovation. Totally recommend using this airline.

Very good as always, stand out airline. The passengers whom choose to stuff baggage that otherwise should be checked-in is a real bother but that's not the airlines doing. A real frustration that passengers just don't want to check-in luggage. This is a pet hate unfortunately.

I got upgraded from economy to business, and the experience was outstanding

It was very nice. I will try to fly with Qantas whenever I can.

It’s a very long flight and there are so many people on board. Perhaps a warm washcloth now and then to freshen up

The staff we fantastic and seemed to work very well with each other

I really appreciated the fact that when I checked my bags at the Quantas counter after arriving from an international flight an hour early, the agent noticed I had a very long layover. He then found an earlier flight that allowed me to get to Cairns several hours earlier than I planned. That was amazing because I had already traveled over 20 hours and wasn’t looking forward to such a long layover. It allowed me to see my daughter and grandchildren much earlier (it had been two years since I visited last).

Better food, hotter coffee, otherwise it was a very smooth and reasonably comfortable flight.

IFE didn't work. Wifi didn't work but they eventually managed to reset it. Our original flight was cancelled, so rebooked onto new flight seated apart from travel partner.

Left rather late but did the best to make up time..

Knees in back from passenger behind, limited seat pockets, no entertainment.

Great. Seats are a little cramped with only a very small recline. Service was great. Food was fine.

Improved experience over our last years flight when also we flew local but on an international scheduled flight. The double processing is still unwelcome i.e. by security and then by border force having to produce a licence and boarding pass repeatedly on departure and return. Obviously suits the airline rather than the local traveller. The flight and crew were good though a helper on return was offhand having to push the wheel chair did the bare minimum we felt.

The flight was delayed by 2 hours but the Jetstar crew were fantastic.

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.

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.

My Dad needed assistance to board the plane. The Jetstar staff were excellent with him and made the experience a lot easier😁

Boarding was easy and unstressful, though the early "final call" was a bit off-putting. The crew were pleasant, and the seats were comfortable. The prices for food and drink were reasonable, apart from tea and coffee, where simple percolated coffee was charged at espresso prices. Deboarding was OK, though some Jetstar passengers appear to have a bad habit of pushing forward from their assigned rows, making it more difficult to get out for passengers that have paid a premium to sit up-front. Jetstar might want to look to address this to stop it from spreading.

Plane was late leaving darwin so we didn’t get home till 1130pm 2nd time in a fortnight that has happened. Hard when you have to work the next day

It was cancelled, second flight in a month. Jet star are dead to me

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