There are 4 ways to get from Almaty to Cairns by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Almaty International Airport to Cairns
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Cairns (CNS)plane ALA - CNS
28h 4m$550–1,300Fly Almaty International Airport to Cooktown Airport, bus
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane ALA - CTN
- Take the bus from Cooktown to Cairnsbus
34h 40m$800–1,919Fly Almaty International Airport to Townsville Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane ALA - TSV
- Take the train from Townsville to Cairns Central Stationtrain
37h 25m$693–2,948Bus to Yining Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Yiningbus
- Fly from Yining Airport (YIN) to Cairns (CNS)plane YIN - CNS
38h 58m$766–2,046
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Cairns is to fly which costs $550 - $1,300 and takes 28h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Cairns is to fly which takes 28h 4m and costs $550 - $1,300.
The distance between Almaty and Cairns is 9689 km.
It takes approximately 28h 4m to get from Almaty to Cairns, including transfers.
Cairns is 5h ahead of Almaty. It is currently 8:40 AM in Almaty and 1:40 PM in Cairns.
There are 1000+ hotels available in Cairns.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Cairns, QLD, Australia?
Vietjet Air, Jetstar, and nine other airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Cairns (CNS) twice daily.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cairns via Noi Bai International, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cairns via Suvarnabhumi, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cairns via Tianfu International, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cairns via Kuala Lumpur, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Townsville Airport via Incheon, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Townsville Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Townsville Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Townsville Airport via Incheon, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Townsville Airport via Gimhae, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Townsville Airport via Beijing Daxing, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Yining Airport to Cairns via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Yining Airport to Cairns via Tianfu International, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cairns via Noi Bai International, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cairns via Suvarnabhumi, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cairns via Tianfu International, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cairns via Kuala Lumpur, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Townsville Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Townsville Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Yining Airport to Cairns via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Yining Airport to Cairns via Tianfu International, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Incheon, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Gimhae, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Beijing Daxing, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
- Website
- airniugini.com.pg
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Cairns via Guangzhou Baiyun, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Yining Airport to Cairns via Urumqi, Hong Kong, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
Flights from Yining Airport to Cairns via Chengdu, Guangzhou Baiyun, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Townsville Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Townsville to Cairns Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–1,267
- Book at
- https://queenslandrailtravel-booking.opendestinations.com/BookingSite/rail/search
- Website
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Pages/Timetable.aspx
- BQuick
- $45–70
- AChoice
- $60–80
- Gold Class
- $1,012
- Heritage Class
- $1,267
- Phone
- +61 7 3036 2070
- Website
- transnorthbus.com.au
Bus from Cooktown to Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
- Phone
- +7 727 396-70-63
- Website
- ma-sairan.kz
Bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Yining
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–40
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
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