There are 7 ways to get from Cairns to Houston by plane, bus, train, or tram
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Fly Cairns to William P. Hobby Airport
best- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)plane CNS - HOU
25h 6m$1,599–5,266Train to Townsville Airport, fly to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cairns Central Station to Townsvilletrain
- Fly from Townsville Airport (TSV) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane TSV - IAH
30h 7m$736–3,301Fly Cairns to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane CNS - IAH
22h 46m$875–2,892Fly Cairns to College Station, bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to College Station (CLL)plane CNS - CLL
- Take the bus from College Station to Downtown Houstonbus
29h 48m$795–2,578Fly Cairns to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)plane CNS - AUS
- Take the bus from Austin Eastside Bus Plaza to Downtown Houstonbus
28h 2m$1,103–3,614Fly Cairns to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, tram, bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)plane CNS - DFW
- Take the tram from DFW Airport Terminal B Station to Fort Worth Central Stationtram
- Take the bus from Fort Worth to Hyatt Regency Houstonbus
28h$962–2,929Fly Cairns to Jack Brooks Regional Airport, bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Jack Brooks Regional Airport (BPT)plane CNS - BPT
- Take the bus from Port Arthur to Houston - Telephone Rdbus
29h 59m$849–2,706
Cairns (CNS) to William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cairns to Houston is to train and fly which costs $700 - $3,300 and takes 30h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Cairns to Houston is to fly which takes 22h 46m and costs $850 - $2,900.
The distance between Cairns and Houston is 8570 miles.
It takes approximately 25h 6m to get from Cairns to Houston, including transfers.
Houston is 15h behind Cairns. It is currently 6:02 PM in Cairns and 3:02 AM in Houston.
There are 1820+ hotels available in Houston.
What companies run services between Cairns, QLD, Australia and Houston, TX, USA?
Fiji Airways, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Cairns (CNS) to William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) once daily.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Cairns to College Station via Nadi, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 36m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–6,000
Flights from Cairns to College Station via Brisbane, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 53m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Cairns to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 31m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–8,500
Flights from Cairns to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Townsville Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Sydney, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Townsville Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 14m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Cairns to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Cairns to Jack Brooks Regional Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Cairns to Jack Brooks Regional Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 4m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–6,500
Flights from Cairns to Jack Brooks Regional Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 4m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–6,500
Flights from Cairns to Jack Brooks Regional Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Cairns to College Station via Brisbane, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 31m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Cairns to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 8m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
Flights from Cairns to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 1m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Cairns to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 31m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–8,500
Flights from Townsville Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Sydney, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Townsville Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 31m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Cairns to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Cairns to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 9m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Cairns to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport via Nadi, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 43m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,000
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Cairns to William P. Hobby Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–12,000
Flights from Cairns to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–8,500
Flights from Cairns to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 39m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–8,500
Flights from Cairns to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport via Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Cairns to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Cairns to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Townsville Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Townsville Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Cairns to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Cairns to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Cairns to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Cairns to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 49m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Cairns to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 14m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,200
Flights from Townsville Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Cairns to William P. Hobby Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–12,000
Flights from Cairns to William P. Hobby Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–5,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Cairns to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Townsville Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Townsville Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Townsville Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Brisbane, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Cairns Central Station to Townsville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–896
- 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
- $30–50
- AChoice
- $45–60
- Gold Class
- $715
- Heritage Class
- $896
- Phone
- +1 817-215-8600
- Website
- ridetrinitymetro.org
Tram from DFW Airport Terminal B Station to Fort Worth Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://ridetrinitymetro.org
- Adults 20-64
- $2
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from College Station to Downtown Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–24
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Austin Eastside Bus Plaza to Downtown Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 844-866-5263
- [email protected]
- Website
- vonlane.com
Bus from Fort Worth to Hyatt Regency Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $127–137
- Website
- https://vonlane.com
- Adult
- $127
- adult
- $137
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- [email protected]
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Port Arthur to Houston - Telephone Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
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