There are 6 ways to get from Cairns to Istanbul by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cairns to Istanbul
best- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Istanbul (IST)plane CNS - IST
24h 26m₺28,005–205,035Fly Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane CNS - SAW
27h 38m₺31,897–85,839Fly Cairns to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport, train
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane CNS - ESB
- Take the train from Ankara to Istanbul Söğütlüçeşmetrain
32h 30m₺30,375–80,959Bus to Cooktown Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the bus from Cairns to Cooktownbus
- Fly from Cooktown Airport (CTN) to Istanbul (IST)plane CTN - IST
32h 41m₺28,153–185,533Fly Cairns to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport, bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane CNS - ADB
- Take the bus from İzmir bus station to İstanbul Dudullu bus stationbus
34h 49m₺37,328–103,840Fly Cairns to Burgas Airport, bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane CNS - BOJ
- Take the bus from Burgas to Istanbulbus
41h 24m₺34,753–83,987
Cairns (CNS) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cairns to Istanbul is to fly and train which costs 30.000 ₺ - 85.000 ₺ and takes 32h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Cairns to Istanbul is to fly which takes 24h 26m and costs 28.000 ₺ - 210.000 ₺.
The distance between Cairns and Istanbul is 13526 km.
It takes approximately 24h 26m to get from Cairns to Istanbul, including transfers.
Istanbul is 7h behind Cairns. It is currently 5:02 AM in Cairns and 10:02 PM in Istanbul.
There are 4396+ hotels available in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Cairns, QLD, Australia and Istanbul, Turkey?
Singapore Airlines flies from Cairns (CNS) to Istanbul (IST) 3 times a week.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺27,000–210,000
Flights from Cairns to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺28,000–220,000
Flights from Cooktown Airport to Istanbul via Cairns, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺24,000–180,000
Flights from Cairns to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺33,000–250,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺31,000–90,000
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Singapore Changi, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺31,000–90,000
Flights from Cairns to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺29,000–80,000
Flights from Cairns to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Singapore Changi, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺29,000–80,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺34,000–100,000
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Singapore Changi, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺34,000–95,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cairns to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Osaka Kansai, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺32,000–95,000
Flights from Cairns to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺31,000–90,000
Flights from Cairns to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺36,000–110,000
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cairns to Burgas Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺45,000–130,000
Flights from Cairns to Burgas Airport via Singapore Changi, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺45,000–130,000
Flights from Cairns to Burgas Airport via Darwin, Singapore Changi, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺45,000–130,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺34,000–100,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cairns to Burgas Airport via Singapore Changi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺39,000–90,000
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Cairns to Burgas Airport via Tokyo Narita, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺70,000–410,000
- Website
- bluedartaviation.com
Flights from Cairns to Burgas Airport via Ngurah Rai, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺33,000–85,000
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- [email protected]
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Ankara to Istanbul Söğütlüçeşme
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,100
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Phone
- +61 7 3036 2070
- Website
- transnorthbus.com.au
Bus from Cairns to Cooktown
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,400–3,500
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- [email protected]
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from İzmir bus station to İstanbul Dudullu bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺650–950
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- [email protected]
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Burgas to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,598
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
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