There are 6 ways to get from Cairns to Taiwan by plane or train
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Fly to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
best- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane CNS - KHH
14h 43m$471–1,501Fly to Hualien Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Hualien Airport (HUN)plane CNS - HUN
- Take the train from 花蓮 to 板橋train
20h 50m$291–817Fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane CNS - TPE
16h 9m$324–907Fly to Taichung Airport
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Taichung Airport (RMQ)plane CNS - RMQ
23h 46m$552–1,703Fly to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA)plane CNS - TSA
24h 19m$491–1,501Fly to Tainan Airport
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Tainan Airport (TNN)plane CNS - TNN
27h 41m$426–1,108
Cairns (CNS) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cairns to Taiwan is to fly and train which costs $290 - $850 and takes 20h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Cairns to Taiwan is to fly which takes 14h 43m and costs $470 - $1,500.
The distance between Cairns and Taiwan is 5199 km.
It takes approximately 14h 43m to get from Cairns to Taiwan, including transfers.
Taiwan is 2h behind Cairns. It is currently 9:58 PM in Cairns and 7:58 PM in Taiwan.
There are 898+ hotels available in Taiwan.
What companies run services between Cairns, QLD, Australia and Taiwan?
Jetstar, China Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Cairns (CNS) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH) once daily.
- Website
- mandarin-airlines.com
Flights from Cairns to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Port Moresby, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Cairns to Taipei Songshan Airport via Singapore Changi, Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,400
Flights from Cairns to Hualien Airport via Ngurah Rai, Manila, Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Cairns to Hualien Airport via Port Moresby, Manila, Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–800
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Cairns to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
Flights from Cairns to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Cairns to Taichung Airport via Osaka Kansai, Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Cairns to Taipei Songshan Airport via Osaka Kansai, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Cairns to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Port Moresby, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Cairns to Taichung Airport via Brisbane, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Cairns to Taichung Airport via Singapore Changi, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,800
Flights from Cairns to Taichung Airport via Port Moresby, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Cairns to Taichung Airport via Singapore Changi, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,800
Flights from Cairns to Tainan Airport via Ngurah Rai, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
Flights from Cairns to Tainan Airport via Singapore Changi, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–2,400
Flights from Cairns to Tainan Airport via Port Moresby, Manila, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Cairns to Taichung Airport via Brisbane, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Cairns to Taichung Airport via Singapore Changi, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,800
Flights from Cairns to Taichung Airport via Port Moresby, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Cairns to Taipei Songshan Airport via Ngurah Rai, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Cairns to Taipei Songshan Airport via Singapore Changi, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,400
Flights from Cairns to Taipei Songshan Airport via Singapore Changi, Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,400
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Cairns to Tainan Airport via Osaka Kansai, Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Cairns to Tainan Airport via Tokyo Narita, Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Cairns to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
Flights from Cairns to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Cairns to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Cairns to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Cairns to Taichung Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Cairns to Taichung Airport via Singapore Changi, Macau
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,800
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Cairns to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Port Moresby, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Cairns to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Cairns to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Port Moresby, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Cairns to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Port Moresby, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–900
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Cairns to Taipei Songshan Airport via Tokyo Narita, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Cairns to Taipei Songshan Airport via Osaka Kansai, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,100
- Website
- uniair.com.tw
Flights from Cairns to Taipei Songshan Airport via Singapore Changi, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,400
- Phone
- 0800-765-888
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
Train from 花蓮 to 板橋
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
- adult
- $9–15
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