There are 7 ways to get from Liverpool to Cairns by bus, plane, or train
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Bus to Manchester Airport, fly to Cairns
best- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Stationbus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cairns (CNS)plane MAN - CNS
25h 45m$1,208–2,032Fly Liverpool to Cairns
cheapest- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Cairns (CNS)plane LPL - CNS
29h 33m$903–5,506Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairns (CNS)plane LHR - CNS
27h 5m$1,454–5,765Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Cairns (CNS)plane LGW - CNS
28h 21m$1,008–5,788Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Cairns (CNS)plane BHX - CNS
34h 39m$1,060–2,450Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Cairns (CNS)plane LBA - CNS
31h 38m$1,002–3,289Bus to Manchester Airport, fly to Cooktown Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Stationbus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane MAN - CTN
- Take the bus from Cooktown to Cairnsbus
40h 20m$923–2,602
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Cairns is to bus and fly which costs $900 - $2,600 and takes 40h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Cairns is to bus and fly which takes 25h 45m and costs $1,200 - $2,100.
The distance between Liverpool and Cairns is 15168 km.
It takes approximately 25h 45m to get from Liverpool to Cairns, including transfers.
Cairns is 9h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 2:39 AM in Liverpool and 11:39 AM in Cairns.
There are 1013+ hotels available in Cairns.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Cairns, QLD, Australia?
easyJet, Singapore Airlines, and Ryanair fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Cairns (CNS) 5 times a week.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Liverpool to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–6,000
Flights from Liverpool to Cairns via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Doha, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Singapore Changi, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,100
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,100
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,700
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,100
- Website
- airniugini.com.pg
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- (07) 3036 2070
- Website
- Trans North Bus & Coach
Bus from Cooktown to Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- Trans North Bus & Coach
- Book at
- Trans North Bus & Coach
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