There are 6 ways to get from Saint Lucia to Cairns by plane, train, bus, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Hewanorra International Airport to Cairns
best- Fly from Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) to Cairns (CNS)plane UVF - CNS
31h 36m$2,001–6,501Fly George F. L. Charles Airport to Cairns
cheapest- Fly from George F. L. Charles Airport (SLU) to Cairns (CNS)plane SLU - CNS
2d 6h$1,200–4,100Fly Hewanorra International Airport to Townsville Airport, train
- Fly from Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane UVF - TSV
- Take the train from Townsville to Cairns Central Stationtrain
38h 52m$1,848–7,303Fly Hewanorra International Airport to Cooktown Airport, bus
- Fly from Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane UVF - CTN
- Take the bus from Cooktown to Cairnsbus
39h 7m$2,416–17,171Ferry to Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the ferry from Castries, Saint Lucia to Fort-de-Franceferry
- Fly from Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport (FDF) to Cairns (CNS)plane FDF - CNS
38h 4m$1,869–5,629Fly Hewanorra International Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport, train
- Fly from Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) to Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP)plane UVF - PPP
- Take the train from Proserpine to Cairns Central Stationtrain
41h 48m$3,011–11,751
Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Saint Lucia to Cairns is to fly which costs $1,200 - $4,100 and takes 2 days 6h.
The fastest way to get from Saint Lucia to Cairns is to fly which takes 31h 36m and costs $2,000 - $6,500.
The distance between Saint Lucia and Cairns is 17142 km.
It takes approximately 31h 36m to get from Saint Lucia to Cairns, including transfers.
Cairns is 14h ahead of Saint Lucia. It is currently 7:23 AM in Saint Lucia and 9:23 PM in Cairns.
There are 1003+ hotels available in Cairns.
What companies run services between Saint Lucia and Cairns, QLD, Australia?
American Airlines, Qantas, and five other airlines fly from Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) to Cairns (CNS) once daily.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Cairns via New York JFK, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–7,500
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Cairns via Miami, Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 16m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–6,500
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Townsville Airport via Miami, Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 6m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–6,000
Flights from George F. L. Charles Airport to Cairns via Piarco, Houston, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from George F. L. Charles Airport to Cairns via Piarco, Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport to Cairns via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Miami, Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 41m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,900–9,500
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Cairns via New York JFK, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–7,500
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Cairns via Miami, Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 16m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–6,500
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Townsville Airport via Miami, Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 6m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–6,000
Flights from George F. L. Charles Airport to Cairns via Piarco, Houston, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from George F. L. Charles Airport to Cairns via Piarco, Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport to Cairns via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Miami, Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 41m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,900–9,500
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Cairns via New York JFK, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–7,500
Flights from George F. L. Charles Airport to Cairns via Piarco, Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from George F. L. Charles Airport to Cairns via Antigua, New York JFK, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 11h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,300
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Cairns via Miami, Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–16,000
Flights from George F. L. Charles Airport to Cairns via Dominica, Miami, Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–9,500
Flights from Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport to Cairns via Miami, Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 6m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–11,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Cairns via Miami, Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 21m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–6,500
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Miami, Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 23m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,900–9,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Townsville Airport via Miami, Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 6m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–6,000
Flights from George F. L. Charles Airport to Cairns via Piarco, Houston, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Miami, Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 41m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,900–9,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Townsville Airport via Charlotte, Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–7,000
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Townsville Airport via Miami, Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–7,000
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Hewanorra International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Miami, Los Angeles, Nadi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–17,000
- 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
Train from Proserpine to Cairns Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–2,200
- 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
- $70–100
- AChoice
- $110–140
- Gold Class
- $1,756
- Heritage Class
- $2,200
- Phone
- (07) 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
- +1 758 456 5022
- [email protected]
- Website
- frs-express.com
Ferry from Castries, Saint Lucia to Fort-de-France
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–129
- Website
- https://www.frs-express.com/en/
- Toupiti
- $97
- Zen
- $113
- Flex
- $129
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