YBCS · CNS

Cairns International Airport

Cairns International Airport (YBCS / CNS) is a large airport with scheduled airline service serving Cairns, Queensland. The field lies at 10 ft (3 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 10,489 ft (3,197 m), asphalt and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Mareeba Airport (MRG), 22 nm WSW.

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Location

Elevation
10 ft (3 m)
Coordinates
-16.8789, 145.7495
Serving
Cairns
Region
Queensland
Time zone
Australia/Brisbane

Runways1 · longest 10,489 ft

Surveyed positions · north up

Drawn from published thresholds — true bearings, separations and lengths. Widths are exaggerated; at true proportion a runway is a hairline. Not a chart to navigate by.

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLighting
15/3310,489 ft3,197 m148 ftAsphaltLit

Nearby airfields

Nearest paved 3,000 ft
MRGMareeba Airport · 22 nm WSW
Airfields within 25 nm
2

Field data: OurAirports, public domain. Positions: ADS-B, which does not carry every aircraft.