There are 7 ways to get from Antwerp to Cairns by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Cairns
best- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Cairns (CNS)AMS - CNS
26h 13m$1,533–2,276Fly Brussels Airport to Cairns
cheapest- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Cairns (CNS)BRU - CNS
24h 45m$714–4,844Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Cairns (CNS)CDG - CNS
27h 19m$1,179–2,528Train, train to Luxembourg, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Brussels-Nord
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Luxembourg
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Cairns (CNS)LUX - CNS
32h 4m$796–2,771Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Brussels-Nord
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cairns (CNS)FRA - CNS
28h 32m$946–2,716Fly Brussels Airport to Cooktown Airport, bus
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)BRU - CTN
- Take the bus from Cooktown to Cairns
36h 5m$879–2,614Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Cooktown Airport, bus
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)AMS - CTN
- Take the bus from Cooktown to Cairns
40h 33m$1,148–4,146
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Antwerp to Cairns is to train and fly which costs $1,100 - $2,600 and takes 27h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Antwerp to Cairns is to fly which takes 24h 45m and costs $700 - $4,900.
The distance between Antwerp and Cairns is 14957 km.
It takes approximately 26h 13m to get from Antwerp to Cairns, including transfers.
Cairns is 9h ahead of Antwerp. It is currently 3:30 AM in Antwerp and 12:30 PM in Cairns.
There are 989+ hotels available in Cairns.
What companies run services between Antwerp, Belgium and Cairns, QLD, Australia?
Singapore Airlines flies from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Cairns (CNS) 3 times a week.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cooktown Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–6,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cooktown Airport via Hong Kong, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cooktown Airport via Tokyo Narita, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–8,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cooktown Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cooktown Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cooktown Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cooktown Airport via Hong Kong, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cooktown Airport via Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cooktown Airport via Tokyo Narita, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,800
Flights from Luxembourg to Cairns via Frankfurt, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,900
Flights from Luxembourg to Cairns via Frankfurt, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–4,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–6,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,800
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–5,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–4,700
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cairns via Singapore Changi, Darwin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cairns via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–170
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Anvers-Central to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Anvers-Central to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Anvers-Central to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $11–16
- 1st Class
- $16–24
Train from Brussels-Nord to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $35–55
- 1st Class
- $55–80
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +61 7 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/
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