There are 6 ways to get from Cairns to Istanbul by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
best- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane CNS - SAW
27h 24m₺26,356–79,807Fly Cairns to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane CNS - ESB
- Take the train from Ankara to Istanbul Pendiktrain
32h 11m₺19,920–62,560Fly Cairns to Istanbul
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Istanbul (IST)plane CNS - IST
24h 21m₺20,000–120,000Fly Cairns to Burgas Airport, bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane CNS - BOJ
- Take the bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogaribus
39h 59m₺30,078–75,731Bus to Cooktown Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the bus from Cairns to Cooktownbus
- Fly from Cooktown Airport (CTN) to Istanbul (IST)plane CTN - IST
32h 56m₺22,768–125,068Fly Cairns to Kütahya Zafer Airport, train
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Kütahya Zafer Airport (KZR)plane CNS - KZR
- Take the train from Çöğürler to Eskişehirtrain
- Take the train from Eskişehir to Istanbul Pendiktrain
37h 49m₺25,418–80,550
Cairns (CNS) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cairns to Istanbul is to fly and train which costs 19.000 ₺ - 65.000 ₺ and takes 32h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Cairns to Istanbul is to fly which takes 24h 21m and costs 20.000 ₺ - 120.000 ₺.
The distance between Cairns and Istanbul is 13478 km.
It takes approximately 27h 24m to get from Cairns to Istanbul, including transfers.
Istanbul is 7h behind Cairns. It is currently 9:00 PM in Cairns and 2:00 PM in Istanbul.
There are 4286+ hotels available in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Cairns, QLD, Australia and Istanbul, Turkey?
Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways, and five other airlines fly from Cairns (CNS) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cairns to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–65,000
Flights from Cairns to Kütahya Zafer Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺25,000–170,000
Flights from Cairns to Kütahya Zafer Airport via Osaka Kansai, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺26,000–85,000
Flights from Cairns to Kütahya Zafer Airport via Hong Kong, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺24,000–80,000
Flights from Cairns to Kütahya Zafer Airport via Darwin, Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺25,000–80,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺26,000–80,000
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Singapore Changi, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺26,000–80,000
Flights from Cairns to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺24,000–75,000
Flights from Cairns to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Singapore Changi, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺23,000–75,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺20,000–120,000
Flights from Cairns to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺21,000–130,000
Flights from Cooktown Airport to Istanbul via Cairns, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–120,000
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cairns to Burgas Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺37,000–120,000
Flights from Cairns to Burgas Airport via Singapore Changi, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺37,000–120,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺26,000–85,000
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Singapore Changi, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺26,000–85,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Hong Kong, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺27,000–85,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺26,000–85,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Cairns to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Hong Kong, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺27,000–85,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cairns to Burgas Airport via Singapore Changi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺29,000–75,000
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Ankara to Istanbul Pendik
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺650–1,000
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
Train from Çöğürler to Eskişehir
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺110–200
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
Train from Eskişehir to Istanbul Pendik
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺360–600
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺850–1,200
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,140–1,141
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,192
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +61 7 3036 2070
- Website
- transnorthbus.com.au
Bus from Cairns to Cooktown
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–3,200
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
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