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 40m$1,108–1,842Fly Liverpool to Cairns
cheapest- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Cairns (CNS)plane LPL - CNS
33h 29m$660–1,787Train 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$1,058–2,417Train 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
28h 18m$927–2,220Train, 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$1,054–3,327Train 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
29h 26m$832–2,914Bus 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
33h 40m$773–2,212
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Cairns is to fly which costs $650 - $1,800 and takes 33h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Cairns is to bus and fly which takes 25h 40m and costs $1,100 - $1,900.
The distance between Liverpool and Cairns is 15168 km.
It takes approximately 25h 40m to get from Liverpool to Cairns, including transfers.
Cairns is 10h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 2:18 AM in Liverpool and 12:18 PM in Cairns.
There are 977+ hotels available in Cairns.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Cairns, QLD, Australia?
easyJet, Singapore Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Cairns (CNS) 6 times a week.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–1,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Liverpool to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,700
Flights from Liverpool to Cairns via Vienna, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,200
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Cairns via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Hong Kong, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Doha, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Liverpool to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
- Website
- airniugini.com.pg
Flights from Liverpool to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–100
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–100
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $49–50
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- 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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