There are 5 ways to get from Portland to Great Barrier Reef by plane, unknown, or train
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Fly Portland International Airport to Cairns, travel
best- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Cairns (CNS)plane PDX - CNS
- Walk from Cairns-Airport-CNS to Great Barrier Reefunknown
24h 51mTrain to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Cairns, travel
- Take the train from Portland to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Cairns (CNS)plane SEA - CNS
- Walk from Cairns-Airport-CNS to Great Barrier Reefunknown
28h 13mTrain to Vancouver International Airport, fly to Cairns, travel
- Take the train from Portland to Vancouvertrain
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Cairns (CNS)plane YVR - CNS
- Walk from Cairns-Airport-CNS to Great Barrier Reefunknown
31h 26mFly Portland International Airport to Cooktown Airport, travel
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane PDX - CTN
- Walk from Cooktown Airport (CTN) to Great Barrier Reefunknown
27h 51mFly Portland International Airport to Townsville Airport, travel
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane PDX - TSV
- Walk from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Great Barrier Reefunknown
30h 3m
Portland International Airport (PDX) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Portland and Great Barrier Reef is 11542 km.
It takes approximately 24h 51m to get from Portland to Great Barrier Reef, including transfers.
Great Barrier Reef is 17h 30m ahead of Portland. It is currently 9:24 AM in Portland and 2:54 AM in Great Barrier Reef.
What companies run services between Portland, OR, USA and Great Barrier Reef?
There is no direct connection from Portland to Great Barrier Reef. However, you can take the vehicle to Portland Int'l Airport station, walk to Portland International Airport (PDX) airport, fly to Cairns (CNS), then travel to Great Barrier Reef. Alternatively, you can take the train to Tacoma, walk to D St E & 25th St E, take the line 574 bus to SeaTac Airport Terminal - Bay 2, walk to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) airport, fly to Cairns (CNS), then travel to Great Barrier Reef.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,500
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 38m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–5,500
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cairns via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Portland International Airport to Townsville Airport via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Townsville Airport via Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Townsville Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,400
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cairns via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cairns via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cairns via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Townsville Airport via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Los Angeles, Brisbane, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,500
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Los Angeles, Nadi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–8,500
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Brisbane, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Tokyo Narita, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Honolulu, Nadi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–8,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cairns via Vancouver International Airport, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cairns via Vancouver International Airport, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cairns via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cairns via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Townsville Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cairns via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cairns via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Townsville Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Townsville Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–5,500
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cairns via Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–4,300
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Cairns via Los Angeles, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Portland to Tacoma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–95
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Portland to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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