Cheap flights from Sydney to Cairns from €71

In general, June is the cheapest month to fly from Sydney to Cairns. Due to it being the ‘off-season’ during this time, you can expect flight prices to be around €153. If you aren’t able to travel during the month of June, then book flights to Cairns from Sydney during August instead. Flights to Cairns in August, while not as cheap as those in June, still average around €154.

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You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Cairns from Sydney when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Cairns for around €183 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Cairns from Sydney for as low as €154 on momondo.

Historically, on average around 18% of flights between Sydney and Cairns have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 97 minutes.

Generally, flights departing at night tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing in the evening have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Sunday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Saturday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, Virgin Australia have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 11% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

28 flights are operational daily from Sydney to Cairns as of April 2026. The most popular departure time for this route is 09:00, with 63% of flights per day taking off at midday.

The number of flights available between Sydney and Cairns is 198 per week as of April 2026. The most frequent departure day is Mon, with 19% of weekly flights leaving on this day.