Flight time
2h 15m
Cairns to Gold Coast, scheduled
Cairns to Gold Coast
CNS → OOL · 1,484 km · Gold Coast to Cairns
Distance
1,484 km
great-circle
Punctuality for this route is no longer reported, though historical figures remain below.
The route
1,484 km great-circle · 2h 15m typical
Cancellations over time
Punctuality data begins Nov 2003 and runs to Oct 2022. Gaps are months with no reported services, not missing data.
Punctuality is no longer reported for this route. The historical series above ends Oct 2022.
Passengers, 2021 to 2026
Not enough data to chart.
Traffic: to Jun 2026 · Marks show industry events
Passenger figures count both directions together — Cairns to Gold Coast and back. The published statistics do not separate them. Cancellations, punctuality and flight numbers above are for Cairns to Gold Coast only.
How long is the flight?
Scheduled flight time from Cairns to Gold Coast is 2h 15m gate to gate, over 1,484 km. The return leg is scheduled at 2h 35m — the two directions differ by 20m, so this way round is the quicker one.
This is scheduled block time — from leaving the gate to reaching it at the other end — not time in the air, and not a substitute for checking your own booking. It is a median across the flights currently timetabled on this leg.
Flight numbers on this route
1 flight number currently scheduled from Cairns to Gold Coast. These are the numbers you book under — some are operated by a regional partner such as QantasLink or Alliance.
The route still operates, but it is no longer large enough to appear in the published passenger statistics — those end Sep 2022. The timetable below is current.
Typical flight time 2h 15m.
Scheduled every day this week — 7 departures in all.
Jetstar · 1 · Airbus A320
JQ893
Current timetable as at 2026-09-06
Timetables change; these are not a booking source and carry no punctuality figures of their own. The cancellation and on-time rates above are for the route as a whole, not for any single flight number — per-flight performance is not collected.
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 19,680 · Aug 2022 |
| Pandemic low | 13,813 · Dec 2021 |
| Great-circle distance | 1,484 km |
Traffic: to Jun 2026