Cheapest€81.56
- Bonza Airlines BA933106:111h 39m07:50Rockhampton ROKCairns CNS
Door to door 4h 49mCO2 220.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Rockhampton to Cairns flight
Flights from Rockhampton to Cairns start at €96.90 and take 4h 49m at their fastest.
The Flights from Rockhampton to Cairns starts at €96.90 and takes 4h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 898 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 49mDoor to door
- 1h 39mMoving
- €96.90From
- 220.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonza Airlines | €81.56 | 4h 43m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Cairns is not something we sell.
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When to book Rockhampton to Cairns
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €89.4490 days
- €75.6660 days
- €86.2845 days
- €96.3130 days
- €106.9321 days
- €96.9014 days
- €132.897 days
- €181.273 days
- €285.701 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €75.66.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 278 percent. The most expensive point is €285.70, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €115.78Sun
- €105.75Mon
- €100.44Tue
- €106.93Wed
- €139.38Thu
- €126.40Fri
- €131.12Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rockhampton
Air
- ROK
Cairns
Air
- CNS
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 898 km against 872 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bundaberg, Mackay, Townsville, Gladstone. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Rockhampton at 06:11 and the last at 06:11, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 49m | 1h 39m | 3h 10m | €96.90 | 220.9 kg | 1 |
| Train | 6h 50m | 6h 6m | 44m | €115.84 | 28.8 kg | 5 |
Questions about Rockhampton to Cairns
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Rockhampton to Cairns take?
The Flight from Rockhampton to Cairns takes 4h 49m door to door, of which 1h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 898 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Rockhampton to Cairns cost?
The Flight from Rockhampton to Cairns starts at €96.90 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €81.56. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Rockhampton to Cairns?
1 operators run the Flight from Rockhampton to Cairns: Bonza Airlines. Between them they file around 1 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Rockhampton to Cairns use?
The Flight from Rockhampton to Cairns leaves from Rockhampton ROK and arrives at Cairns CNS. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Flight the best way from Rockhampton to Cairns?
The Flight is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Rockhampton to Cairns, at €96.90 and 4h 49m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Flight from Rockhampton to Cairns?
Fares for the Flight from Rockhampton to Cairns bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €75.66. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 278 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Rockhampton to Cairns produce?
The Flight from Rockhampton to Cairns produces about 220.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 898 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Rockhampton to Cairns on September 9, 2026: 898 km of route against 872 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €96.90, and 4h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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