Cairns to Port Moresby runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 06:18. One passenger pays €73.89, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 40m over 867 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €73.89, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026
€73.89
- 273%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Cairns
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:18First departure
- 06:18Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €255.61Sat19
- about €219.03Sun20
- about €140.56Mon21
- about €134.66Tue22
- about €165.34Wed23
- about €180.09Thu24
- about €131.12Fri25
- about €137.61Sat26
- about €147.05Sun27
- about €91.00Mon28
- about €98.08Tue29
- about €105.16Wed30
- about €116.37Thu1
- about €133.48Fri2
- about €108.11Sat3
- about €115.78Sun4
- about €99.26Mon5
- about €88.05Tue6
- about €73.89Wed7
- about €95.72Thu8
- about €86.87Fri9
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Port Moresby. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Port Moresby for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Boroko and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Cairns to Port Moresby
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €121.6890 days
- €68.5860 days
- €73.3045 days
- €77.4330 days
- €86.8721 days
- €133.4814 days
- €131.127 days
- €140.563 days
- €255.611 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €68.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 273 percent. The most expensive point is €255.61, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Cairns to Port Moresby and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
867 km
841 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
153,075 → 283,733
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 867 km against 841 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Boroko
Most of the points near Boroko open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Cairns to Port Moresby
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 it take to get from Cairns to Port Moresby?
The fastest journey from Cairns to Port Moresby takes 4h 40m door to door, of which 1h 32m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 46m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Cairns to Port Moresby?
The cheapest fare from Cairns to Port Moresby is €73.89, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €116.37. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Cairns to Port Moresby?
The cheapest way from Cairns to Port Moresby is by flight, at €73.89 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 4h 42m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Cairns to Port Moresby?
Fares from Cairns to Port Moresby bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €68.58. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 273 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Cairns to Port Moresby?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Cairns to Port Moresby, at €98.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Cairns to Port Moresby?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cairns to Port Moresby, at €63.86 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Cairns to Port Moresby?
No operator record names Cairns to Port Moresby directly. Air Niugini publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Cairns to Port Moresby?
Every service we sell from Cairns to Port Moresby is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 4h 40m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Cairns to Port Moresby use?
Services from Cairns to Port Moresby by flight leave from Cairns CNS and arrive at Port Moresby POM. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Cairns to Port Moresby?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Cairns to Port Moresby allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cairns to Port Moresby on September 18, 2026: 867 km of route against 841 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €73.89, and 4h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Port Moresby is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Port Moresby and across Papua New Guinea
Day trips that leave Port Moresby in the morning and cover a good part of Papua New Guinea by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Cairns reaches 17 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 283 to 5,552 km. Port Moresby reaches 23 places in 9 countries, from 143 to 5,083 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Cairns
- 17Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 12Operators
Arriving in Port Moresby
Leaving Port Moresby
- 23Places you can leave for
- 9Countries
- 3Operators