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Cairns

Cairns Airport

Cairns Airport is an in , , Australia. Formerly operated by the Cairns Port Authority, the airport was sold by the Queensland Government in December 2008 to a private consortium.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Cairns, Queensland, Australia
  • Also known as: “Cairns”, “CAIRNS”, “Cairns International Airport”, “CNS”, and “YBCS”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Cairns Botanic Gardens and Flecker Botanical Gardens.

Forest
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is a forest.

Forest
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Flecker Botanic Gardens is a heritage-listed botanic garden at Collins Avenue, , Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1886 to 1960s. It is now known as Cairns Botanic Gardens. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 2 February 2007.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aeroglen and Stratford.

Suburb
is a coastal suburb of in the Cairns Region, , Australia. It is approximately 5 kilometers north of the Cairns City centre. In the 2021 census, had a population of 405 people.

Suburb
is a suburb of in the Cairns Region, , Australia. In the 2021 census, had a population of 1,198 people.

Suburb
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is a coastal suburb of in the Cairns Region, , Australia. In the 2021 census, had a population of 5,334 people.

Cairns Airport

Latitude
-16.87801° or 16° 52′ 41″ south
Longitude
145.74992° or 145° 44′ 60″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Operator
North Queensland Airports Group
IATA airport code
CNS
ICAO airport code
YBCS
Open location code
5RM74PCX+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 461758871
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
2207387
Wiki­data ID
Q474632
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Cairns Airport” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Cairns”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Cairns”
  • Cebuano: “Cairns International Airport”
  • Chinese: “凯恩斯机场”
  • Chinese: “凱恩斯機場”
  • Chinese: “柬兹機場”
  • Dutch: “Cairns Airport”
  • Finnish: “Cairns Airport”
  • Finnish: “Cairns International Airport”
  • Finnish: “Cairnsin lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport international de Cairns”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Cairns”
  • French: “CAIRNS”
  • French: “CNS”
  • French: “YBCS”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Cairns”
  • German: “Cairns Airport”
  • Hungarian: “Cairnsi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Cairns”
  • Indonesian: “CNS”
  • Indonesian: “YBCS”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Cairns”
  • Italian: “aeroporto”
  • Japanese: “ケアンズ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ケアンズ空港”
  • Korean: “케언스 공항”
  • Korean: “케언즈 공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Cairns”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه کنز”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Cairns”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Cairns”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Cairns”
  • Russian: “Кэрнс”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Cairns”
  • Swedish: “Cairns International Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Кайрнз”
  • Turkish: “Cairns Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Кернс”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Cairns”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Cairns”
  • Yue Chinese: “柬兹機場”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Airport Connect Terminal 2 and International Terminal.

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