Cairns International Airport (CNS / YBCS)
Skydex pilots have caught 15 flights to or from Cairns International Airport (CNS / YBCS), Cairns, Australia. They were caught by 4 spotters. These are catches made by players, not airport movements: an aircraft appears here when somebody caught it and the flight it was operating had a published origin and destination.
Skydex receivers picked up 818 airline flights bound for Cairns International Airport and 765 airline flights out of it over the last 30 days, on 31 days. Each airline flight number counts once a day, matched to its published route when our network hears it. These are not airport movements: we only hear what flies within range of our antennas.
- ICAO
- YBCS
- IATA
- CNS
- City
- Cairns
- Country
- Australia
- Position
- -16.886, 145.755
- Catches
- 15
- Spotters
- 4
- arriving, 30 days
- 818
- departing, 30 days
- 765
- days heard
- 31
About the airport
Cairns International Airport serves Cairns. It sits 10 ft (3 m) above sea level. It has one runway, 10,489 ft (3,197 m) long.
Airport facts: OurAirports (public domain)
Pilots who visit
Nobody has visited Cairns International Airport in the simulator yet.
A visit counts after two minutes of flight within 4 km of the field and less than 500 m above it, once per UTC day. Distinct days raise your tier here: Regular after 3, Local after 7, Resident after 15, Home base after 30.
Captain
No captain yet. The first pilot to visit on three different days takes the seat.
The captain is the pilot with the highest visit tier at this airport. On a tie the seat stays with whoever reached that tier first.
Race for captain
This airport has no captain yet. Visits on 3 different days make you captain.
Nobody is chasing the seat yet.
One visit counts per UTC day. Tier II holds a seat, and on a tie it stays with whoever got there first.
Where those flights also go
- Sydney (SYD) — 11 catches
- Brisbane (BNE) — 2 catches
- Horn Island (HID) — 1 catch
- Melbourne (MEL) — 1 catch
Aircraft types caught here
- Airbus A320 — 5 catches
- Boeing 737-800 — 4 catches
- Airbus A320neo — 2 catches
- Embraer E190 — 2 catches
- De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 — 1 catch
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 — 1 catch
Airlines
- JUST - Japan Universal System Transport — 7 catches
- Virgin Blue Airlines — 3 catches
- Qantas — 2 catches
Top spotters through this airport
- @0krypt — 10 catches
- @lcameron — 3 catches
- @ess — 1 catch
- @grant-daly — 1 catch
Recent catches
- VOZ1419 — Boeing 737-800 · Virgin Blue Airlines · by lcameron · 2026-11-10
- JST953 — Airbus A320neo · JUST - Japan Universal System Transport · by lcameron · 2026-11-10
- QFA922 — Boeing 737-800 · Qantas · by lcameron · 2026-11-10
- QLK1884 — Embraer E190 · by grant-daly · 2026-11-07
- QLK1990 — Embraer E190 · by 0krypt · 2026-10-29
- VOZ1413 — Boeing 737-800 · Virgin Blue Airlines · by 0krypt · 2026-10-28
- JST951 — Airbus A320neo · JUST - Japan Universal System Transport · by 0krypt · 2026-10-28
- JST953 — Airbus A320 · JUST - Japan Universal System Transport · by 0krypt · 2026-10-28
- JST952 — Airbus A320 · JUST - Japan Universal System Transport · by 0krypt · 2026-10-28
- JST951 — Airbus A320 · JUST - Japan Universal System Transport · by 0krypt · 2026-10-27
- QLK497D — De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 · by 0krypt · 2026-10-27
- QFA922 — Boeing 737-800 · Qantas · by 0krypt · 2026-10-27
- VOZ1413 — Boeing 737 MAX 8 · Virgin Blue Airlines · by 0krypt · 2026-10-27
- JST950 — Airbus A320 · JUST - Japan Universal System Transport · by 0krypt · 2026-10-27
- JST941 — Airbus A320 · JUST - Japan Universal System Transport · by ess · 2026-10-18
Questions
How many flights to and from Cairns International Airport does Skydex hear?
Over the last 30 days: 818 airline flights arriving and 765 airline flights departing, heard on 31 days. The busiest day was November 8, 2026, with 76 airline flights.
When did Skydex first hear a flight to or from Cairns International Airport?
On October 9, 2026. Our record of destinations starts on October 8, 2026, so nothing earlier is kept.
Is this the departure board of Cairns International Airport?
No. We count airline flight numbers our volunteer receivers hear in the air, once a day each, and match them to their published route. Flights out of range, private and military aircraft are not in it.
Have players caught flights through Cairns International Airport?
Yes: 15 catches by 4 spotters so far.
How high is Cairns International Airport above sea level?
10 ft (3 m), according to OurAirports.
How long is the longest runway at Cairns International Airport?
10,489 ft (3,197 m). It is the airport’s only runway.
Can I fly over Cairns International Airport in Skydex?
Yes. Fly here opens the flight simulator over the airport, with the real aircraft our receivers hear in the sky around it.
How do I visit Cairns International Airport in Skydex?
A visit counts after two minutes of flight within 4 km of the field and less than 500 m above it, once per UTC day. Distinct days raise your tier here: Regular after 3, Local after 7, Resident after 15, Home base after 30. Nobody has visited Cairns International Airport in the simulator yet.