Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757-200 NZ7571

KIW460 NZ7571 B752 Whenuapai-Cairns-Kuala Lumpur

File Picture - NZ7571 B752 at Cairns. Photo Supplied.

Cessna 700 Citation Longitude N55BS

N55BS C700 Cairns-Cooktown, was Honolulu-Majuro-Cairns 24/10/2025

N55BS C700 arriving Cairns Airport runway 33.

N55BS C700 at Cairns Airport.

Dash 8 Q300 C-FKDL ex Qantas Link VH-TQY

C-FKDL DH8C Cairns-Majuro, was Alice Springs-Cairns 24/10/2025.

C-FKDL is ex VH-TQY from Qantas Link. Was out of storage in Tamworth for Alice Springs on the 25/6/2025.

The last known QantasLink service for VH-TQY was QF2009/2010 from Sydney to Orange and back to Sydney on 8th of October 2024. Later on, the 8th of October 2024 VH-TQY ferried to Tamworth as QLK900 where the aircraft remained in storage until 25/6/2025.

Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130J NZ7011

KIW836 NZ7011 C30J Cairns-Koror, was Whenuapai-Ohakea-Cairns 20/10/2025

NZ7011 C30J at Cairns Airport.

NZ7011 C30J at Cairns Airport.

NZ7011 C30J at Cairns Airport.

Avmax Aircraft Leasing Q300 VH-TQZ departs

VH-TQZ DH8C Cairns-Majuro, was Alice Springs-Cairns 18/10/2025. Earlier was out of storage from Tamworth to Alice Springs 11/9/2025.

The last known QantasLink service for VH-TQZ was QF2089/2090 from Melbourne to Burnie and back to Melbourne on 16th December 2024. On the 17th of December 2024 VH-TQZ ferried to Tamworth as QLK900 where the aircraft remained in storage until 11/9/2025.

VH-TQZ DH8C arriving at Cairns Airport.
Photo by Jonathan Williams.

Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757-200 NZ7571 returns

KIW523 NZ7571 B752 Cairns-Richmond-Whenuapai, was Atsugi-Cairns 18/10/2025

File Picture - NZ7572 B752 at Cairns Airport.

ACM Air Charter Bombardier BD-700 Global 7500 D-APLC

BVR10 D-APLC GL7T Munda-Cairns

D-APLC GL7T at Cairns Airport.

Air Niugini Charters from Madang

Two Air Niugini charters arrived at Cairns Airport today from Madang. Flight details as follows:

ANG9090/9093 F100 P2-ANJ Madang-Cairns-Madang and

ANG9094/9005 F70 P2-ANR Madang-Cairns-Madang.

P2-ANR F70 at Cairns, File Picture

Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757-200 NZ7571

 KIW523 NZ7571 B752 Cairns-Koror-Atsugi, was Whenuapai-Ohakea-Amberley-Cairns 15/10/2025

NZ7571 B752 at Cairns Airport. Photo Supplied.

NZ7571 B752 at Cairns Airport. Photo Supplied.

TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc. N146EX Dassult Falcon 900

 N146EX F900 Cairns-Brisbane, was Auckland-Cairns 13/10/2025.

N146EX F900 at Cairns Airport.

Nauru Airlines Boeing 737-79L VH-INU

 RON310 VH-INU B737 Brisbane-Cairns-Taipei 

Titan Airways Airbus Airbus A321 Neo G-OATW

 AWC409 G-OATW A21N Cairns-Siem Reap, was Tahiti-Cairns12/10/2025

File Picture - G-OATW A21N at Cairns Airport

G-OATW A21N at Cairns Airport.

Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growlers A46-310 and A46-305

Today saw 2 x RAAF EA-18G Growlers arrive at Cairns.

Using callsign SAVG21 A46-310 and A46-305 arrived from Amberley and departed a few hours later to Tindal.

Tudor Investments Corporation Global Express N117TP

N117TP GLEX Cairns-Honolulu, was Brisbane-Cairns 10/10/2025.

N117TP GLEX at Cairns Airport. Photo supplied.

Hevilift Aviation Bell 412 P2-HCP

Noted at Cairns Airport GA today is a Hevilift Aviation Bell 412, P2-HCP. 

P2-HCP arrived from the north on the 11th of April 2025.

P2-HCP B412 at Cairns Airport.