Far North Queensland Skies

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Friday, 14 November 2025

Titan Airways Airbus Airbus A321Neo G-XATW

AWC567 G-XATW A21N Cairns-Siem Reap, was Noumea-Cairns 12/11/2025

G-XATW A21N at Cairns Airport. Photo Supplied.

G-XATW A21N at Cairns Airport.

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Luftwaffe German Air Force Airbus A321-251NX 15+10

GAF712 15+10 A21N (Singapore)-Cairns-Wellington

15+10 A21N GAF at Cairns Airport

Sunday, 9 November 2025

Icelandair Boeing 757-200 TF-LLL departs

ICE1283 TF-LLL B752 Cairns-Siem Reap, arrived 7/11/2025 Nadi-Cairns

File Picture - TF-LLL B752 at Cairns Airport.

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

BVR10 D-APLC GL7T Cairns-Port Moresby, (arrived 17/10 Munda-Cairns)

See previous post: Far North Queensland Skies: ACM Air Charter Bombardier BD-700 Global 7500 D-APLC

D-APLC GL7T at Cairns Airport. Photo Supplied.

Friday, 7 November 2025

Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130J NZ7011

KIW836 NZ7011 C30J Cairns-Whenuapai, was Osan-Cairns 6/11/2025

File Picture- NZ7011 C30J at Cairns Airport.

Thursday, 6 November 2025

Titan Airways Airbus Airbus A321Neo G-OATW

AWC410 G-OATW A21N Cairns-Siem Reap, was Tahiti-Cairns 4/11/2025

G-OATW A21N at Cairns Airport

Wednesday, 5 November 2025

Air Caledonie International Airbus A320Neo F-ONEA

AC980 F-ONEA A20N Noumea-Cairns-Kuala Lumpur

Bombardier BD-700 Global 5000 N560U

N560U GL5T Cairns-Denpasar, was Nadi-Cairns 1/11/2025

N560U GL5T at Cairns Airport. Photo by Jonathan Williams.

Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130J NZ7015

KIW486 NZ7015 C30J Cairns-Christchurch, was Osan-Koror 2/11/2025 and Koror-Cairns 3/11/2025

NZ7015 C30J at Cairns Airport. Photo by Jonathan Williams.

Hevilift Twin Otter P2-KSG departs

P2-KSG DHC6 Cairns-Port Moresby. (Arrived 28/9/2025 Port Moresby-Cairns)

File Picture - P2-KSG DHC6 at Cairns Airport.

Monday, 3 November 2025

Armee De L'air Francaise Casa CN-235M 065 F-RAIC

CTM1161 F-RAIC 065 Cairns-Port Moresby, was Noumea-Cairns 2/11/2025

F-RAIC 065 CN35 at Cairns Airport, Photo by Jonathan Williams.

East Air commence Cairns-Hamilton Island services

Today East Air commenced RPT services between Cairns and Hamilton Island.

The service operates 3 days a week using a Beech 1900D.

VH-JYA operated the first service as flight No. EA1 departing just after 0920.

Sunday, 2 November 2025

Dash 8 Q300 VH-TQM ex QantasLink heads offshore

VH-TQM DH8C Cairns-Majuro, was Alice Springs-Cairns 27/10/2025.

VH-TQM ex QantasLink was out of storage in Tamworth for Alice Springs via Birdsville 4/9/2025.

The last known QantasLink service for VH-TQM was QF1433/1436 Sydney-Canbera-Sydney on the 2/8/2025, ferried as QLK902 Sydney-Tamworth where the aircraft remained in storage until the 4/9/2025.

VH-TQM DH8C at Cairns Airport. Photo by Jonathan Williams.

Saturday, 1 November 2025

Cessna 700 Citation Longitude N55BS

N55BS C700 Cooktown-Cairns-Pago Pago

See previous post N55BS.
Far North Queensland Skies: Cessna 700 Citation Longitude N55BS

N55BS C700 landing at Cairns Airport.

Sunday, 26 October 2025

Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757-200 NZ7571

KIW460 NZ7571 B752 Whenuapai-Cairns-Kuala Lumpur

File Picture - NZ7571 B752 at Cairns. Photo Supplied.

Saturday, 25 October 2025

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.

Tuesday, 21 October 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.

Monday, 20 October 2025

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.

Sunday, 19 October 2025

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.