Air NiuginiPX
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Direct flights from Cairns (CNS) to Port Moresby (POM): 9 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The nonstop covers 843 km, an estimated 1 hour 35 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Cairns and Port Moresby. Updated 31 October 2026 at 00:48 UTC.
CNS
Cairns
smooth · +0
POM
Port Moresby
tracking
843 km · ~1h 35m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 9x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100
route health from live CNS and POM delay boards
Flight time~1h 35mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures9x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Air Niugini
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
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How the Cairns to Port Moresby route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop CNS to POM flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search: Cairns (CNS) to Port Moresby (POM) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/CNS-POM
CNS to POM questions
Is CNS–POM running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from CNS to POM?
Great-circle distance is 843 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 90–102 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does CNS–POM fly?
Air Niugini runs the route with about 9 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at CNS and arrival-side delay at POM, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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