CNS Airport Code: Cairns Airport IATA & ICAO

Cairns Airport (CNS) is stored for Cairns, Australia. ICAO YBCS. Timezone Australia/Brisbane. This page does not list live flights, fares or terminals.

Overview

CNS is the IATA airport code stored in this dataset for Cairns Airport in Cairns, Australia (AU). The matching ICAO identifier is YBCS. Travel agents see CNS on tickets, baggage tags, and GDS segment city pairs (six letters, for example CNSLHR when the other airport is London Heathrow). ICAO YBCS is used in flight plans and ATC, not as the two-or-three-character GDS city-pair token. The IANA timezone recorded for local GDS times at this airport is Australia/Brisbane. This code page explains how CNS is used in PNR text. It is not a live departures board. Terminal maps, contact phone numbers, lounge lists, and published flight schedules are not available in this dataset and are not invented here. Nearby airports stored for Australia: SYD (Sydney), MEL (Melbourne), BNE (Brisbane), PER (Perth), ADL (Adelaide). Related IATA city code in this dataset: CNS. To turn a booked PNR that contains CNS into a customer itinerary, paste the cryptic text into the PNR parser.

How to use this page

Confirm the three-letter token on the ticket or PNR is CNS, not a similar code.
Open the PNR parser and paste the full itinerary that contains CNS.
Convert and check that city and timezone match this record.
Use the airport-code page if you only need IATA versus ICAO for CNS.
Do not copy terminal or lounge claims from other websites onto this page. They are not stored here.

Example

Example GDS segment using this airport as origin: 2 AI 101 J 12OCT 1 CNSLHR HK1 0945 1510 12OCT E The parser should read CNS as departure. Times 0945/1510 are local as printed, not converted to your PC clock. If CNS is missing from the dataset, city and timezone enrichment stay empty rather than guessed.

FAQs

What is the CNS airport code?

CNS is the IATA code stored for Cairns Airport in Cairns, Australia.

What does CNS stand for?

In this dataset CNS identifies Cairns Airport. IATA codes are location identifiers, not always acronyms of the city name.

What is the ICAO code for CNS?

This dataset lists YBCS as the ICAO designator.

Is CNS the same as YBCS?

No. CNS is IATA (tickets and GDS city pairs). YBCS is ICAO (flight plans).

Where is CNS airport?

Cairns Airport is stored as Cairns, Australia (AU).

What timezone is CNS?

Australia/Brisbane is the IANA zone stored for local GDS time context. DST rules follow that zone.

Which terminals does CNS use?

Terminal information is not available in this dataset.

How do travel agents use CNS in a PNR?

Segment city pairs include CNS as origin or destination, for example CNSLHR. Paste the PNR into the parser to build a clean itinerary.

Are there other airports near Cairns?

In this dataset, other Australia airports include SYD (Sydney), MEL (Melbourne), BNE (Brisbane), PER (Perth), ADL (Adelaide).

Can I look up live flights from CNS?

Not on this page. This product parses booked PNR text; it does not query airline schedules.

Is CNS a city code or an airport code?

In this dataset CNS is the airport code and is also grouped under city code CNS.

How often is CNS data updated?

When the stored catalog row changes. Last page template update: 17 Aug 2026. Unverified operational claims are omitted.