Cairns International Airport
Operating 24 hours per day. Handles aircraft movements of around 130,000 per annum, is Australia's fifth busiest in terms of international passengers and is 8 kilometres from the Seaport.

Local Time
GMT +10

Location
Latitude 16°55.5’S and longitude 145°46.9’E

Radio Communications
VHF Channel Call: 16 'Cairns Harbour'
VHF Channel Work: 12

Port Name
Cairns Seaport, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Climate
Cruising is recommended all year round, however preferable during the months of May to October (North of Brisbane) and October to May (South of Brisbane).

Charts of Area
AUS 4620 and 262

Boarding Station For Arrival
'A' finger, Cairns Marlin Marina.

Port Draughts
Shipping channel: 8.3m LAT.

Entrance Channel
Access to the port is via a channel 10km west of Cape Grafton with Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT) depth of 8.3m, width of 90m and length of 13km.

Prevailing Winds
The prevailing winds from March to August are south-easterlies with
northerlies occurring from September to February.

Season Temperature (C°) (F°) Hum (%) Rain(mm) Rain (") Winter (Jun 1 - Aug31) 26.0 78.8 58.0 35.4 1.4 Spring (Sep1 - Nov 31) 29.3 84.7 56.6 56.0 2.2 Summer (Dec1 - Feb28) 31.3 88.3 65.0 339.3 13.4 Autumn (Mar 1 - May 31) 29.1 84.4 64.6 238.3 9.3

* The above are average daily maximum temperatures
* Humidity taken as at 3.00 pm
* Wet season runs from approximately November through to April.