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Hinterland Aviation

Hinterland Aviation is a regional airline from Australia with its base at Cairns Airport, with additional hubs in Townsville and Rockhampton. The airline has seven destinations and was founded in 1984.

CALLSIGN: HINTERLAND. IATA Code: OI. ICAO Code: HND

Website: https://www.hinterlandaviation.com.au/

Hinterland market distribution on each continent.

Hinterland Aviation 30 days of scheduled flights

The graph shows thenumber of scheduled flights per day. The bars are divided between domestic and international flights.

Hinterland airports

Number of routes on some of the biggest Hinterland Aviation airports.
Routes re-launching soonRE-LAUNCH

Flights with Hinterland Aviation that are seasonal or re-launching again.

Start From     To  
Mar 5 AUU Aurukun Lockhart River IRG »
Mar 5 CNS Cairns Aurukun AUU »
Updated 2026-07-04.
New Hinterland Aviation routesNEW

Recently added routes to our site. This usually means the flight route is new.

From     To Start  
CNS Cairns Lizard Island LZR Active  »
CUQ Coen Lockhart River IRG Active  »
AUU Aurukun Lockhart River IRG Mar 5  »
CNS Cairns Aurukun AUU Mar 5  »
The list of new routes is usually updated every third month.
Most popular flight routesPOPULAR

Hinterland Aviation operates over 20 flight routes. Here are the most popular.

From     To  
CNS Cairns Cooktown CTN  »
CNS Cairns Lizard Island LZR  »
TSV Townsville Palm Island PMK  »
KWM Kowanyama Edward River EDR  »
CNS Cairns Kowanyama KWM  »
CNS Cairns Lockhart River IRG  »
CNS Cairns Coen CUQ  »
BDD Badu Island Horn Island HID  »
KUG Kubin Island Badu Island BDD  »
HID Horn Island Kubin Island KUG  »
SYU Sue Island Horn Island HID  »
XMY Yam Island Sue Island SYU  »
HID Horn Island Yam Island XMY  »
CNS Cairns Edward River EDR  »
SBR Saibai Island Horn Island HID  »
MYI Murray Island Coconut Island CNC  »
CNC Coconut Island Horn Island HID  »
HID Horn Island Boigu Island GIC  »
GIC Boigu Island Saibai Island SBR  »
HID Horn Island Mabuiag Island UBB  »
HID Horn Island Yorke Island OKR  »
NLF Darnley Island Yorke Island OKR  »
Based on the number of flight departures in August 2026.
Hinterland Aviation Aircrafts

Aircraft models scheduled to fly with Hinterland Aviation.

Aircraft model Flights
Cessna (Light aircraft-single turboprop engine) 760

Hinterland Aviation airports

Sorted by the number of departing flights next month.

Hub AU Hinterland at CNS route map
#1 Cairns (CNS)
276 flights
AU Hinterland at CTN route map
#2 Cooktown (CTN)
114 flights
AU Hinterland at LZR route map
#3 Lizard Island (LZR)
62 flights
Hub AU Hinterland at TSV route map
#4 Townsville (TSV)
52 flights
AU Hinterland at EDR route map
#5 Edward River (EDR)
51 flights
AU Hinterland at KWM route map
#6 Kowanyama (KWM)
51 flights
AU Hinterland at PMK route map
#7 Palm Island (PMK)
34 flights
AU Hinterland at IRG route map
#8 Lockhart River (IRG)
24 flights
AU Hinterland at CUQ route map
#9 Coen (CUQ)
24 flights
AU Hinterland at HID route map
#10 Horn Island (HID)
23 flights
AU Hinterland at BDD route map
#11 Badu Island (BDD)
10 flights
AU Hinterland at KUG route map
#12 Kubin Island (KUG)
10 flights

An airline hub is an airport where the airline has a heavy presence and normally some kind of headquarters. On the other hand, a focus city is a destination where the airline operates limited point-to-point routes. In these cities, the airline doesn’t necessarily need to have an office (even though this sometimes is the case). Many low-cost airlines don't use the definition 'hub' but instead define their main airports of operations as an operating base.