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Darwin International Airport

-12.41470°N
130.87700°W
ARR / DAY
34
▼ 17.4%
DEP / DAY
45
▲ 8.3%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

Darwin International Airport (YPDN/DRW) is a medium international airport located in Darwin, Australia. It features 2 runways with the longest being 11,004 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 34 arrivals and 45 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 18 carriers across 9 routes. The most active carrier is Care Flight (NSW) (CFH). The busiest route is to Brisbane International Airport (YBBN).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
2 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR YPDN 281130Z AUTO 09002KT 9999 // OVC115 28/22 Q1016

Runways

2 installed

11,004 FT MAX
11/29
11,004 ft × 197
ASP● LIT
18/36
5,000 ft × 98
ASP● LIT

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

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Top carriers

Share of flights

18 total
TOP 9 199
Care Flight (NSW) 26% Capiteq 22% Qantas Airways 16% Qantaslink 11% Virgin Australia 9% Surveillance Australia P/L 7% Singapore Airlines 4% Royal Australian AIR Force 4% NON 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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BNE 18
SYD 7
MEL 6
SIN 6
PER 4
YXDH 3

Carriers

See all + destinations → 18
Care Flight (NSW)
51
Capiteq
44
Qantas Airways
31
Qantaslink
22
Virgin Australia
17
Surveillance Australia P/L
14
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Singapore Airlines
8
Royal Australian AIR Force
7
NON
5
Toll Aviation Pty
5
Buffalo Airways
5
Jetstar Airways Pty.
4
China Southern Airlines
3
Alliance Airlines Pty
3
Harco Aviation (Houston
2
Usac Airways 695
2
Tropic Airlines-Air Molokai(Honolulu
1
Aero Dili Transport Service
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from YPDN · last 7d

11 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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See all routes → 27 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 11 3h 46m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Virgin Australia 6 3h 33m
DRWMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 4 3h 56m
DRWSIN
Singapore, SG
 Singapore Airlines 4 4h 15m
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Virgin Australia 4 4h 29m
DRWPER
Perth, AU
 Virgin Australia 2 3h 35m
DRWPER
Perth, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 2 7h 43m
DRWYXDH
Darwin, AU
 Care Flight (NSW) 2 0h 4m
DRWADL
Adelaide, AU
 Care Flight (NSW) 2 3h 31m
DRWSIN
Singapore, SG
 Qantas Airways 2 4h 14m
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 2 4h 11m
DRWAVV
Melbourne, AU
 Care Flight (NSW) 1 10h 2m
DRWMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Virgin Australia 1 4h 5m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Toll Aviation Pty 1 3h 32m
DRWYRBK
 NON 1 0h 3m
DRWADL
Adelaide, AU
 Qantaslink 1 3h 35m
DRWMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 1 4h 3m
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 1 4h 12m
DRWYXDH
Darwin, AU
 Buffalo Airways 1 0h 8m

Pilot & community notes

4 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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adidas
1/21/2022
incorrect position
incorrect position
jmblanco430
9/5/2009
YPDN
RUNWAY 29---109.70---285º
Anonymous
8/25/2007
YPDN
29 is the best one to land on
Ozguy
7/29/2007
DRW
The Darwin Air Museum is well worth a visit.
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