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Darwin International Airport

-12.41470°N
130.87700°W
ARR / DAY
27
▲ 9.9%
DEP / DAY
33
▲ 4.5%
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 27 arrivals and 33 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 15 carriers across 7 routes. The most active carrier is Capiteq (ANO). The busiest route is to Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (YSSY).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

40m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
2 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
YPDN 261930Z AUTO 17002KT 9999 // NCD 23/20 Q1017

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

26 total
TOP 9 123
Capiteq 28% Care Flight (NSW) 20% Surveillance Australia P/L 11% Qantaslink 11% Qantas Airways 10% Virgin Australia 8% US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans 5% Singapore Airlines 5% Jetstar Airways Pty. 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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SYD 8
SIN 3
MEL 3
NJA 2
PER 2
AU-0141 2

Carriers

See all + destinations → 26
Capiteq
34
Care Flight (NSW)
25
Surveillance Australia P/L
13
Qantaslink
13
Qantas Airways
12
Virgin Australia
10
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US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans
6
Singapore Airlines
6
Jetstar Airways Pty.
4
DNG
4
NON
4
Royal Australian AIR Force
4
DRG
3
Toll Aviation Pty
3
China Southern Airlines
3
Alliance Airlines Pty
3
Aero Dili Transport Service
3
Raytheon Aircraft Company (Wichita
2
Tailwind Havayollari A.S.
1
AIR Mobility Command (AMC)
1
Vh-Air Industrie
1
Kalitta AIR
1
Nato Support and Procurement Agency
1
Taespejo Portugal
1
Harco Aviation (Houston
1
Federal State Budget Institution Aviation Rescue Company of Emercom of Russia
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 → 23 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Virgin Australia 4 4h 22m
DRWSIN
Singapore, SG
 Singapore Airlines 3 4h 18m
DRWNJA
Ayase / Yamato, JP
 US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans 2 9h 21m
DRWPER
Perth, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 2 7h 59m
DRWMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Virgin Australia 2 3h 58m
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Toll Aviation Pty 2 4h 7m
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 2 4h 10m
DRWAU-0141
 Care Flight (NSW) 1 0h 3m
DRWADL
Adelaide, AU
 Qantaslink 1 3h 33m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 1 4h 0m
DRWDNA
 Harco Aviation (Houston 1 8h 2m
DRWAU-0141
 Capiteq 1 0h 21m
DRWYAMB
 Royal Australian AIR Force 1 3h 29m
DRWTSV
Townsville, AU
 Capiteq 1 2h 28m
DRWYRBK
 Care Flight (NSW) 1 4h 15m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Virgin Australia 1 3h 34m
DRWBKI
Kota Kinabalu, MY
 Royal Australian AIR Force 1 3h 33m
DRWHIK
Honolulu, US
 Kalitta AIR 1 10h 1m
DRWMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 1 3h 52m
DRWHKG
Islands, New Territories, HK
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 1 5h 37m

Pilot & community notes

4 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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adidas
01/21/2022
incorrect position
incorrect position
jmblanco430
09/05/2009
YPDN
RUNWAY 29---109.70---285º
Anonymous
08/25/2007
YPDN
29 is the best one to land on
Ozguy
07/29/2007
DRW
The Darwin Air Museum is well worth a visit.
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