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Darwin International Airport

-12.41470°N
130.87700°W
ARR / DAY
27
▼ 19.0%
DEP / DAY
35
▼ 17.6%
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 35 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 18 carriers across 6 routes. The most active carrier is Capiteq (ANO). The busiest route is to Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (YSSY).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
8 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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YPDN 050230Z AUTO 30008KT 9999 // BKN028 31/23 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

22 total
TOP 9 139
Capiteq 22% Care Flight (NSW) 19% Qantas Airways 15% Qantaslink 14% Virgin Australia 9% Surveillance Australia P/L 9% Singapore Airlines 4% NON 4% Jetstar Airways Pty. 4%

Top destinations

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SYD 10
MEL 8
BNE 7
ADL 4
YXDH 3
SIN 2

Carriers

See all + destinations → 22
Capiteq
30
Care Flight (NSW)
26
Qantas Airways
21
Qantaslink
20
Virgin Australia
13
Surveillance Australia P/L
12
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Singapore Airlines
6
NON
6
Jetstar Airways Pty.
5
Toll Aviation Pty
5
Alliance Airlines Pty
5
Royal Australian AIR Force
4
Tailwind Havayollari A.S.
3
DNG
3
Harco Aviation (Houston
2
VHM
1
Tropic Airlines-Air Molokai(Honolulu
1
US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans
1
PKT
1
Transportes Aereos SAN Rafael Ltda.
1
Usac Airways 695
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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 5 4h 16m
DRWADL
Adelaide, AU
 Qantaslink 4 3h 37m
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Virgin Australia 3 4h 32m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Virgin Australia 3 3h 50m
DRWMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 3 4h 1m
DRWMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Virgin Australia 3 4h 12m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 3 3h 42m
DRWSIN
Singapore, SG
 Singapore Airlines 2 4h 20m
DRWMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 2 4h 5m
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Toll Aviation Pty 2 4h 15m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Care Flight (NSW) 1 3h 54m
DRWYXDH
Darwin, AU
 Royal Australian AIR Force 1 0h 15m
DRWYXDH
Darwin, AU
 Care Flight (NSW) 1 0h 52m
DRWYRBK
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 1 0h 15m
DRWAU-0141
 Surveillance Australia P/L 1 4h 14m
DRWYXDH
Darwin, AU
 NON 1 0h 4m
DRWYRBK
 Capiteq 1 2h 54m

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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