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Darwin International Airport

-12.41470°N
130.87700°W
ARR / DAY
29
▲ 12.8%
DEP / DAY
38
▲ 27.6%
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 29 arrivals and 38 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
4

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

52m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
4 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
YPDN 012230Z AUTO 06004KT 9999 // NCD 25/21 Q1018

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 9 134
Capiteq 22% Care Flight (NSW) 19% Qantaslink 13% Qantas Airways 11% Surveillance Australia P/L 10% Virgin Australia 10% NON 5% DNG 4% US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans 4%

Top destinations

By flight count

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SYD 8
BNE 6
MEL 5
YRBK 5
AU-0141 4
YXDH 3

Carriers

See all + destinations → 26
Capiteq
29
Care Flight (NSW)
25
Qantaslink
18
Qantas Airways
15
Surveillance Australia P/L
14
Virgin Australia
14
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NON
7
DNG
6
US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans
6
Tailwind Havayollari A.S.
4
Royal Australian AIR Force
4
Toll Aviation Pty
4
Alliance Airlines Pty
4
China Southern Airlines
3
Jetstar Airways Pty.
3
Singapore Airlines
3
Aero Dili Transport Service
3
D.O. Systems
2
AIR Mobility Command (AMC)
1
VHF
1
Tropic Airlines-Air Molokai(Honolulu
1
PKT
1
Vh-Air Industrie
1
Harco Aviation (Houston
1
Commandement du Transport Aerien Militaire Francais
1
WGT
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from YPDN · last 7d

10 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 → 26 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
DRWMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Virgin Australia 5 4h 10m
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 4 4h 17m
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Virgin Australia 3 4h 21m
DRWYXDH
Darwin, AU
 NON 2 0h 3m
DRWAU-0141
 Care Flight (NSW) 2 0h 3m
DRWADL
Adelaide, AU
 Qantaslink 2 3h 30m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Virgin Australia 2 3h 37m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans 2 3h 46m
DRWYAMB
 Royal Australian AIR Force 1 3h 29m
DRWYXDH
Darwin, AU
 Care Flight (NSW) 1 0h 52m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 1 3h 36m
DRWYRBK
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 1 0h 15m
DRWYRBK
 NON 1 0h 3m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Toll Aviation Pty 1 4h 7m
DRWAU-0141
 Surveillance Australia P/L 1 4h 14m
DRWAU-0141
 NON 1 0h 3m
DRWPER
Perth, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 1 7h 59m
DRWBKI
Kota Kinabalu, MY
 Royal Australian AIR Force 1 3h 33m
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Toll Aviation Pty 1 4h 23m
DRWYRBK
 Surveillance Australia P/L 1 6h 17m

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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