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Darwin International Airport

-12.41470°N
130.87700°W
ARR / DAY
23
▼ 14.8%
DEP / DAY
29
▼ 12.8%
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 23 arrivals and 29 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 16 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
3

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

46m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
10 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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YPDN 020130Z AUTO 07010KT 9999 // SCT039 BKN052 29/19 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

24 total
TOP 9 103
Capiteq 22% Care Flight (NSW) 17% Qantas Airways 14% Qantaslink 14% Surveillance Australia P/L 11% Virgin Australia 10% NON 6% DNG 5% US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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

Carriers

See all + destinations → 24
Capiteq
23
Care Flight (NSW)
17
Qantas Airways
14
Qantaslink
14
Surveillance Australia P/L
11
Virgin Australia
10
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NON
6
DNG
5
US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans
3
Tailwind Havayollari A.S.
3
China Southern Airlines
3
Toll Aviation Pty
3
Jetstar Airways Pty.
3
Singapore Airlines
3
Alliance Airlines Pty
3
D.O. Systems
2
VHF
1
Tropic Airlines-Air Molokai(Honolulu
1
PKT
1
Royal Australian AIR Force
1
Harco Aviation (Houston
1
Aero Dili Transport Service
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 → 21 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 4 4h 17m
DRWMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Virgin Australia 4 4h 13m
DRWSYD
Sydney, AU
 Virgin Australia 2 4h 30m
DRWYXDH
Darwin, AU
 NON 2 0h 3m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 US Navy AIR Logistics Office (NEW Orleans 2 3h 46m
DRWYRBK
 Surveillance Australia P/L 1 6h 17m
DRWAU-0141
 Care Flight (NSW) 1 0h 3m
DRWADL
Adelaide, AU
 Qantaslink 1 3h 27m
DRWPER
Perth, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 1 7h 59m
DRWYRBK
 NON 1 0h 3m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 1 3h 36m
DRWYXDH
Darwin, AU
 Care Flight (NSW) 1 0h 52m
DRWYRBK
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 1 0h 15m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Toll Aviation Pty 1 4h 7m
DRWAU-0141
 Surveillance Australia P/L 1 4h 14m
DRWAU-0141
 NON 1 0h 3m
DRWBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Virgin Australia 1 3h 40m
DRWYRBK
 WGT 1 0h 15m
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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