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Darwin International Airport (DRW)

A working profile of Darwin International Airport in Darwin, Australia: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.

DRWIATA
YPDNICAO
20Destinations on file
14Operating airlines
46Departures on file

Quick facts

  • Full name: Darwin International Airport
  • Serves: Darwin, Australia
  • Coordinates: -12.4147, 130.8770
  • Elevation: 103 ft
  • Time zone: Australia/Darwin

Darwin International Airport sits inside the air network of Australia. It shows 46 distinct scheduled departures across 20 destinations and 14 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.

Destinations from DRW

Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.

Airport profile data
IATADestinationCityCountryRouteOperators
BNE Brisbane International Airport Brisbane Australia DRW→BNE 6
SIN Singapore Changi Airport Singapore Singapore DRW→SIN 4
SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport Sydney Australia DRW→SYD 4
GOV Gove Airport Gove Australia DRW→GOV 3
MEL Melbourne International Airport Melbourne Australia DRW→MEL 3
GTE Groote Eylandt Airport Groote Eylandt Australia DRW→GTE 2
ASP Alice Springs Airport Alice Springs Australia DRW→ASP 2
ADL Adelaide International Airport Adelaide Australia DRW→ADL 2
CNS Cairns International Airport Cairns Australia DRW→CNS 2
DPS Ngurah Rai (Bali) International Airport Denpasar Indonesia DRW→DPS 2
BME Broome International Airport Broome Australia DRW→BME 2
DIL Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Dili East Timor DRW→DIL 2
ISA Mount Isa Airport Mount Isa Australia DRW→ISA 2
KNX Kununurra Airport Kununurra Australia DRW→KNX 2
PER Perth International Airport Perth Australia DRW→PER 2
TSV Townsville Airport Townsville Australia DRW→TSV 2
KUL Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur Malaysia DRW→KUL 1
MNL Ninoy Aquino International Airport Manila Philippines DRW→MNL 1
MCV McArthur River Mine Airport McArthur River Mine Australia DRW→MCV 1
MNG Maningrida Airport Maningrida Australia DRW→MNG 1

Airlines operating at DRW

Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.

Airport profile data (section 2)
IATAAirlineCountryRoutes from DRW
QF Qantas Australia 13
TL Trans Mediterranean Airlines Lebanon 9
JQ Jetstar Airways Australia 6
VA Virgin Australia Australia 5
AA American Airlines United States 2
EK Emirates United Arab Emirates 2
PR Philippine Airlines Philippines 2
3K Jetstar Asia Airways Singapore 1
BF Aero-Service Republic of the Congo 1
MH Malaysia Airlines Malaysia 1
MI SilkAir Singapore 1
QZ Indonesia AirAsia Indonesia 1
SQ Singapore Airlines Cargo Singapore 1
TT Tiger Airways Australia Australia 1

Inbound origin airports

Where flights into DRW typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.

Airport profile data (section 3)
IATAOrigin airportCityCountryOperators
BNE Brisbane International Airport Brisbane Australia 6
SIN Singapore Changi Airport Singapore Singapore 4
SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport Sydney Australia 4
MEL Melbourne International Airport Melbourne Australia 3
GTE Groote Eylandt Airport Groote Eylandt Australia 2
ADL Adelaide International Airport Adelaide Australia 2
CNS Cairns International Airport Cairns Australia 2
DPS Ngurah Rai (Bali) International Airport Denpasar Indonesia 2
BME Broome International Airport Broome Australia 2
DIL Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Dili East Timor 2
GOV Gove Airport Gove Australia 2
ISA Mount Isa Airport Mount Isa Australia 2
KNX Kununurra Airport Kununurra Australia 2
PER Perth International Airport Perth Australia 2
TSV Townsville Airport Townsville Australia 2
KUL Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1
MNL Ninoy Aquino International Airport Manila Philippines 1
ASP Alice Springs Airport Alice Springs Australia 1
MCV McArthur River Mine Airport McArthur River Mine Australia 1
MNG Maningrida Airport Maningrida Australia 1

How to read this page

The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from DRW on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list DRW to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.

The airline list shows which carriers treat DRW as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.