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.
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.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes 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.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.