Darwin International Airport
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| Darwin International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: DRW - ICAO: YPDN | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Darwin International Airport / RAAF | ||
| Serves | Darwin, Northern Territory | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 103 ft (31 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11/29 | 11,004 | 3,354 | Asphalt |
| 18/36 | 5,000 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
Darwin International Airport (IATA: DRW, ICAO: YPDN) is the primary airport serving Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is located 13 kilometres northeast from the central business district of Darwin. It shares runways with the Royal Australian Air Force's RAAF Base Darwin.
Darwin's airport is large size for the city's population of slightly over 100,000 people. There is one terminal servicing both domestic and international services. The terminal boasts several jetways as well as numerous food outlets, shops, and duty-free shopping for international travellers. The terminal provides free wireless Internet access via the Internode Wireless Hotspot network.
Flights are scheduled to many regional destinations in the Northern Territory as well as to most major Australian cities and to international destinations like Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Bali.
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[edit] Terminals and destinations
[edit] Domestic terminal
- Airnorth (Broome, Gove, Groote Eylandt, Kununurra, Maningrida, McArthur River)
- Qantas (Adelaide, Alice Springs, Brisbane, Cairns, Perth, Sydney)
- QantasLink (Gove, Alice Springs)
- Jetstar Airways (Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne)
- Virgin Blue (Brisbane, Melbourne)
- Skywest (Broome, Perth)
There are several small regional operators that offer scheduled and charter flights to small destinations around the Northern Territory.
[edit] International terminal
- Airnorth (Dili, Kupang)
- Garuda Indonesia (Denpasar, Kuala Lumpur)
- Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Kupang)
- Qantas (Denpasar, Mumbai) (Mumbai is outbound only)
- Jetstar Airways operated by Jetstar Asia Airways (Cairns, Singapore)
- Royal Brunei (Brunei)
- Tiger Airways (Singapore)
[edit] Access
Shuttle buses to the city accommodation are available as well as rental cars and taxies.
Parking is available at $4 AUD per day or part thereof, with more expensive parking available in a locked compound.
