Airports / Australia / DRW
Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin
YPDN / DRWDarwin, AustraliaELEV 103 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
42 nm
To the nearest alternate
Bathurst Island Airport (BRT).
Overview
Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin (YPDN / DRW) sits in Darwin, Australia, where it functions as a large commercial airport. The airport sits 103 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into DRW for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Bathurst Island Airport (BRT, 42 nm), Snake Bay Airport (SNB, 61 nm), and Garden Point Airport (GPN, 67 nm).
Charter pricing from DRW depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Darwin.
Field capability
ICAO
YPDN
IATA
DRW
FAA / Local
YPDN
Elevation
103 ft
Coordinates
12.4150° S · 130.8818° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 103 ft, DRW sits lower than 67% of the 191 Australia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 42nmBRTBathurst Island AirportWurrumiyanga
- 61nmSNBSnake Bay AirportMilikapiti
- 67nmGPNGarden Point AirportPirlangimpi
- 136nmPKTPort Keats AirportWadeye
- 154nmKTRTindal Airport
- 191nmAU-0796Nackeroo Airfield
Location
Open the full mapYPDN · Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Darwin, Australia