Darwin International Airport

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Darwin International Airport
Darwin Airport Logo.svg
Darwin 6398.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code YPDN
IATA code DRW
Coordinates

12 ° 24 '53 "  S , 130 ° 52' 36"  E Coordinates: 12 ° 24 '53 "  S , 130 ° 52' 36"  E
Height above MSL 31 m (102  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 7 km northeast of Darwin
Street from Stuart Highway via Henry Wrigley Drive
Local transport Darwin Airport Shuttle
Basic data
opening 1919 (since 1991 as Darwin International Airport)
operator Northern Territory Airports Pty Ltd
surface 311 ha
Terminals 1
Passengers 2,246,000 (2016/17)
Air freight 430 t (2017)
Flight
movements 		27,056 (2017)
Employees 1,496 (2017)
Runways
11/29 3354 m × 60 m asphalt
18/36 1524 m × 30 m asphalt

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The Darwin International Airport is the international airport of the northern Australian city of Darwin . It is located 15 km northeast of the city center in the Eaton district and has an area of ​​311 hectares .

history

There was an airfield in Darwin since 1919, which was used exclusively for military purposes during World War II . On February 19, 1942, the first Japanese air raid on Darwin took place, which was the first air raid on the Australian continent. It was also the most massive and most destructive attack by the Japanese air force on Australia in the course of the Pacific War with 242 bombers and fighter planes , in which the airport was bombed in the second attack wave. In 1945 Darwin Airport was opened for civil aviation , but is still used for military purposes and shares the runways with RAAF Base Darwin . The new terminal buildings were opened in 1991 and the airport has been called Darwin International Airport ever since. The airport was managed by the Federal Airports Corporation of the Australian federal government.

Since the airport was privatized in 1998, Darwin International Airport has been wholly owned by the Airport Development Group. Alice Springs Airport and Tennant Creek Airport , also located in the Northern Territory , are also managed by ADG, which has signed a 50-year lease for all of them with an option for a further 49 years.

In 2011 it was decided to expand the airport. The area is to be increased by half and the building is to be expanded by eight new check-in counters and four gates. The aim is to increase the number of passengers to up to three million by 2016. The planned cost of the renovation is 60 million AUD (about 47 million euros).

Airlines and destinations

Darwin International Airport is number nine among the Australian airports. The number of passengers exceeded the two million mark for the first time in the 2011/12 financial year. The number of passengers is growing by around 7% per year, with major fluctuations. Darwin is the only airport of this size that also offers international connections. The most important international destinations are Singapore and Denpasar in Indonesia , both of which are served by Jetstar Airways , the low-cost subsidiary of Qantas . The non-Australian provider is Silk Air from Singapore . International flights account for around 16% of the total flight volume.

The five major metropolises of Australia are offered by Qantas from Darwin. Jetstar flies to four of the cities except Perth , Virgin Australia also to four of the megacities without Adelaide . These major domestic routes account for over 74% of the airport's air traffic.

Regional connections are mainly offered by the Darwin-based airlines Airnorth and Fly Tiwi. They fly to 15 or 8 small destinations in northern Australia on scheduled flights. The New Zealand company Vincent Aviation has established a second mainstay in Darwin and offers 7 additional destinations. Around 175,000 passengers, less than 10% of the total, are carried on these small routes.

Web links

Commons : Darwin International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Publications. DarwinAirport.com.au, accessed June 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Airport traffic data. BITRE.gov.au , accessed on June 11, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Master Plan. DarwinAirport.com.au, accessed June 11, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Northern Territory Airports ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Company website @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ntairports.com.au
  5. ↑ $ 60 million revamp for Darwin International Airport , ABC News, Aug. 24, 2011
  6. ↑ Airport traffic data , Australian Government, Department of Infrastructure and Transport, as of February 26, 2013