Darwin International Airport is an Australian airport, located 13 kilometers from the city of Darwin , Northern Territory , Australia , ranked tenth on the list of the busiest airports in Australia. The airstrip of the port is shared by civil aviation and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) .
| Darwin International Airport | ||||||||||
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 Airport terminal | ||||||||||
| IATA : DRW - ICAO : YPDN | ||||||||||
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| Type of | civil / military | |||||||||
| A country | Australia | |||||||||
| Location | Darwin | |||||||||
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| Operator | Northern Territory Airports [1] / RAAF Darwin | |||||||||
| NUM height | +31 m | |||||||||
| Timezone | UTC − 6 / −5 | |||||||||
| Working hours | around the clock | |||||||||
| Site | Official site | |||||||||
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| Annual passenger traffic | ▲ 1,813,000 people (2007) [2] | |||||||||
Darwin operates a passenger terminal for domestic and international transport with numerous shopping areas, restaurants and cafes, as well as a terminal for freight traffic.
The airport serves more than 56 thousand flights a year and according to statistics for 2007 it served a little less than two million passengers.
History
In 1919, with the opening of the air communication between England and Australia in the suburbs of Darwin, the so-called Australian terminal was built, which worked as two separate airports for civil and military aviation [3] . In 1945, the Australian Ministry of Aviation authorized the use of a Darwinian air force base for civil aviation, with the result that the small civilian airport in the suburbs was closed and the military base became the co-location airport for military and commercial aircraft [3] .
From 1950 to 1974, Darwin Airport was the main domestic and international transit hub of the Northern Territory , used by major airlines such as Qantas Airways . In 1974, cyclone Tracy destroyed more than 70% of the city and demolished almost the entire airport complex, which was restored within a few years. In December 1991, a new passenger terminal was put into operation with four teletraps for boarding gates (gates).
Present
Darwin International Airport has only one passenger terminal for domestic and international flights. Regular routes connect the airport with the cities of the Northern Territory of the country, all major Australian cities (with the exception of Canberra , as well as with the airports of Cairns , Broome , Singapore , Dili ( East Timor ) and Bali . Darwin Airport is one of the emergency sites for the space shuttle Space Shuttle [4] .
| Year | Passengers | International | Internal |
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| 2001–02 | 1.090.000 | 290.000 | 800.000 |
| 2002—03 | 1.085.000 | 210.000 | 875.000 |
| 2003—04 | 1.182.000 | 197.000 | 985.000 |
| 2004–05 | 1.386.000 | 281.000 | 1.105.000 |
| 2005—06 | 1.440.000 | 334.000 | 1.106.000 |
| 2006–07 | 1.654.000 | 372.000 | 1.282.000 |
| 2007–08 | 1.813.000 | - | - |
Types of aircraft
The airport serves many types of airliners, currently the main ones are Airbus A319 , Airbus A320 , Airbus A330 , Boeing 717 , Boeing 737 , Boeing 767 , Beechcraft 1900 , Fokker F100 , Dash 7 , Dash 8 and Embraer Brasilia aircraft , and sometimes and Boeing 747 . Darwin is widely used by general aviation and military aircraft.
Darwin Airport irregularly received supersonic Concordes prior to their decommissioning, as it was one of the few airports in the country to have a suitable runway length.
Development Plans
According to representatives of the Australian low-cost airline Jetstar Airways, the company plans to use Darwin International Airport as one of its hubs on routes to Asia . Since the airport is sufficiently close to the countries of Southeast Asia , the airline intends to build its Asian route network as a transit between Asia and large cities of southern Australia using Airbus A320 series aircraft , the duration of which will be between four and six hours. [6] . The Philippines Nina Aquino International Airport and Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Malaysia are scheduled to be included in the list of new flights through Darwin Airport .
The new airline discounter, Tiger Airways, also expressed its intention to use Darwin International Airport as its additional hub [7] , but in October 2008, due to a sharp decline in passenger traffic, the company stopped flights from Singapore to Darwin and the future strategic partnership with the airport now time is questionable.
Traffic volumes
Domestic Directions
| A place | Airport | Passengers | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | Brisbane | 346,000 | ▲ 4.3 |
| A place | Airport | Passengers | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | Brisbane | 30,712 | ▲ 17.0 |
International Destinations
| A place | Airport | Passengers | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | Singapore Changi International Airport | 123,773 | ▲ 41.9 |
| 2 | Ngurah Rai International Airport | 39 599 | ▲ 29.3 |
| 3 | Brunei International Airport | 5087 | ▼ 46,3 |
| four | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | 2245 | ▼ 38.9 |
| five | El Tari Airport | 2537 | ▼ 20.0 |
| A place | Airport | Passengers | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | Singapore Changi International Airport | 8008 | ▲ 89.3 |
| 2 | Ngurah Rai International Airport | 6280 | ▲ 47.8 |
| 3 | Tan Son Nhat International Airport | 906 | ▲ 97.7 |
Airlines and destinations
| Airline | Directions | Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Airnorth Internal | Broome, Elko Island, Gove, Groot Eylandt, Kununurra, Maningrida, MacArthur River, Perth | Interior |
| Airnorth International | Dili | International |
| Garuda Indonesia | Denpasar / Bali | International |
Qantas Internal
| Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Sydney
| Interior |
Qantas
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| International |
| Skywest Airlines | Broome, Perth | Interior |
| Vincent Aviation | Groot Eylandt, Cairns | Interior |
| Virgin blue | Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth [12] | Interior |
See also
List of the busiest airports in Australia
Notes
- ↑ Welcome to Northern Territory Airports . Airport Development Group. Archived March 29, 2012.
- ↑ PDF file 2007-08 Annual report (inaccessible link - PDF file history ) . Darwin International Airport (2007).
- ↑ 1 2 History of the Qantas Hanger (inaccessible link) . Northern Territory Gocvernment . Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts. Archived August 30, 2008.
- ↑ Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites
- ↑ Annual 2005-06 Report (not available link) . Archived October 1, 2009.
- ↑ Jetstar boosts services from Darwin airport Non-Com (Inaccessible link) . Fairfax . The Australian (August 2, 2008). The appeal date is April 5, 2009. Archived August 9, 2008.
- ↑ Creedy, Steve Jetstar for Darwin springboard into Asia (inaccessible link) . News Ltd. The Australian (December 22, 2007). The appeal date is April 5, 2009. Archived March 15, 2008.
- ↑ 1 2 Domestic airline activity . Archived February 21, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 International airline activity . Archived July 19, 2008.
- ↑ 1 2 Qantas Announces International Schedule Changes . Qantas (June 5, 2008).
- ↑ Cheap flights - Jetstar Airways
- ↑ Virgin Blue> News and Press Releases
Links
- Official site
- Description of the airport (Not available link) . Archived November 12, 2007.