Live flights over Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin (DRW)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 107 departures and 64 arrivals at Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin, 86 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Perth (PER), Brisbane (BNE) and Adelaide (ADL). The airline seen most often is Care Flight.
Airport data
- IATA code
- DRW
- ICAO code
- YPDN
- City
- Darwin
- Region
- Northern Territory
- Country
- Australia
- Elevation
- 31 m (103 ft)
- Coordinates
- -12.41497, 130.88185
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Darwin.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 67 | 48 | 115 |
| Sat 24 | 40 | 16 | 56 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
Airlines
- Care FlightCFH 12
- Bissau Discovery Flying ClubBDF 11
- AirnorthANO 9
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 9
- QantasLinkQLK 9
- QantasQFA 5
- Network AviationNWK 4
- Virgin AustraliaVOZ 4
- Singapore AirlinesSIA 3
- Royal Australian Air ForceASY 2
Aircraft
- C208 15
- C402 14
- Embraer E190 E190 13
- BE20 12
- C210 10
- C404 10
- DH8B 9
- PA31 8
- Airbus A320 A320 7
- Boeing 737-800 B738 7
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-12.41497/lon/130.88185/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Darwin right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Darwin: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of DRW, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Care Flight, Bissau Discovery Flying Club, Airnorth, Jetstar Airways and QantasLink.
What are the main connections from Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Perth (PER, 5), Brisbane (BNE, 4), Adelaide (ADL, 4), Sydney (SYD, 4) and Singapore (SIN, 3). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Darwin? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin? +
Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin has IATA code DRW and ICAO code YPDN. It lies in Northern Territory, Australia, at coordinates -12.41497, 130.88185.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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