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Brisbane (BNE) – Darwin (DRW)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,849 km
1,770 mi · 1,538 nm
Flight time
4 h 10 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
30 min
CO2 per passenger
358 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (212 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
358,925
May 2025 – Apr 2026 · +6.4%
Flights / week
48
Both directions, average
Seats filled
81%
440,839 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
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Not named in this source

Traffic: BITRE (Australia), domestic airline activity by city pair, May 2025 – Apr 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from BNE to DRWBNEDRW
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from BNE
301°
Heading from DRW
129°
Halfway point
-20.25, 141.47
Great-circle km
2,850 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Darwin is 30 min behind Brisbane

The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: July 2025: 41,990 passengers
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Month Passengers
May 202532,455
Jun 202537,425
Jul 202541,990
Aug 202538,400
Sep 202533,377
Oct 202529,840
Nov 202523,137
Dec 202526,666
Jan 202625,523
Feb 202619,719
Mar 202623,176
Apr 202627,217
Flights per month, both directions (May 2025 – Apr 2026)Busiest: July 2025: 274 flights
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Month Flights
May 2025235
Jun 2025246
Jul 2025274
Aug 2025271
Sep 2025227
Oct 2025200
Nov 2025151
Dec 2025184
Jan 2026174
Feb 2026145
Mar 2026168
Apr 2026206

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 2,850 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

More routes from BNE

Route Distance Passengers / year
BNE → SYD751 km 4,431,416
BNE → MEL1,379 km 3,691,322
BNE → CNS1,389 km 1,305,346
BNE → PER3,614 km 1,144,127
BNE → TSV1,110 km 1,015,509
BNE → SIN6,141 km 1,006,075
BNE → AKL2,298 km 925,736
BNE → ADL1,621 km 901,930
BNE → MKY796 km 834,210
BNE → CBR954 km 667,023

More routes from DRW

Route Distance Passengers / year
DRW → MEL3,124 km 290,835
DRW → PER2,647 km 186,042
DRW → SIN3,339 km 125,011
DRW → DPS1,766 km 106,034
DRW → DIL726 km 33,836
DRW → KUL3,636 km 25,266
DRW → CAN4,400 km 6,275

Questions

Brisbane (BNE) and Darwin (DRW) are 2,849 km (1,770 miles, 1,538 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.