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Darwin International Airport is an Australian airport located 13 kilometers from the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, ranked tenth in the list of the busiest airports in Australia. The port’s runways are shared between civil aviation and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

Darwin operates a passenger terminal for domestic and international traffic with numerous shopping areas, restaurants and cafes, and a cargo terminal.
The airport serves more than 18,000 flights a year and, according to statistics for 2021, served just under a million passengers.

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In 1919, with the opening of air traffic between England and Australia, the so-called Australian Terminal was built in the suburbs of Darwin, which worked as two separate airports – for civil and military aviation. In 1945, the Australian Air Ministry authorized the use of the Darwin Air Force Base for civil aviation, which resulted in the closure of a small civilian airport in the suburbs, and the military base became a joint airport for military and commercial aircraft.

From 1950 to 1974, Darwin Airport was the main domestic and international transit hub for the country’s 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 rebuilt within a few years.In December 1991, a new passenger terminal was put into operation with four boarding gates.
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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 cities in Australia (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 .