DRW to KNX: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Darwin to Kununurra?

The great-circle distance between Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin (DRW) and East Kimberley Regional (Kununurra) Airport (KNX) is 441 km (274 mi, 238 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from DRW to KNX?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 5m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. KNX is roughly southwest of DRW.

How is the DRW to KNX route written in code?

The pair is written DRW-KNX in IATA codes and YPDN-YPKU in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin is DRW (YPDN), East Kimberley Regional (Kununurra) Airport is KNX (YPKU).

Both ICAO codes start with Y, the prefix ICAO assigns to Australia, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

The two fields sit at almost the same height, within 42 ft (13 m) of each other.

Airlines flying DRW to KNX

1 airline appear on this route in the open route dataset, 1 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 1 carrier sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: QF.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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