AirportsDarnley Island Airport is a small airport serving Darnley Island, in Queensland, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is NLF.
Key facts
- IATA code
- NLF
- ICAO code
- YDNI
- City
- Darnley Island
- State or region
- Queensland
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 9.5792° S, 143.7803° E
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 500 m (1,640 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, NLF means Darnley Island Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YDNI. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 9.5792° S, 143.7803° E. The nearest town in our data is Daru, about 84 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Port Moresby, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Darnley Island Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 500 metres (1,640 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 155.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 500 m 1,640 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Yorke Island AirportYorke Island | OKR | 45 km |
| Murray Island AirportMurray Island | MYI | 48 km |
| Daru AirportDaru, Papua New Guinea | DAU | 83 km |
| Coconut Island Airport | CNC | 94 km |
| Yam Island AirportYam Island | XMY | 116 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,310 km | 10 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,396 km | 10 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,302 km | 12 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,338 km | 17 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,961 km | 18 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,317 km | 14 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,570 km | 6 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,036 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,813 km | 3 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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