# Darnley Island Airport (NLF / YDNI)

**Darnley Island Airport** (IATA: NLF, ICAO: YDNI) is a small airport in Darnley Island, Queensland, Australia. It has one runway, 500 m (1,640 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Torres Strait Island Region.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydni

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NLF / YDNI
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Torres Strait Island Region
- Serves: Darnley Island, Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 45 m / 148 ft
- Coordinates: -9.5792, 143.7803
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 500 m / 1,640 ft
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darnley_Island_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13633554
- Ident: YDNI

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 500 m / 1,640 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [OKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yyki.md) Yorke Island Airport · Australia · 45 km / 28 mi · Hinterland Aviation, SmartLynx Australia
- [MYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymae.md) Murray Island Airport · Australia · 48 km / 30 mi · Hinterland Aviation, SmartLynx Australia
- [HID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhid.md) Horn Island Airport · Australia · 198 km / 123 mi · Hinterland Aviation, SmartLynx Australia

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from NLF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- OI [Hinterland Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hinterland-aviation) · 3
- Q6 [SmartLynx Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartlynx-australia) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 500 m / 1,640 ft | =27,160 of 29,858 | =2,028 in Oceania | =1,469 in AU |
| Elevation | 45 m / 148 ft | =35,416 of 43,403 | #1,427 in Oceania | #883 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.000 |
| MISC | MISC | 120.600 |
| MISC | MISC | 121.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [OKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yyki.md) Yorke Island Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [MYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymae.md) Murray Island Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [DAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aydu.md) Daru Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [CNC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycct.md) Coconut Island Airport · 94 km / 58 mi
- [PG-0053](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pg-0053.md) Oriomo Airstrip · 104 km / 64 mi
- [AYLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aylq.md) Lagoon Airstrip · 111 km / 69 mi

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #2

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Darnley Island Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darnley_Island_Airport&oldid=1364629113), revision of 17 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydni/data