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Alice Springs to Darwin

1 operator run this water, from 2 h 08.

Getting from Alice Springs to Darwin

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Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Emirates, Qantas ASP → DRW 1306 km non-stop 717 in the air 3 h 38 est. rate not held 612 km/h average

Other ways to reach Darwin

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Darwin without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Maningrida – Darwin 58 min Airnorth

Kununurra – Darwin 1 h 03 Airnorth

Groote Eylandt – Darwin 1 h 17 Aero-Service

Nhulunbuy – Darwin 1 h 18 Airnorth

Dili – Darwin 1 h 24 Airnorth

McArthur River Mine – Darwin 1 h 24 Airnorth

Cairns – Darwin 2 h 36 Jetstar Airways, Ponant Cruises

Kuta, Badung – Darwin 2 h 42 Indonesia AirAsia

Townsville – Darwin 2 h 50 Airnorth

Adelaide – Darwin 3 h 47 Jetstar Airways

And other ways to reach Alice Springs

Adelaide – Alice Springs 2 h 09 Qantas

Cairns – Alice Springs 2 h 19 Qantas

Melbourne – Alice Springs 2 h 49 Qantas

Brisbane – Alice Springs 2 h 57 Qantas

Perth – Alice Springs 2 h 58 Emirates

Sydney (Mascot) – Alice Springs 3 h 02 American Airlines

Where else these quays go

Also from Alice Springs

Adelaide · Brisbane · Cairns · Melbourne · Perth · Sydney (Mascot)

Also from Darwin

Adelaide · Benoa · Brisbane · Broome WA · Cairns · Dili · Fremantle · Groote Eylandt · Keelung · Kununurra · Kuta, Badung · Lautoka · Manila · Maningrida

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Alice Springs–Darwin crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.