NT · Darwin
Palmerston → Darwin Airport taxi fare
Booking a sedan from Palmerston to Darwin Airport buys you 20.0 km of travel and a 36-minute ride. The weekday meter usually reads A$43.64, falling somewhere between A$41.46 and A$48.00.
Estimated fare range
A$41.46 – A$58.55
20.0 km · 36 min typical
Tuesday 8am
A$41.46 – A$48.00
day tariff
Friday 6pm
A$50.57 – A$58.55
night tariff
Saturday 10pm
A$50.57 – A$58.55
night tariff
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About this route
Darwin Airport after 10pm on Saturday: the meter steps up to A$53.23, an uplift of A$9.59 on the day-rate equivalent. No toll road sits on the natural route between Palmerston and Darwin Airport, keeping the maths straightforward.
Darwin International Airport sits just 8 km from the CBD and the airport surcharge applies to pickups but not drop-offs. Treat the A$43.64 midpoint from Palmerston to Darwin Airport as a regulated maximum, not a quote: traffic delays only raise the bill if they push the meter through the slow-speed threshold. The figures here mirror the regulated maximum from NT Department of Logistics and Infrastructure — drivers may charge less than the A$43.64 typical between Palmerston and Darwin Airport, never more.