Adelaide Airport
Adelaide Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 landing in front of the main terminal (Qatar Airways, Malaysia Airlines, and Qantas aircraft in background) | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | UniSuper (51%) Hostplus (15%) IFM Investors (15%) Igneo Infrastructure Partners (15%) Perron Group (4%) | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Adelaide Airport Limited | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Adelaide Airport, South Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 16 February 1955 | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°56′42″S 138°31′50″E / 34.94500°S 138.53056°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | adelaideairport.com.au | ||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Adelaide Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Sources: Adelaide Airport Ltd - Corporate | |||||||||||||||
Adelaide Airport (IATA: ADL, ICAO: YPAD) is an international, domestic and general aviation airport serving Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, located approximately 6 km (4 mi) west of the Adelaide central business district. Adelaide Airport is the fifth-busiest airport in Australia measured by passenger movements, serving 9 million passengers in 2025, including over 1 million international passengers and 100,000 aircraft movements. It has been operated privately by Adelaide Airport Limited under a long-term lease from the federal government since 29 May 1998.
First established in 1955, Adelaide Airport operates flights to over 30 destinations within Australia, Oceania, Asia, and North America. The airport also serves as a hub for Virgin Australia, a focus city for Qantas, and as an operating base for various airlines, including low-cost airline Jetstar. Adelaide Airport handles the fourth-largest number of domestic connections following Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne airports. Since 2005, flights have been operated through a combined domestic and international terminal, having replaced the original separate terminals. Adelaide Airport is capable of handling large aircraft such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747, the latter of which was a regular at the airport in previous years.
The facility handles an average of over 250 flights daily, and spans a total area of 785 hectares (1,940 acres) of airport property.