Adelaide Airport

This article is about the airport in South Australia. For the associated suburb, see Adelaide Airport, South Australia.

Adelaide Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerUniSuper (51%)
Hostplus (15%)
IFM Investors (15%)
Igneo Infrastructure Partners (15%)
Perron Group (4%)
OperatorAdelaide Airport Limited
ServesAdelaide
LocationAdelaide Airport, South Australia
Hub for
Focus city for
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates34°56′42″S 138°31′50″E / 34.94500°S 138.53056°E / -34.94500; 138.53056
Websiteadelaideairport.com.au
Maps
Map
YPAD is located in Greater Adelaide
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YPAD is located in South Australia
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YPAD is located in Australia
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YPAD is located in Oceania
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Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 3,100 10,171 Asphalt
12/30 1,652 5,420 Asphalt
Statistics (2023/24)
Passengers8,538,000
Movements100,002
Freight (Tonnes)6,500
Sources:[1]

Adelaide Airport (IATA: ADL, ICAO: YPAD) is an international, domestic, and general aviation airport, and the principal airport of Adelaide, South Australia.

It is the fifth-busiest airport in Australia measured by passengers movements, servicing more than 8.5 million passengers in FY24,[2] and is located adjacent to West Beach, approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) west of the Adelaide city centre.[2] It has been operated privately by Adelaide Airport Limited under a long-term lease from the Federal Government since 29 May 1998.[3]: p 25 

The facility covers a total area of 785 hectares (1,940 acres) of airport property.[4]

First established in 1955, a new dual international/domestic terminal was opened in 2005 which has received numerous awards, including being named the world's second-best international airport (5–15 million passengers) in 2006.[5] It was named Australia's best capital city airport in 2006, 2009 and 2011,[6] as well as being named Skytrax World Airport Awards's best regional airport in the Australia-Pacific region in 2022 and 2024.[7]

  1. ^ "Editorial 2021-22" (PDF). Adelaide Airport Ltd. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Adelaide Airport sets new passenger traffic record in FY24" (PDF). Adelaide Airport. 30 July 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Air passengermovements through capital city airports to 2025–26" (PDF). Working Paper 72. Canberra: Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  4. ^ "About Adelaide Airport" (PDF). airportbusinessdistrict.com.au. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Adelaide Airport: T1" (PDF). Adelaide Airport Limited. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Adelaide names Australia's best airport again" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2013.
  7. ^ Rice, Katelin (18 April 2024). "Adelaide clinches Best Regional Airport title in Australia and Pacific region".