YPAD
Adelaide International Airport
VFR
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Name
Adelaide International Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
YPAD / ADL / YPAD
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
12:07 am (ACST)
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Municipality
Adelaide
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Coordinates
34° 56′ 51″ N 138° 32′ 0″ E
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Elevation
20 ft (6 m MSL)
About Adelaide International Airport
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 7.7 million passengers in FY23, and is located adjacent to West Beach, approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) west of the Adelaide city centre. It has been operated privately by Adelaide Airport Limited under a long-term lease from the Federal Government since 29 May 1998.: p 25
The facility covers a total area of 785 hectares (1,940 acres) of airport property.
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. It was named Australia's best capital city airport in 2006, 2009 and 2011, as well as being named Skytrax World Airport Awards's best regional airport in the Australia-Pacific region in 2022 and 2024.