Adelaide Airport
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
Adelaide Airport (IATA: ADL) serves the metropolitan area of Adelaide in South Australia. It lies about 6 km west of the city centre and handles international, domestic and general aviation traffic. Virgin Australia uses it as a hub, Qantas as a focus city and Jetstar as a base.
Travel + Leisure readers ranked Adelaide Airport No. 10 among international airports in the World's Best Awards 2026, with a reader score of 83.73. The passage from the magazine is a ranking list and adds no further comment.
The airport was established in 1955 and has been operated by the private company Adelaide Airport Limited, which leases it from the federal government, since 29 May 1998. Since 2005 all flights use a combined domestic and international terminal. It served more than 9.1 million passengers in the 2026 financial year, making it Australia's fifth-busiest airport, and handles over 250 flights a day.
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