About Adelaide Intl

Adelaide Airport (ADL) — Profile & Why the Nepal–Adelaide Route Matters


IATA / ICAO	ADL / YPAD
Full name	Adelaide Airport (also called Adelaide International Airport)
Serves	Adelaide, South Australia
Distance from city centre	~6–8 km west of the Adelaide CBD
Opened	1955 (current combined terminal opened 2005)
Elevation	20 ft (6.1 m) AMSL
Runways	05/23 — 3,100 m asphalt; 12/30 — 1,652 m asphalt
Annual passengers	~9.1 million (FY26)
Rank in Australia	5th-busiest airport by passenger movements
Operator	Adelaide Airport Limited (privately operated under long-term Commonwealth lease since 1998)

One of the first Australian airports to combine international and domestic operations under a single terminal roof — a genuine convenience advantage for connecting travelers
Hub/base for Virgin Australia, Alliance Airlines, Rex Airlines, National Jet Express, QantasLink; focus city for Qantas
Named Australia's best capital-city airport multiple times (2006, 2009, 2011, 2024) and a Skytrax regional award winner (2022, 2024)
Gateway to South Australia's wine regions (Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale), Kangaroo Island, and the Adelaide Hills — relevant if the site ever expands into outbound Nepal-to-Australia tourism content