List of airports in South Australia
List of airports
Table:
Community	Airport name	Type	ICAO	IATA

Adelaide	Adelaide Airport	Public	YPAD	ADL

Aldinga	Aldinga Airfield	Public	YADG	ADG

Alton Downs	Alton Downs Airport	Private	YADS	AWN

Amata	Amata Airport	Private	YAMT	AMT

American River	American River Airpark	Private	RCN

Andamooka	Andamooka Airport	Public	YAMK	ADO

Balcanoona	Balcanoona Airport	Private	YBLC	LCN

Brukunga	Claremont Airbase	Private	YCLB

Carrapateena mine	Carrapateena Airport	Private	YCPT

Ceduna	Ceduna Airport	Public	YCDU	CED

Cleve	Cleve Airport	Public	YCEE	CVC

Clifton Hills	Clifton Hills Landing Strip	Public	YCFH	CFH

Coober Pedy	Coober Pedy Airport	Public	YCBP	CPD

Coorabie	Coorabie Airport	Public	CRJ

Cordillo Downs	Cordillo Downs Airport	Private	YCOD	ODL

Cowarie	Cowarie Airport	Public	YCWI	CWR

Cowell	Cowell Airport	Public	YCWL	CCW

Dulkaninna	Dulkaninna Airport	Public	YDLK	DLK

Edinburgh	RAAF Base Edinburgh	Military	YPED

Etadunna	Etadunna Airstrip	Public	YEDA	ETD

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The ICAO ( /ˌaɪˌkeɪˈoʊ/ , eye-KAY-oh ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world . These codes , as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910 : Location Indicators , are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning . ICAO codes are also used to identify other aviation facilities such as weather stations , International Flight Service Stations or Area Control Centers , whether or not they are located at airports . Flight information regions are also identified by a unique ICAO-code .
An IATA airport code , also known as an IATA location identifier , IATA station code or simply a location identifier , is a three-letter geocode designating many airports and metropolitan areas around the world , defined by the International Air Transport Association ( IATA ) . The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used . The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763 , and it is administered by the IATA 's headquarters in Montreal . The codes are published semi-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory . IATA also provides codes for railway stations and for airport handling entities . A list of airports sorted by IATA code is available . A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF French Railways , and Deutsche Bahn , is available . Many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations , such as the list of Amtrak station codes .
Adelaide ( /ˈædəleɪd/ ( listen ) AD-ə-layd ) is the capital city of the state of South Australia , and the fifth-most populous city of Australia . The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide . Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula , between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east . Its metropolitan area extends 20 km ( 12 mi ) from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges , and stretches 96 km ( 60 mi ) from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south . Named in honour of Queen Adelaide , consort to King William IV , the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia . Colonel William Light , one of Adelaide 's founding fathers , designed the city centre and chose its location close to the River Torrens , in the area originally inhabited by the Kaurna people and known as Tarndanyangga ( place of the red kangaroo ) . Light 's design , now listed as national heritage , set out the city centre in a grid layout , interspaced by wide boulevards and large public squares , and entirely surrounded by parklands . Early colonial Adelaide was shaped by the diversity and wealth of its free settlers , in contrast to the convict history of other Australian cities . Until the post-war era , it was Australia 's third-largest city . It has been noted for its leading examples of religious freedom and progressive political reforms , and became known as the City of Churches due to its diversity of faiths . Today , Adelaide is noted for its many festivals and sporting events , its food and wine , its coastline and hills , and its large defence and manufacturing sectors . Adelaide 's quality of life has ranked consistently highly in various measures through the 21st century .
Adelaide Airport ( IATA : ADL , ICAO : YPAD ) , also known as Adelaide International Airport , is the principal airport of Adelaide , South Australia and the fifth-busiest airport in Australia , servicing 8.5 million passengers in the financial year ending 30 June 2019 . Located adjacent to West Beach , it is approximately 6 km ( 3.7 mi ) west of the city centre . It has been operated privately by Adelaide Airport Limited under a long-term lease from the Commonwealth Government since 29 May 1998. : p 25 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 . Also , it has been named Australia 's best capital city airport in 2006 , 2009 and 2011 . Over the financial year 2018/19 , Adelaide Airport experienced passenger growth of 7% internationally and 1.3% for domestic and regional passengers from 2017 's quarterly report ; this added up to a new record number of passengers who passed through Adelaide Airport at 8,090,000 over the financial year . Adelaide Airport also experienced the greatest international growth out of any Australian port .
Aldinga /ɔːlˈdɪŋɡə/ is a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia located about 45 kilometres ( 28 miles ) south of the Adelaide city centre in the City of Onkaparinga .
Aldinga Airfield ( ICAO : YADG ) is a small , uncontrolled regional airfield located in Aldinga , South Australia . The airfield serves as a regional port and is privately owned and maintained .
Alton Downs Station , most commonly known simply as Alton Downs , is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in north east South Australia . The property is situated approximately 48 kilometres ( 30 mi ) south west of Birdsville and 253 kilometres ( 157 mi ) north west of Innamincka . It is bordered to the west by the Simpson Desert Regional reserve , to the south by Clifton Hills Station and to the east by Pandie Pandie Station . The station contains many landforms including gibber plains , sand-plains , floodplains , channels and ephemeral rivers . The Warburton River flows through the property southward through Clifton Hills and Cowarie Station then discharging into Lake Eyre .
Alton Downs Airport ( IATA : AWN , ICAO : YADS ) is a small , privately owned airport in Alton Downs , South Australia .
Amata is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia , comprising one of the six main communities on The Lands ( the others being Ernabella/Pukatja , Fregon/Kaltjiti , Indulkana , Mimili and Pipalyatjara ) .
Amata Airport is a sealed airstrip servicing the town of Amata in the APY Lands of northern South Australia . Amata is one of three sealed and six unsealed airstrips in the APY Lands . It has lights to enable night operations . It was upgraded in 2016 with camel-proof fencing .
American River is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located on the western shore of Eastern Cove on Kangaroo Island .
American River Airpark ( IATA : RCN ) is a privately owned airfield on Kangaroo Island in the Australian state of South Australia located in the locality of American River . The airport is privately owned and operated as part of a scenic flight service within Kangaroo Island Connect and is also used by Wrightsair .
Andamooka is a town approximately 600 km north of Adelaide in the Far North of South Australia . Andamooka is the largest town administered by the Outback Communities Authority instead of a local government area . It is in the state electoral district of Giles and the federal Division of Grey .
Andamooka Airport ( IATA : ADO , ICAO : YAMK ) is an airport in Andamooka , South Australia , Australia .
Balcanoona is a small human settlement [ according to whom ? ] in the Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges of South Australia . The population is approximately 10-30 people .
Balcanoona Airport ( IATA : LCN , ICAO : YBLC ) is a small , privately owned airport running out of Balcanoona , South Australia .
Brukunga is a small town in the Adelaide Hills , located approximately 40 km east of Adelaide and 4 km north of the town of Nairne . Its name , derived from Barrukungga in the local Aboriginal language , means 'place of fire stone ' or the 'place of hidden fire ' , and is associated with the Kaurna ancestral being Tjilbruke . At the 2006 census , Brukunga had a population of 579 . Between 1955 and 31 May 1972 , iron sulphides ( mainly as the mineral pyrite ) were mined at the Nairne Pyrite Mine - later renamed as the Brukunga Mine - immediately west of the town , and transported to Port Adelaide for the production of sulphuric acid and superphosphate fertiliser . Oxidation of pyrite in waste dumps and the exposed quarry face led to formation of acid mine drainage containing high levels of cadmium and other heavy metals into the adjacent creek , triggering health warnings by the Environment Protection Agency . Since 1980 , rehabilitation of the mine site has occurred , including a lime neutralisation plant to treat acid water before it enters the Dawesley Creek , but concerns over water quality remain . Revegetation of the site has also progressively occurred since 1988 . The town is also the location of the Country Fire Service training centre and the Claremont Airbase which has been the main operating base for aerial fire fighting since 2016 .
Claremont Airbase is a private airport near Brukunga in the Adelaide Hills east of Adelaide , South Australia . It is the main base used for aerial firefighting support of the South Australian Country Fire Service . Claremont Airbase opened in December 2016 to replace a smaller base at Woodside . It is owned and operated by Aerotech .
The Carrapateena mine is a large copper mine under development 100 km southeast of Olympic Dam in South Australia 's Far North region . Carrapateena represents one of the largest copper reserves in Australia and in the world having estimated reserves of 292 million tonnes of ore grading 1.31% copper and 3.64 million oz of gold . It was discovered by explorer and metallurgist Rudie Gomez in 2005 . The project was acquired by OZ Minerals in 2011 , and the project was referred to the EPBC Act for Federal environmental approval in 2012 . Construction of the decline to access the mine commenced in 2016 . The mining technique used to extract the ore is sub-level caving . The Tjati decline was officially opened in November 2016 . The company expected that it would take two years to complete excavation of the decline which is 7.5 kilometres ( 4.7 mi ) long and descends 600 metres ( 2,000 ft ) . The mine owners also have a signed agreement with the traditional owners of the land , the Kokatha people . The company announced board approval for continued development on 24 August 2017 , expecting to spend A $ 916 million on development before the mine would begin to produce ore in late 2019 . The first copper concentrate was produced in December 2019 , by which time the mine had cost between $ 950 million and $ 980 million . Mine life is forecast to be about twenty years .
Carrapateena Airport ( ICAO : YCPT ) is a private airport servicing the OZ Minerals Carrapateena mine in northern South Australia , 33.7 nautical miles ( 62.4 kilometres ; 38.8 miles ) east of Woomera . Construction of the airport was completed in July 2018 .
Ceduna ( /səˈdjuːnə/ sə-DEW-nə ) is a town in South Australia located on the shores of Murat Bay on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula . It lies west of the junction of the Flinders and Eyre Highways around 786 km northwest of the capital Adelaide . The port town/suburb of Thevenard lies 3 km to the west on Cape Thevenard . It is in the District Council of Ceduna , the federal Division of Grey , and the state electoral district of Flinders . The name Ceduna is a corruption of the local Aboriginal Wirangu word Chedoona and is said to mean a place to sit down and rest . The town has played an important but minor role in Australia 's overall development due to it being a fishing port and a railway hub .
Ceduna Airport ( IATA : CED , ICAO : YCDU ) is an airport in Ceduna , South Australia .
Cleve is a small agriculturally based town on Central Eyre Peninsula in South Australia . It is 226 km southwest of Port Augusta and 143 km north of Port Lincoln . At the 2006 census , Cleve had a population of 738 . The town has its origins in the 1850s , with the town established some twenty years later . Cleve is a hub for farmers and suppliers on the Eyre Peninsula and hosts a field day held each second year to offer the newest in farming equipment and stock .
Cleve Airport ( IATA : CVC , ICAO : YCEE ) is an airport located 0.5 nautical miles ( 0.93 km ; 0.58 mi ) east of Cleve , South Australia .
Clifton Hills Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the far north of South Australia .
Clifton Hills Landing Strip ( IATA : CFH , ICAO : YCFH ) also known as Clifton Hills Airport , is a landing strip in Clifton Hills Station , South Australia .
Coober Pedy ( /ˈkuːbər ˈpiːdi/ ) is a town in northern South Australia , 846 km ( 526 mi ) north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway . In the 2016 Census , there were 1,762 people in Coober Pedy ( State Suburbs ) . Of these , 962 were male and 801 were female . There were 302 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people that made up 17.1% of the population . The town is sometimes referred to as the opal capital of the world because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there . Coober Pedy is renowned for its below-ground residences , called dugouts , which are built in this fashion due to the scorching daytime heat . The name Coober Pedy comes from the local Aboriginal term kupa-piti , which means boys ' waterhole . The first opal was found in Coober Pedy on 1 February 1915 ; since then the town has been supplying most of the world 's gem-quality opal . Coober Pedy today relies as much on tourism as the opal mining industry to provide the community with employment and sustainability . Coober Pedy has over 70 opal fields and is the largest opal mining area in the world .
Coober Pedy Airport ( IATA : CPD , ICAO : YCBP ) serves the opal mining town of Coober Pedy in outback South Australia . It is located south-west of the township . The airfield , which was renamed to Redstone Airport in-game , was featured in the 2016 racing video game Forza Horizon 3 on the Xbox One and is often used for drag races .
Coorabie is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 675 kilometres ( 419 mi ) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide . It is outside of district council boundaries , and therefore managed by the Outback Communities Authority . It is located in the west of South Australia , and includes the Wahgunyah Conservation Park . The Eyre Highway passes through the locality , although the Coorabie township is south of the highway . The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Coorabie shared a population of 51 people with the adjoining locality of Fowlers Bay . Construction of helicopter landing facilities began in 2015 , to serve the BP/Statoil oil exploration project in the Great Australian Bight .
Cordillo Downs or Cordillo Downs Station is both a pastoral lease currently operating as a cattle station and a formal bounded locality in South Australia . It is located about 116 kilometres ( 72 mi ) north of Innamincka and 155 kilometres ( 96 mi ) south east of Birdsville . The name and boundaries of the locality were created on 26 April 2013 for the long established local name . The station once occupied an area of 7,800 square kilometres ( 3,012 sq mi ) and was regarded as Australia 's largest sheep station ( in the 1880s , Cordillo set a record of shearing over 85,000 sheep in a season ) . One of the best known features of the station is the heritage-listed woolshed that is constructed of stone with a curved tin roof , built this way due to a lack of timber in the area . Cordillo gets around 167.3mm of rain annually .
Cowarie Station most commonly known as Cowarie is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in north east South Australia . The property is located 216 kilometres ( 134 mi ) north of Marree and 225 kilometres ( 140 mi ) south west of Birdsville . The Diamantina River merges with the Mulligan River on Cowarie forming the Warburton River which continues to flow to the south west and into Lake Eyre . The lease was initially granted for 21 years to William Benjamin Rounsevell starting on the last day of 1875 , covering an area of 400 square miles ( 1,036 km2 ) and named Cowarie after a nearby hill . The name is Aboriginal in origin and is the name for marsupial rat common to the area . Many other leases in the area were also soon taken up leading to much greater traffic along the Birdsville track and a post office opened at Cowarie in 1877 . Sidney Kidman in partnership with his brother Sackville acquired Cowarie in 1895 , the first property acquired by the Kidmans who went on to build the largest cattle empire seen in Australia . The station was managed by Sharon Oldfield in 1999 and occupied an area of 3,937 square kilometres ( 1,520 sq mi ) . The same year Oldfield won the commonwealth Bank Ibis award for rural productivity in recognition of her work with wildlife management and conservation on the property . In 2009 the station was running a mixture of shorthorn and Santa Gertrudis cattle which benefitted from the floodwaters flowing down the Diamantina River that reached the station that year .
Cowell is a coastal town on Franklin Harbor on the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsula , in South Australia on the Lincoln Highway 111 km south of the major town of Whyalla . It is 493 km by road from Adelaide . Franklin Harbor is a natural harbour 49 km² in area with a channel to the sea just 100 metres wide . The town of Cowell is the major population centre of the District Council of Franklin Harbour , and the centre of an agricultural district , farming wheat and sheep . The district covers an area of 3,283 square kilometres with a district population in 2011 of 1070 . Fishing , and more recently , oyster farming has also been an important industry .
Cowell Airport ( IATA : CCW , ICAO : YCWL ) is an airport located 2 nautical miles ( 3.7 km ; 2.3 mi ) northwest of Cowell , in the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia . The primary runway , 04/22 is equipped with runway lights to facilitate night operations . While there are no terminal facilities at the airport , a public telephone and toilet block are available .
Dulkaninna Station is a pastoral lease that once operated as a sheep station but now operates as a cattle station in outback South Australia . It is along the Birdsville Track approximately 84 kilometres ( 52 mi ) north of Marree at the southern end of the Tirari Desert . The property is composed of a variety of land systems including gibber plains , black soil flood plains , sand-hill country , table land country and creek systems . Lake Gregory is in the north-east corner of the property . It shares a boundary with Clayton Station to the south-west , Murnpeowie to the south-east and Etadunna Station to the north . The property occupies an area of 2,000 square kilometres ( 772 sq mi ) and runs beef cattle ; it is a certified organic producer . The Bell family own the property and have down so for over 110 years . The property runs a herd of Poll Hereford crossed with Black Angus and also breeds stock and quarter horses . Geological surveys were conducted in the area in 1885 with bores also being sunk in the area at the same time . Once part of the Mundowdna run that was owned by Sidney Kidman , a 255 square miles ( 660 km2 ) block called Dulkaninna North East , was resumed by the Department of Lands in 1896 , and the lease was acquired by George William Barrett . In 1914 the property was owned by Messrs Sinclair , Scott and Company with both sheep and cattle being run at the station . The property was abandoned in 1920 > By 1923 the property was owned by the Avon Downs Pastoral Company .
Edinburgh is an outer northern suburb of Adelaide , South Australia in the City of Salisbury . Once a rural area , this changed in 1940 with the establishment of the Salisbury Explosives factory , followed by the Long Range Weapons Establishment ( LRWE ) in 1947 , the High Speed Aerodynamics Laboratory , Propulsion Research Laboratory and the Electronics Research Laboratory , ( collectively known as the Chemistry & Physics Research Laboratory ) in 1949 , and the establishment of the RAAF base in 1955 . The LWRE and laboratories became the Weapons Research Establishment ( WRE ) in 1955 , the Defence Science & Technology Organisation ( DSTO ) in 1974 , and the DST Group in 2015 . It is now an industrial suburb , but is still dominated by RAAF Base Edinburgh , the DST Group Edinburgh site , with a few remaining sheep-grazing paddocks . The suburb was created in 1997 when it was split from the suburb of Salisbury , when the Australian Government decided that the Australian Department of Defence would rationalise the then DSTO Salisbury site and sell off about 70% of the site , and surrounding Defence-owned crown land , to form the Edinburgh Parks industrial estate . In addition to the RAAF base and the DST Group site , the suburb is home to several of Defence contractors , a number of automotive component and parts manufacturers ( which supported the Elizabeth Holden manufacturing plant until it closed in 2017 ) , and other industries ( for example , a major Coles Supermarkets distribution centre ) , as well as the Penfield Golf Club golf course , a model railway track , a model boat facility , a pistol range , gemology clubrooms , and a few remaining flocks of sheep .
RAAF Base Edinburgh ( ICAO : YPED ) is a Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) military airbase located in Edinburgh approximately 28 km ( 17 mi ) north of Adelaide , South Australia , Australia and forms part of the Edinburgh Defence Precinct . The base is primarily home to No 92 Wing and their Lockheed AP-3C Orion and Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft that conduct surveillance operations throughout Australia 's region of interest . The base is also the home of the Air Warfare Centre which is responsible through its Air Force Ranges Directorate for the Woomera Test Range . The base has over the past decade become home to elements of the 1st Brigade of the Australian Army .
Etadunna is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 684 kilometres ( 425 miles ) north of the capital city of Adelaide and about 108 kilometres ( 67 miles ) north-east of the town of Marree .
Etadunna Airstrip ( IATA : ETD , ICAO : YEDA ) is a locally owned , public airstrip in South Australia .