An early "Adelaide airport" was an aerodrome constructed in 1921 on 24 ha (59 acres) of land in Albert Park, now Hendon, which took over from the Northfield Aerodrome. The small facility allowed for a mail service between Adelaide and Sydney. To meet the substantial growth in aviation, Parafield Airport was developed in 1927. The demand on aviation outgrew Parafield and the current site of Adelaide Airport was selected at West Torrens (known as West Beach until 1991[9]) in January 1946.[10] An alternative site at Port Adelaide, including a seaplane facility, was considered inferior and too far from the central business district.[11] Construction began and flights commenced in 1954, with Parafield Airport being turned into a private and military aviation facility.
In July 1998, the runway was extended by 570 metres to 3.1 kilometres.[15] In October 2005 a dual-use facility replaced both the original domestic and international terminals.[16] The old domestic terminal was closed shortly after the new terminal was opened to flights and was demolished not long after. A new control tower was built west of the current terminal with the old control tower maintained for additional operations.
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On 5 August 2008 Tiger Airways Australia confirmed that Adelaide Airport would become the airline's second hub which would base two of the airline's Airbus A320s by early 2009.[20] On 29 October 2009 Tiger announced it would be housing its third A320 at Adelaide Airport from early 2010.[21] Tiger Airways later shut down its operations from Adelaide only to recommence them in 2013.[22]
In 2011 the airport encountered major problems during the eruption of Puyehue volcano in Chile. The ash cloud caused flights to be cancelled nationwide, with over 40,000 passengers stranded in Adelaide.[23]
On 11 October 2022, it was discovered that at around 10am local time, security screening equipment had failed half an hour earlier, leading to the evacuation of the terminal and re-screening of approximately 2,000 passengers.[24]
The original international terminal had only two aircraft bays and a single jetbridge, with limited space for passengers. Check-in desks were small and waiting space was limited. It was replaced in 2005, and demolished in 2018 to make way for expanded landside facilities and a future expansion of the main terminal.[25]
In July 2020, Emirates, China Southern and Cathay Pacific announced their suspension of services to Adelaide Airport due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Emirates announced they would return to Adelaide on the 28th October 2024.[29]
In October 2023 Adelaide Airport released its 2050 Network Vision, in which the airport hopes to have direct flight connection to 39 global cities, with some notable cities including Los Angeles, London, and Johannesburg among others. In order to achieve this the airport is planning a significant expansion of its current facilities to cater for more international flights. [30]
The airport was redeveloped at a cost of $260 million and opened 8 October 2005.[31] The redevelopment was managed by builders Hansen Yuncken. Before the redevelopment, the old airport terminal was criticised for its limited capacity and lack of aerobridges.[citation needed]
Proposals were developed for an upgraded terminal of world standard. The final proposal, released in 1997, called for a large, unified terminal in which both domestic and international flights would use the same terminal. A combination of factors, the most notable of which was the collapse of Ansett Australia, then a duopoly domestic carrier with Qantas, and the resultant loss of funds for its share of the construction cost, saw the new terminal plans shelved until an agreement was reached in 2002. [citation needed]
The new terminal was opened on 7 October 2005 by the Prime Minister John Howard and South Australian Premier Mike Rann. However, Adelaide Airport Limited announced soon afterwards that only international flights would use the new facility immediately due to problems with the fuel pumps and underground pipes. These problems related initially to the anti-rusting agent applied to the insides of the fuel pumps, then to construction debris in the pipes. Although international and regional (from December 2005) aircraft were refuelled via tankers, a lack of space and safety concerns prevented this action for domestic jet aircraft, which instead continued operations at the old terminal. The re-fueling system was cleared of all debris and the new terminal was used for all flights from 17 February 2006.[32] The new airport terminal is approximately 850 m (2,790 ft) end to end and is capable of handling 27 aircraft, including an Airbus A380, simultaneously and processing 3,000 passengers per hour. It includes high-amenity public and airline lounges (Qantas, Virgin Australia & Plaza Premium International Lounge), 42 common user check-in desks and 34 shop fronts. Free wireless Internet is also provided throughout the terminal by Internode Systems, a first for an Australian airport.[33]
In February 2011, a A$100 million building program was launched as part of a five-year master plan, including a new road network within the airport, a multi-storey car park, increasing short-term parking spaces from 800 to 1,650 (completed August 2012[36]); a new plaza frontage for the passenger terminal (completed March 2013[citation needed]); a walkway bridge connecting new car park and existing terminal building (completed March 2013[citation needed]); terminal concourse extension; three new aerobridges; terminal commercial projects and passenger facilities; relocation of regional carrier Rex.[37]
In July 2013, Adelaide Airport became the first Australian airport and second airport worldwide to have Google Street View technology, allowing passengers to explore the arrival and departure sections of the airport before travel.[38]
In September 2016, a relocation and major upgrade was completed for the base of the central service region of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.[41] The base houses many Pilatus PC-12 and one Pilatus PC-24, maintenance hangars and ambulance bays.[42]
In late 2018 and early 2019, Adelaide Airport commenced a $165 million terminal expansion project, increasing the length of the terminal, adding more duty-free and shopping outlets, and increasing international capacity. The upgrades are set to be completed by 2021. The old international terminal was also demolished in 2019, after lying empty for many years.[44]
In early 2020, Adelaide Airport opened a newly updated concourse which was finished in December 2019,[45] New Shops include Penfolds Wine Bar & Kitchen, Precinct Adelaide Kitchen, Soul Origin, Boost Juice, Lego Kaboom and Airport Pharmacy. In October 2023 it was announced that the Penfolds Wine Bar & Kitchen would close and be replaced with the ADL Grounds Bar [46]
A world-first project that lowers runway temperatures by growing commercial crops irrigated by recycled water was trialled at Adelaide Airport, with the first trial completed in 2019. By planting 4 hectares (9.9 acres) of various crops and testing the effects of each on runway temperature, the scientists found that tree lucerne was most successful, leading to a reduction of an average 3 C in average ambient air temperatures on warm days, in and around the irrigation areas. Not only was the lucerne the best performer compared with tall fescue, couch grass and kikuyu, but it can also be cut into hay and sold as stock feed. The Airport is creating a business case to extend the project to cover 200 hectares (490 acres) of airport land.[47]
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Thinking that the scenery combined with the local photogrammetry may just be overloading the sim (eg. Running out of ram) I fully turned off all online functionality including PG and everything on the traffic page.
It absolutely is connected to SU9 beta. Does it only crash on SU9? No, it also sometimes crashed on SU7 and 8 but this was more occasional as I explained in the first post. On SU9 it is a 100% guaranteed crash, in a dozen flight attempts at take off or landing it crashed on every one.
Fully agree. I have had the same experience with YPAD CTDs happening on the Xbox (I only have an Xbox, not a PC). It happens usually at the start of a 2nd flight from YPAD. Plus the runway markings so out of scale etc.
The developers advise they are reliant on Asobo to resolve this and it has been fingers crossed that the next Update from Asobo will fix this.
I just purchased Parafield YPPF when it was Discounted and I have not experienced a CTD yet. But have only flown a Cessna there as it is a tiny airport. I see some say the CTDs are with the large airliners, so perhaps that is the case for me so far.
Unfortunately there is nothing for us, Our recent product Coffs Harbour was crashing to Dashboard on Xbox and basically they said it needs to be fixed but had nothing other than a video showing it crashing.
Today I tried landing with a Savage Cub and taking off with a Top Rudder, both Asobo planes and both about as simple as you can get. Only one compass and no artificial horizon between them! Both flights CTD within seconds. 152ee80cbc