Parafield Airport
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| Parafield Airport[1] | |||
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| IATA: PAL - ICAO: YPPF | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Parafield Airport Ltd | ||
| Serves | Adelaide | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 57 ft (17 m) | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 03L/21R | 4,429 | 1,350 | Asphalt |
| 03R/21L | 4,196 | 1,279 | Gravel |
| 08L/26R | 3,143 | 958 | Asphalt |
| 08R/26L | 3,255 | 992 | asphalt |
Parafield Airport (IATA: PAL, ICAO: YPPF) is located in, and completely occupies, the non-residential suburb of Parafield, South Australia, 18 kilometres north of the Adelaide CBD and adjacent to the Mawson Lakes campus of the University of South Australia. It is Adelaide's second airport and one of the busiest general aviation airports in Australia. Although owned by the Commonwealth Government, the airport is leased to and managed independently by Parafield Airport Ltd.
Parafield was Adelaide's only civil airport until Adelaide Airport was opened in February 1955 and is currently used for small aircraft, pilot training and recreational aviation. The airport is home to the Parafield Aviation campus of TAFE SA and to the UniSA Aviation Academy. The airport hosts a jet fighter museum and historic aircraft displays. there are also multiple flight training schools like FTA (Flight Training Australia), Bruce Hartwig Flying School and the Air Youth of South Australia No. 2 Squadron (AYSA) which teaches youths the basicknowledge of aviation.
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[edit] History
The airport was first used in on November 26, 1927 when the Aero club of South Australia began flights after completion of ground preparation on October 17, 1927. The tower opened shortly prior to World War II during which the RAAF occupied the airfield for basic pilot training. Prior to the war Gúinea Airways was the main company flying out of the airport using:[2]
- De Havilland Foxmoth - DH83
- De Havilland Dragon Rapide - DH89
- Lockheed Electra Model 10A
- Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra
- Messerschmidt Taifun
- Douglas DC-3
- Lockheed 18 Lodestar
- Ford Trimotor 5-AT
After the war ended, transport was also handled by Australian National Airways and Trans Australia Airlines both moving to Adelaide Airport in 1955 which now handles all regular passenger transport.
[edit] References
- ^ World Aero Data airport information for YPPF
- ^ Varley, G (1976). A study of Para Hills. Unpublished manuscript stored in the local history room, Len Beadell library Salisbury, South Australia.
