Passenger movements
758,708
Apr 2026
Adelaide Airport
ADL · 11 monitored domestic routes · data from Jan 1985
International share
13%
96,239 movements
Aircraft movements
6,513
landings and take-offs
vs 2019
102.9%
of pre-pandemic average
Airport traffic: to Apr 2026
Adelaide handled 758,708 passenger movements in Apr 2026, the 5th busiest of the 22 monitored airports. Traffic has returned to roughly its 2019 level. Across its 8 monitored routes, 1.9% of flights were cancelled — close to the national average.
A passenger movement is not the same as a passenger. Every domestic passenger is counted twice — once departing, once arriving — while an international passenger is counted once. That is the official definition, and it is why these totals cannot be added to the route figures elsewhere on this site.
Passenger movements, 1985 to 2026
To Apr 2026 · Marks show industry events
Aircraft movements
To Apr 2026
Busiest routes from Adelaide
| Route | Passengers | Month |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide ↔ Melbourne | 182,050 | Jun 2026 |
| Adelaide ↔ Sydney | 137,720 | Jun 2026 |
| Adelaide ↔ Brisbane | 68,426 | Jun 2026 |
| Adelaide ↔ Perth | 53,862 | Jun 2026 |
| Adelaide ↔ Gold Coast | 25,447 | Jun 2026 |
| Adelaide ↔ Darwin | 17,072 | Oct 2023 |
| Adelaide ↔ Cairns | 15,716 | Oct 2023 |
| Adelaide ↔ Canberra | 15,089 | Jun 2026 |
| Adelaide ↔ Port Lincoln | 13,577 | Jun 2026 |
| Adelaide ↔ Alice Springs | 9,637 | Jun 2026 |
| Adelaide ↔ Hobart | 4,938 | Aug 2022 |
Route passengers are a different measure from airport movements above — one trip, not two.
Punctuality on Adelaide routes
Across all 8 monitored routes touching this airport, 1.9% of scheduled flights were cancelled over the 12 months to Jul 2026 — against a national average of 2.1%.
| Route | Cancelled | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide ↔ Port Lincoln | 5.0% | 80.0% | 5,937 |
| Adelaide ↔ Sydney | 2.5% | 77.6% | 13,535 |
| Adelaide ↔ Brisbane | 1.6% | 79.7% | 7,989 |
| Adelaide ↔ Canberra | 1.6% | 86.8% | 2,753 |
| Adelaide ↔ Melbourne | 1.3% | 76.8% | 16,358 |
| Adelaide ↔ Alice Springs | 0.9% | 71.8% | 1,138 |
| Adelaide ↔ Perth | 0.6% | 82.6% | 4,807 |
| Adelaide ↔ Gold Coast | 0.2% | 77.8% | 1,680 |
Punctuality: 12 months to Jul 2026
Adelaide in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 794,583 · Dec 2025 |
| National ranking, 2025 | 5th busiest |
| Busiest year on record | 8,636,665 · 2025 |
| Data coverage | Jan 1985 – Apr 2026 (496 months) |
| Domestic share, Apr 2026 | 87.3% |
| 2019 monthly average | 709,681 |