# Adelaide Parafield Airport, Adelaide, Australia

**Adelaide Parafield Airport** is a small airport in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. It opened in Aug 1929. It has 4 runways; the longest is 1,350 m (4,429 ft).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/yppf

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Owner: Australian Government
- Serves: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Opened: Aug 1929
- Elevation: 17 m / 57 ft
- Coordinates: -34.7933, 138.6330
- Runways: 4
- Longest runway: 1,350 m / 4,429 ft
- Time zone: UTC+10:30/+9:30 · Australia/Adelaide
- Website: http://www.parafieldairport.com.au/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parafield_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14308
- Weather station: YPPF · WMO 95677
- Ident: YPPF

## Timeline

- Aug 1929: Adelaide Parafield Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03L/21R | 1,350 m / 4,429 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 028° / 208° | yes |
| 03R/21L | 1,279 m / 4,196 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel | 028° / 208° | yes |
| 08R/26L | 992 m / 3,255 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 085° / 265° |  |
| 08L/26R | 958 m / 3,143 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Asphalt | 085° / 265° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,350 m / 4,429 ft | =8,309 of 29,858 | =579 in Oceania | =457 in AU |
| Elevation | 17 m / 57 ft | =38,866 of 43,403 | #1,740 in Oceania | #1,052 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1929 | =369 of 15,079 | #13 in Oceania | #9 in AU |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =9 in Oceania | =2 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 120.900 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.700 |
| GND | PARAFIELD GND | 119.900 |
| TWR | PARAFIELD TWR | 118.700 |
| TWR | PARAFIELD TWR | 124.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [YPED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yped.md) RAAF Base Edinburgh · 9.9 km / 6.1 mi
- [YCVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycvg.md) Calvin Grove Airport · 12 km / 7.6 mi
- [ADL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypad.md) Adelaide International Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [YGAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygaw.md) Gawler Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [YWDS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywds.md) Woodside Airstrip · 30 km / 19 mi
- [YLYK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylyk.md) Lyndoch Airport · 32 km / 20 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/yppf/data