Live flights over Adelaide International Airport (ADL)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 1,069 departures and 1,070 arrivals at Adelaide International Airport, 306 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Melbourne (MEL), Sydney (SYD) and Port Lincoln (PLO). The airline seen most often is Virgin Australia.
Airport data
- IATA code
- ADL
- ICAO code
- YPAD
- City
- Adelaide
- Region
- South Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Elevation
- 6 m (20 ft)
- Coordinates
- -34.94751, 138.53339
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Adelaide International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Adelaide.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 163 | 148 | 311 |
| Mon 2 | 157 | 148 | 305 |
| Tue 3 | 147 | 150 | 297 |
| Wed 4 | 185 | 195 | 380 |
| Thu 5 | 160 | 169 | 329 |
| Fri 6 | 145 | 151 | 296 |
| Sat 7 | 112 | 109 | 221 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Melbourne MEL 287 flights
- Sydney SYD 201 flights
- Port Lincoln PLO 102 flights
- Brisbane BNE 101 flights
- Perth PER 94 flights
- Canberra CBR 44 flights
- Kingscote Airport KGC 26 flights
- Auckland AKL New Zealand 25 flights
- Port Augusta Airport PUG 24 flights
- Whyalla WYA 24 flights
- Gold Coast OOL 16 flights
- Alice Springs ASP 14 flights
- Sepang KUL Malaysia 13 flights
- Geelong/Melbourne AVV 12 flights
- Williamtown NTL 10 flights
- Singapore SIN Singapore 7 flights
10 more connections
- Maroochydore MCY 6
- Hobart HBA 6
- Darwin DRW 6
- Christchurch CHC 4
- Sydney WSI 4
- Launceston LST 2
- Palmerston North PMR 1
- Hong Kong HKG 1
- Seletar XSP 1
- Essendon Fields MEB 1
Airlines
- Virgin AustraliaVOZ 318
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 315
- QantasQFA 275
- QantasLinkQLK 252
- Regional ExpressRXA 153
- National Jet ExpressJTE 68
- Alliance AirlinesUTY 58
- Qatar AirwaysQTR 48
- Singapore AirlinesSIA 43
- RikspolisstyrelsenPOL 31
Aircraft
- Boeing 737-800 B738 530
- Pilatus PC-12 PC12 233
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 186
- Airbus A320 A320 185
- SF34 154
- Embraer E190 E190 145
- Airbus A321neo A21N 125
- Airbus A350-900 A359 70
- B412 60
- BE20 57
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Adelaide International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-34.94751/lon/138.53339/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Adelaide right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Adelaide International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Adelaide: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of ADL, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Adelaide International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways, Qantas, QantasLink and Regional Express.
What are the main connections from Adelaide International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Melbourne (MEL, 287), Sydney (SYD, 201), Port Lincoln (PLO, 102), Brisbane (BNE, 101) and Perth (PER, 94). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Adelaide? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Adelaide International Airport? +
Adelaide International Airport has IATA code ADL and ICAO code YPAD. It lies in South Australia, Australia, at coordinates -34.94751, 138.53339.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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