What is Parafield Airport?

Information about Parafield Airport

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Parafield Airport

IATA: PAL – ICAO: YPPF
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Australia
Operator Parafield Airport Ltd.
Serves Adelaide
Location Parafield, South Australia
Elevation AMSL 57 ft / 17 m
Website www.aal.com.au/parafield
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03L/21RAsphalt
03R/21LGravel
08L/26RAsphalt
08R/26LAsphalt
Source: World Aero Data[1]


Parafield Airport (IATA: PAL, ICAO: YPPF) is on the edge of the residential suburb of Parafield, South Australia, 18 kilometres north of the Adelaide Central business district (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 Government of Australia, the airport is leased to and managed independently by Parafield Airport Ltd.

Parafield was Adelaide's only civil airport until Adelaide International 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 South Australia (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 AFTC (Adelaide Flight Training Center). Parafield Squadron[2] of the Australian Air League, a National uniformed cadet organisation promoting and encouraging the interest of aviation and flying training in the youth of Australia, is also located at Parafield Airport.

History

The first powered flight in South Australia was of a Blériot Aéronautique monoplane in 1910, south-west of Salisbury. In the 1920s investigations began into construction of an airport in Adelaide. Land was initially purchased in Cheltenham but the cost of acquiring sufficient land, neighbouring residential development and the erection of power transmission lines all interfered with airport plans. In 1927, the Commonwealth government purchased 318 acres (129 ha) of land at Parafield from a family owned farming company for £17,000. The area had been used for fattening sheep on lucerne and other fodder plants. The airport was expanded in 1942, with the boundary extending west to the Gawler railway line.[3]

In October 1 1927, H.C. "Horrie" Miller was the first to land on the site, ground preparation was completed on the 17th and flights began on November 26 by the Aero club of South Australia. The site was officially opened as an airport in August 1929 by Governor-General of Australia Alexander Hore-Ruthven.[4] The tower opened shortly prior to World War II during which the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) occupied the airfield for basic flight training. Prior to the war Gúinea Airways was the main company flying out of the airport using:[5] 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. In 1983 a group of trees was planted by local high school students. When fully grown, from the air they clearly spell out the word "PARAFIELD". As of 2007 the trees had been removed.

Airlines and destinations

  • Air South Charter (Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Port Augusta, Coober Pedy, Woomera, Kingscote, Mount Gambier, Melbourne, Ballarat, Albury, Horsham, Mallacoota, Sydney, Broken Hill, Cobar, Canberra, Alice Springs, Brisbane, Rockhampton, Forrest) [Per Request]

See also

References

1. ^ World Aero Data airport information for YPPF
2. ^ Australian Air League - Parafield Squadron
3. ^ Lewis, H. John (1980). Salisbury South Australia, a history of town and district. Hawthorndene, South Australia: Investigator Press, pp.201-204. ISBN 0-85864-049-X. 
4. ^ Lataan, Damien (1992). Parafield: From paddock to airport. Hahndorf, South Australia: D&S Publications, p.5. ISBN 0-646-11023-3. 
5. ^ Varley, G (1976). A study of Para Hills. Unpublished manuscript stored in the local history room, Len Beadell library Salisbury, South Australia. 

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