Adelaide Airport flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Adelaide Airport
(City of West Torrens, SA) - 7.27 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 3 October 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
7.27 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Adelaide Airport's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Adelaide Airport
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
97% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land at ANEF 30 and above is generally unacceptable for new houses and most noise-sensitive uses. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- SA Planning and Design Code aircraft noise
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 3 Oct 2026
typical observed square 23 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Adelaide Airport at a glance
How Adelaide Airport is zoned
Selling in Adelaide Airport? The zone and overlays on this page are the Planning and Design Code controls a Form 1 vendor's statement has to disclose.
Across its 7.27 km², Adelaide Airport is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 42% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Commonwealth Facilities. The median lot measures about 7,921 m² across 10 parcels.
Who lives in Adelaide Airport
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Adelaide Airport suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Adelaide Airport, the wider ABS statistical area containing Adelaide Airport. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Adelaide Airport itself.
0 in 2001 to 3 in 2025.
Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Adelaide Airport data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | the South Australian Planning and Design Code and Location SA spatial data |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | the South Australian Planning and Design Code and Location SA spatial data |
| Zoning | Mapped | the South Australian Planning and Design Code and Location SA spatial data |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | the South Australian Planning and Design Code and Location SA spatial data |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Inside a held contour | the South Australian Planning and Design Code and Location SA spatial data, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 3 October 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Adelaide Airport address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 97% of Adelaide Airport. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Adelaide Airport lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Adelaide Airport planning - frequently asked
Is Adelaide Airport flood-prone?
About 42% of Adelaide Airport falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 32%.
Is Adelaide Airport bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Adelaide Airport and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Adelaide Airport affected by aircraft noise?
About 97% of Adelaide Airport sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 40 - under AS 2021, land above ANEF 25 is generally considered unacceptable for new houses, and 20-25 conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Adelaide Airport under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 97% of Adelaide Airport, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 3 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 186 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Adelaide Airport?
The dominant planning zone in Adelaide Airport is Commonwealth Facilities, though the suburb also includes Community Facilities and Suburban Neighbourhood.
Does Adelaide Airport have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Adelaide Airport.
What is the typical lot size in Adelaide Airport?
Across 10 surveyed parcels in Adelaide Airport, the median lot size is about 7,921 m².
Does Adelaide Airport have a train station?
There is no train station inside Adelaide Airport itself. The suburb is served by 13 bus stops.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netley | 1.4 km | 35% | 0% |
| West Richmond | 1.8 km | 60% | 0% |
| North Plympton | 1.9 km | 12% | 0% |
| Brooklyn Park | 2.1 km | 29% | 0% |
| Novar Gardens | 2.1 km | 3% | 0% |
| West Beach | 2.2 km | 9% | 0% |
| Camden Park | 2.4 km | 7% | 0% |
| Plympton | 2.4 km | 13% | 0% |
| Lockleys | 2.6 km | 7% | 0% |
| Glenelg North City of Holdfast Bay |
2.6 km | 36% | 0% |