Parafield is a non-residential suburb of
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
approximately to north of the CBD. The suburb is essentially contiguous with
Parafield Airport
Parafield Airport is on the edge of the residential suburb of Parafield, South Australia, north of the Adelaide city centre and adjacent to the Mawson Lakes campus of the University of South Australia. It is Adelaide's second airport and the ...
.
There are airport related businesses in the terminal and hangar area of the airport, and a general commercial area in the corner of Kings and Main North Roads.
It is bordered by
Main North Road
Main North Road is the major north-south arterial route through the suburbs north of the Adelaide City Centre in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It continues north through the settled areas of South Australia and is a total of long, fro ...
to the east,
Kings Road
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to the north and the
Gawler railway line to the west, where it is served by
Parafield station. To the south it abuts
Mawson Lakes and Elder Smith Drive at the boundary of the airport.
Parafield Post Office opened on 1 July 1946, was renamed ''Parafield Airport'' in 1965 and closed in 1986.
See also
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List of Adelaide suburbs
This is a list of the suburbs of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, with their postcodes and local government areas (LGAs). This article does not include suburbs and localities within the Adelaide Hills region.
Adelaide's most expe ...
References
Suburbs of Adelaide
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