Parafield Gardens railway station is located on the Gawler line. Situated adjacent to Parafield Airport, in the northern Adelaide suburb of Parafield Gardens, it is 16.6 kilometres (10.3 mi) from Adelaide station. This station is also frequented by Trainspotters.
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Playford is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the long serving South Australian premier Tom Playford, it is a suburban electorate in Adelaide's north, taking in the suburbs of Green Fields, Parafield Gardens, Salisbury Downs and parts of Mawson Lakes and Paralowie.
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Parafield Gardens is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb is largely residential, with a pocket of industrial land in the southwest corner. There are two small shopping centres in the area, one on Salisbury Highway, and another on Shepherdson Road.
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Parafield Airport is a public training airport, located on the edge of the residential suburb of Parafield, South Australia. It is 18 km north of the Adelaide central business district and adjacent to the Mawson Lakes campus of Adelaide University. Owned by the Government of Australia, it is leased to Parafield Airport Limited under a lease that runs until 2097.
Parafield was Adelaide's only civil airport until Adelaide Airport was opened in February 1955 and is currently used for small aircraft, pilot training and recreational aviation. The airport is home to the University of South Australia Aviation Academy. The airport hosts a jet fighter museum and historic aircraft displays. The museum now houses an authentic flight worthy Wirraway.
There are also multiple flight training schools including Adelaide University's Aviation Academy, FTA formerly known as Australian Aviation College, Adelaide Aviation, Enzo Flying School,, Aerostar Aviation, and Parafield Flying Centre. Parafield Squadron 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.
During the 2020 financial year, Parafield Airport was Australia's busiest airport by aircraft movements, handling 272,646 aircraft movements. As of 2025, it became Australia's 5th busiest, handling 225,142 aircraft movements.
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Greenfields railway station is located on the Gawler line. Situated adjacent to Parafield Airport, in the northern Adelaide suburb of Parafield, it is 15.5 kilometres from Adelaide station.
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Parafield railway station is located on the Gawler line. Situated in the northern Adelaide suburb of Parafield, it is 17.7 kilometres from Adelaide station.
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