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Adelaide Airport → Adelaide CBD taxi fare
Travelling Adelaide Airport → Adelaide CBD covers 9.1 km — roughly 16 minutes on the meter. Expect between A$29.91 and A$34.63 on the regulated day rate (around A$31.48 for a sedan).
Estimated fare range
A$29.91 – A$39.17
9.1 km · 16 min typical
Tuesday 8am
A$29.91 – A$34.63
day tariff
Friday 6pm
A$29.91 – A$34.63
day tariff
Saturday 10pm
A$33.83 – A$39.17
night tariff
Editor’s analysis
Adelaide Airport to Rundle Mall is among the shortest capital-city airport runs in Australia — 9 km via Sir Donald Bradman Drive and West Terrace, typically 14-18 minutes. No tolls anywhere in South Australia. Most fares stay inside the first distance band (the per-km rate up to ~17 km), so the meter rarely produces surprises on this trip.
Adelaide Airport applies a regulated A$3 rank pickup levy, already in the typical meter above. The airport rank queues quickly between 7am-9am and 5pm-7pm but stays manageable outside those windows. The Tariff 2 night rate doesn’t kick in until 7pm weekdays / 9pm Friday-Saturday — useful if you’re trying to time a late-afternoon meeting in the CBD on the day rate. If your destination is north of the CBD (Prospect, North Adelaide), confirm with the driver — the airport ramp choice changes and so does the meter total by a couple of dollars.
taxi-fare.com.au editorial · last reviewed
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About this route
The South Australia airport surcharge is automatically added when the pickup is at Adelaide Airport, so the quoted totals are inclusive. Adelaide CBD after 10pm on Saturday: the meter steps up to A$35.61, an uplift of A$4.13 on the day-rate equivalent.
Adelaide’s CBD ranks line North Terrace and Rundle Mall and run 24/7 on weekends. Treat the A$31.48 midpoint from Adelaide Airport to Adelaide CBD as a regulated maximum, not a quote: traffic delays only raise the bill if they push the meter through the slow-speed threshold. South Australian Department for Infrastructure and Transport sets the metered ceiling reflected here — about A$31.48 on the day rate for the trip into Adelaide CBD.
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