SA · Adelaide
Adelaide CBD → Adelaide Airport taxi fare
Booking a sedan from Adelaide CBD to Adelaide Airport buys you 9.1 km of travel and a 16-minute ride. The weekday meter usually reads A$26.98, falling somewhere between A$25.63 and A$29.68.
Estimated fare range
A$25.63 – A$34.22
9.1 km · 16 min typical
Tuesday 8am
A$25.63 – A$29.68
day tariff
Friday 6pm
A$25.63 – A$29.68
day tariff
Saturday 10pm
A$29.55 – A$34.22
night tariff
Editor’s analysis
CBD → Adelaide Airport runs the same 9 km in reverse, no tolls. The drop-off doesn’t trigger the rank levy, so the typical meter is about A$3 below the inbound figure. Most CBD ranks (North Terrace, Rundle Mall, Gouger Street) clear within 5 minutes outside the Friday/Saturday late-night surge.
South Australia’s Tariff 2 night rate starts at 7pm weekdays — earlier than most states — so a 7:30pm departure already counts as a night fare. The state recently consolidated its tariff bands into a clearer pickup + distance + waiting structure, which makes the meter on this corridor more predictable than it was five years ago. Allow 25 minutes door-to-gate if you’re flying Jetstar from T1 with checked bags; Qantas at T2 needs the same window for kerbside check-in plus a short walk.
taxi-fare.com.au editorial · last reviewed
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About this route
Adelaide Airport after 10pm on Saturday: the meter steps up to A$31.11, an uplift of A$4.13 on the day-rate equivalent.
Adelaide Airport is unusually close to the CBD at just over 7 km — the meter rarely passes the second distance band. Treat the A$26.98 midpoint from Adelaide CBD to Adelaide Airport as a regulated maximum, not a quote: traffic delays only raise the bill if they push the meter through the slow-speed threshold. The figures here mirror the regulated maximum from South Australian Department for Infrastructure and Transport — drivers may charge less than the A$26.98 typical between Adelaide CBD and Adelaide Airport, never more.