Morning arrival onto Rw 23.

Over the fence on short final for Rw 23.

Morning arrival - on short final for Rw 23.

Inside the boundary for landing on Rw 23.

Morning departure - at holding point Bravo 2 awaiting take-off clearance on Rw 23.

Regular (in those days) Garuda flight at holding point Bravo 2 awaiting take-off clearance off Rw 23.

Not known why this was in Adelaide, perhaps for evaluation for South Australian service. Another pic taken at the same time shows a few orange vested people by the plane.

Afternoon arrival - Sharp Airlines flight 496 from Beverley (mining town) about to land on Rw 05. At the time of writing, there may have been some shuffling of aircraft used by Sharp Airlines. Of note is that no Sharp Airlines liveried Metros have been based in Adelaide for a time. Currently noted are two in the livery shown in the photo, the other VH-SRQ. Maroon tailed VH-OYN may no longer be based Adelaide, while similar liveried VH-OYB was recorded as still in Adelaide.

Qantaslink flight 273 taxiing for afternoon departure off Rw 05 for Pt Lincoln.

Afternoon arrival - Flydoc 268 from Broken Hill over Rw 05 threshold.

Afternoon arrival - Singapore Airlines flight 277 from Singapore over the 05 threshold.

Rescue 51 positioning for land on pad west. Barely noticeable at this angle is Babcock's blue teardrop logo almost hidden by the winch equipment. (Managed to get the edge of a fence wire in the way of the better angle shots - can be tricky shooting through mesh fences!)

Now sans the 'MAC' titles, Rescue 52 on this occasion was operating as Polair 52. Just noticeable above the rear edge of the rear window is Babcock's blue teardrop logo.

Morning departure and about 12 hours behind the original schedule - Cathay Pacific flight 2174 departs off Rw 23 bound for Hong Kong. CP's semi-regular cargo only flights operate during the Covid-19 pandemic and border restrictions. These flights had commenced in June 2020 on Sunday mornings in and out of Adelaide for a few months before ceasing, routing HKG-SYD-ADL-HKG . They had recommenced on the same routing earlier in 2021 but were scheduled into Adelaide late on Saturday nights as the above flight had originally been. For reasons not known this leg had been delayed by approximately 12 hours allowing an opportunity for a daylight photo.

Still in its former Saudi livery not long after delivery to Jetstar, JQW taxis onto Rw 23 for take-off on a hot January morning. This aircraft later became 9V-JSE with Jetstar Asia, then VH-XJE back with Jetstar (Australia) and in April 2021 became VH-UVQ with Network Aviation Australia.

Preparing to land pad west. Operating as Rescue 55, this was returning from a mission to, at first the Wallaroo Hospital in that town on Yorke Penisula, then a location 'near Kadina' not far from Wallaroo, then to the Royal Adelaide Hospital before returning to Adelaide Airport.

First time in Adelaide back in June 2000, HARS' Connie attracted plenty of attention with people eagerly lining up for an inspection of the interior.

Fuel stop in Kalgoorlie on the way from Perth to Adelaide. Seats rows were 3+3 until the rear row which was 2+2 but the bonus was that the four seats in the last row were wider than a standard seat and more comfortable. I was lucky enough to have had the port side rear window seat, the only other passenger in that row being a deadheading crew member occupying the starboard window seat.