An estimated 150,000 passengers travel through Adelaide Airport for Easter – with another influx coming for Gather Round

This Easter weekend has been the busiest since the pandemic at Adelaide Airport, and that’s before the massive influx for Gather Round.

Travel in and out of South Australia has seen a boom over Easter with the busiest weekend at Adelaide Airport since the pandemic.

About 150,000 travellers are expected to come through Adelaide Airport over the Easter long weekend, the busiest holiday period since before Covid struck in 2020.

An Adelaide Airport spokesman said Monday was forecast to be the busiest day of the weekend.

“Passenger numbers for the year have now surpassed our pre-Covid levels on the back of strong domestic and regional growth,” the spokesman said.

“Our international passenger numbers have recovered to about 90 per cent of pre-Covid levels.”

Adelaide Airport expects to see the highest passenger numbers for the Easter long weekend in years. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Kelly Barnes

The winding queue for security checks at Adelaide Airport’s domestic departures. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Kelly Barnes

With the added traffic coming through Adelaide Airport, the spokesman said passengers should allow extra time to get to their gate, particularly if checking in luggage, and should check their airline for the latest travel advice.

On Monday, two Virgin flights were cancelled, one from Melbourne to Adelaide scheduled to land at 9.10pm and one from Adelaide to Melbourne set to depart at 9.50pm.

The high passenger numbers are expected to continue throughout the week with more than 140,000 travellers forecast to pass through the airport from Thursday until Monday for the AFL Gather Round.

The busiest day next weekend is expected to be Friday, with more than 30,000 people arriving and departing from the airport.

Adelaide Airport and Virgin Australia is set to offer travellers an opportunity to have their photo taken with the 2024 AFL Premiership Trophy on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday.