FD518 is operated by ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA CENTRAL OPERATIONS between Kingscote Airport (YKSC) and Adelaide International Airport (YPAD). The flight is most often flown by a PILATUS Pilatus PC-12. Typical block time is 1h 44m. SkyMeter has observed 31 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
31
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
1h 44m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
7/30/2025 → 8/28/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
10 / 2
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
3.2%
1 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

6
YKSC → YPAD
3
avg 35m · Kingscote → Adelaide
YPAD → YKSC
3
avg 44m · Adelaide → Kingscote
YYOR → YPAD
2
avg 2h 45m · Yorketown → Adelaide
YMLD → YPAD
1
avg 21m · Maitland → Adelaide
YCBP → YPAD
1
avg 2h 48m · Coober Pedy → Adelaide
YPAD → YCBP
1
avg 3h 21m · Adelaide → Coober Pedy

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

2
PC12 PILATUS Pilatus PC-12
54
SR22 CIRRUS Cirrus SR 22
3

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
0
Rejected TO
0
Stall warnings
0
Overspeeds
1
Runway excursion
0
Counts represent flights with at least one occurrence of each flag, not the total event count. See /incidents for individual events.

Recent flights

Newest 30 operations of FD518

30
VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/28/2026
33m
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/28/2026
21m
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/28/2026
3h 15m
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/28/2026
45m
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/28/2026
34m
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/28/2026
3h 26m
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/28/2026
43m
No alerts
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VH-FVFPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/27/2026
53m
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VH-FVFPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/27/2026
9m
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VH-FVFPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/27/2026
1h 3m
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VH-FXWPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/15/2026
32m
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VH-FXWPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/15/2026
2h 48m
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VH-FXWPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/15/2026
1h 3m
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VH-FXWPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/15/2026
16m
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VH-FXWPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/15/2026
40m
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VH-FXWPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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8/15/2026
3h 21m
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VH-FSFPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/27/2026
45m
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VH-FSFPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/27/2026
4h 19m
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VH-FSFPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/27/2026
49m
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/19/2026
44m
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/19/2026
32m
No alerts
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/19/2026
45m
No alerts
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/19/2026
3h 21m
No alerts
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/19/2026
24m
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/18/2026
29m
No alerts
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/18/2026
4m
No alerts
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VH-FXJPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/18/2026
28m
No alerts
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VH-FXWPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/7/2026
38m
No alerts
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VH-FXWPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/7/2026
1h 10m
No alerts
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VH-JDNPILATUS Pilatus PC-12
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7/5/2026
20m
No alerts
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