The city containing the Parafield railway station is very near the airport and the Mawson Lakes campus of the University of South Australia.
 The suburb is essentially contiguous with Parafield Airport. 
Parafield Airport (ICAO: YPPF) is on the edge of the residential suburb of Parafield, South Australia, 18 km north of the Adelaide city centre and adjacent to the Mawson Lakes campus of the University of South Australia. 
 Situated in the northern Adelaide suburb of Parafield, It is 17.7 km from Adelaide station. 
