Depart/app/land wrong runway involving a The Boeing Company 747-400, N121KG, Adelaide, SA on 22 April 1993

The aircraft had been cleared for a visual approach to runway 23 at Adelaide via the Quarry turning point, with a request to maintain best possible speed on descent due to following traffic. Subsequently, the aircraft was observed to overfly Quarry towards the aerodrome at RAAF Edinburgh and was vectored, by air traffic control, to join the final approach path. The crew of the aircraft advised that they were aware of their mistake and suggested that a higher than normal descent speed had caused them to overshoot the turning point. There was no confliction with any other aircraft.