Sydney Airport

Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorSydney Airport Corporation
ServesSydney
LocationMascot, New South Wales, Australia
Opened9 January 1920; 104 years ago (1920-01-09)
Hub for
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL21 ft / 6 m
Coordinates33°56′46″S 151°10′38″E / 33.94611°S 151.17722°E / -33.94611; 151.17722
Websitewww.sydneyairport.com.au
Maps
Map
SYD/YSSY is located in Sydney
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SYD/YSSY is located in New South Wales
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SYD/YSSY is located in Australia
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SYD/YSSY is located in Oceania
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Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,530 8,301 Asphalt
16L/34R 2,438 7,999 Asphalt
16R/34L 3,963 13,002 Asphalt
Statistics
Passengers (2023)38,650,000[1]
Aircraft movements (2023)295,767[3]
Airfreight in tonnes (2012)444,419[2]
Economic & social impacts (2012)$13.2 billion & 146 thousand[4]
Source: AIP[5]
Passenger and aircraft movements from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics[2]

Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (IATA: SYD, ICAO: YSSY) — colloquially Mascot Airport, Kingsford Smith Airport, or Sydney Airport — is an international airport serving Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 km (5.0 mi) south of the Sydney central business district, in the suburb of Mascot. Sydney Airport is the busiest airport in Oceania. It is the primary airport serving Sydney and is a primary hub for Qantas, as well as a secondary hub for Virgin Australia and Jetstar.

Situated next to Botany Bay on 907 hectares (2,241 acres) of land with three runways,[6] Sydney Airport is one of the world's longest continuously operated commercial airports[7] and is the busiest airport in Australia, handling 42.6 million passengers[8] and 348,904 aircraft movements[9] in 2016–17. It was the 48th busiest airport in the world in 2022. Currently, 46 domestic and 43 international destinations are served to Sydney directly. In 2018, the airport was rated in the top five worldwide for airports handling 40–50 million passengers annually and was overall voted the 20th best airport in the world at the Skytrax World Airport Awards.[10]

The airport is owned by Sydney Airport Corporation Limited.

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  2. ^ a b http://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/airport_traffic_data.aspxtraffic [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Monthly Airport Traffic Data Dec 2023". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Sydney airport – Economic and social impacts". Ecquants. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  5. ^ YSSY – SYDNEY/(Kingsford Smith) (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024
  6. ^ "SYD Airport Master Plan 2039 (pgs. 20,59,62)". sydneyairport.com.au. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Sydney Airport heritage". Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Airport Traffic Data 1985 to 2019". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Movements at Australian Airports Financial Year 2017". Airservices Australia. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  10. ^ Skytrax. "Skytrax World Airport Awards 2019". Skytrax. Retrieved 19 August 2019.