WSI

Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport

ICAO YSWS33.8835°S 150.7130°E80 m / 262 ftLarge airport
On the map
WSI airport terminal 2025
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Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (IATA: WSI, ICAO: YSWS) is a large airport in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It opened on 24 Sep 2018. It has one runway, 3,700 m (12,139 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Western Sydney Airport Co Limited.

Timeline

1 event · 2018–2018
24 SEP 2018
OpenedWestern Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Western Sydney International Airport
05/23152° / 238° · LIT
LENGTH3,700 m12,139 ftWIDTH476 m1,562 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

10 destinations · 5 countries
Most destinationsQantas Freight 6Jetstar Airways 3QantasLink 2Air New Zealand 1Fiji Airways 1Singapore Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from WSI. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Western Sydney Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,700 m12,139 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=270of 29,823 · #3 Oceania · #2 AUElevation80 m262 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,202of 43,341 · #1,207 Oceania · #763 AUAgeOpened 20182026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,695of 15,079 · =186 Oceania · #65 AURunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =468 AU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
ATIS127.000
DEPWALTON Departure118.400
APPWALTON Approach119.350
TWRWALTON Tower128.100
GNDWALTON Ground124.050
CTRSYDNEY Centre124.550