SYD
Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport
Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (IATA: SYD, ICAO: YSSY) is a large airport in Sydney (Mascot), New South Wales, Australia. It opened in 1933. It has 3 runways; the longest is 3,962 m (12,999 ft). It is operated by Sydney Airports Corporation Limited. In 2022 it handled 29.0 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 1933–19801933
OpenedSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport opens.
21 FEB 1980
DisasterAdvance Airlines Flight 4210.13 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap16R/34L168° / 348° · LIT
LENGTH3,962 m12,999 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
07/25074° / 254° · LIT
LENGTH2,530 m8,300 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
16L/34R168° / 348° · LIT
LENGTH2,438 m7,999 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2011–202235.7M
37.0M
38.2M
38.7M
39.8M
42.0M
43.4M
44.4M
44.4M
11.2M
7.9M
29.0M
111213141516171819202122
Routes
106 destinations · 34 countriesYear-round97
NTLNewcastle AirportAustralia · FlyPelican142 km88 miOAGOrange AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines199 km124 miCBRCanberra AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Virgin Australia236 km147 miMYAMoruya AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines237 km147 miPKEParkes AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines287 km178 miDBODubbo City Regional AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines309 km192 miTMWTamworth AirportAustralia · QantasLink320 km199 miPQQPort Macquarie AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines321 km199 miMIMMerimbula AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines349 km217 miWGAWagga Wagga AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines366 km227 miARMArmidale AirportAustralia · QantasLink382 km237 miNRANarrandera AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines437 km272 miCFSCoffs Harbour AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines443 km275 miABXAlbury AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines451 km280 miGFFGriffith AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines472 km293 miMRZMoree AirportAustralia · QantasLink510 km317 miBNKBallina Byron Gateway AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways612 km380 miOOLGold Coast AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways680 km423 miBXGBendigo AirportAustralia · QantasLink694 km431 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways706 km439 miWTBToowoomba Wellcamp AirportAustralia · QantasLink713 km443 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways753 km468 miAVVMelbourne Avalon International AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways756 km470 miLDHLord Howe Island AirportAustralia · SmartLynx Australia785 km488 miMCYSunshine Coast AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +1838 km521 miMQLMildura AirportAustralia · QantasLink838 km521 miLSTLaunceston AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways914 km568 miBHQBroken Hill AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines930 km578 miHVBHervey Bay AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways973 km605 miHBAHobart International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +11,039 km646 miADLAdelaide International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways1,164 km723 miPPPProserpine Whitsunday Coast AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways1,518 km943 miHTIHamilton Island AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia1,527 km949 miNLKNorfolk Island International AirportNorfolk Island · Qantas Airways1,678 km1,043 miTSVTownsville Airport / RAAF Base TownsvilleAustralia · Jetstar Airways1,691 km1,051 miZQNQueenstown AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +11,939 km1,205 miCNSCairns International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways1,974 km1,227 miNOULa Tontouta International AirportNew Caledonia · Qantas Airways, Aircalin1,981 km1,231 miASPAlice Springs AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways2,020 km1,255 miCHCChristchurch International AirportNew Zealand · Emirates, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways +12,126 km1,321 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, Jetstar Airways2,159 km1,342 miAYQAyers Rock Connellan AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Jetstar Airways2,177 km1,353 miHLZHamilton International AirportNew Zealand · Jetstar Airways2,212 km1,374 miWLGWellington International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways2,228 km1,384 miVLIBauerfield International AirportVanuatu · Jetstar Airways2,484 km1,543 miPOMPort Moresby Jacksons International AirportPapua New Guinea · Qantas Airways, Air Niugini2,754 km1,711 miDRWDarwin International Airport / RAAF DarwinAustralia · Qantas Airways, Jetstar Airways3,154 km1,960 miNANNadi International AirportFiji · Qantas Airways, Fiji Airways, Virgin Australia +13,169 km1,969 miPERPerth International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways3,277 km2,036 miBQBBusselton Margaret River Regional AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways3,288 km2,043 miTBUFua'amotu International AirportTonga · Qantas Airways3,585 km2,228 miAPWFaleolo International AirportSamoa · Qantas Airways4,324 km2,687 miDPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · Qantas Airways, Garuda Indonesia, Batik Air Malaysia +24,622 km2,872 miRARRarotonga International AirportCook Islands · Jetstar Airways4,985 km3,098 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · Qantas Airways, Garuda Indonesia5,519 km3,429 miPPTFa'a'ā International AirportFrench Polynesia · Air Tahiti Nui6,119 km3,802 miMNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Qantas Airways, Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific6,263 km3,892 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Scoot, Singapore Airlines, Qantas Airways +26,293 km3,910 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X, Batik Air Malaysia6,585 km4,092 miSGNTan Son Nhat International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Airways, VietJet Air6,846 km4,254 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Jetstar Airways7,267 km4,516 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · China Airlines7,285 km4,527 miHAKHaikou Meilan International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines7,381 km4,586 miXMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines7,382 km4,587 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qantas Airways7,394 km4,594 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Shenzhen Airlines7,431 km4,617 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Qantas Airways7,515 km4,670 miKIXKansai International AirportJapan · Jetstar Airways7,782 km4,836 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines7,790 km4,840 miHNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Qantas Airways7,818 km4,858 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Juneyao Air, China Eastern Airlines7,865 km4,887 miNKGNanjing Lukou International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines8,049 km5,001 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Qantas Airways, Hawaiian Airlines8,170 km5,077 miWUHWuhan Tianhe International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines8,174 km5,079 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, Trinity Airways +18,343 km5,184 miTAOQingdao Jiaodong International AirportChina · Beijing Capital Airlines8,457 km5,255 miCKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines8,484 km5,272 miCGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines8,549 km5,312 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines8,666 km5,385 miCMBBandaranaike International Colombo AirportSri Lanka · SriLankan Airlines8,763 km5,445 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China8,964 km5,570 miBLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · Qantas Airways9,355 km5,813 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Air India10,435 km6,484 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · Qantas Airways11,024 km6,850 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · LATAM Airlines Chile, Qantas Airways11,340 km7,046 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Qantas Airways11,950 km7,425 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates12,043 km7,483 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines +112,061 km7,494 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways12,062 km7,495 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways, Virgin Australia12,375 km7,689 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Qantas Airways12,501 km7,768 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · Qantas Airways13,808 km8,580 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines14,973 km9,304 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada15,555 km9,665 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Qantas Airways16,014 km9,951 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Qantas Airways16,944 km10,529 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Qantas Airways, British Airways17,021 km10,576 miSeasonal6
OOMCooma Snowy Mountains AirportAustralia · QantasLink330 km205 miDRWDarwin International Airport / RAAF DarwinAustralia · Virgin Australia3,154 km1,960 miCTSNew Chitose AirportJapan · Qantas Airways8,585 km5,334 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Qantas Airways12,435 km7,727 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines13,836 km8,597 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Qantas Airways16,342 km10,154 miCargo22
OOLGold Coast AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight680 km423 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Cathay Pacific, Atlas Air, Qantas Freight706 km439 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Team Global Express, Qantas Freight753 km468 miCHCChristchurch International AirportNew Zealand · ASL Airlines Australia, Qantas Freight2,126 km1,321 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Atlas Air, FedEx Express, ASL Airlines Australia +12,159 km1,342 miPERPerth International AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight3,277 km2,036 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · Qantas Freight5,519 km3,429 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · UPS Airlines, FedEx Express, Qantas Freight6,293 km3,910 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · MASkargo6,585 km4,092 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Emirates SkyCargo, Cathay Pacific, Qantas Freight7,394 km4,594 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · UPS Airlines7,431 km4,617 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Atlas Air, Qantas Freight7,515 km4,670 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines, FedEx Express7,529 km4,678 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · UPS Airlines, Atlas Air, Qantas Freight7,865 km4,887 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines, Atlas Air, FedEx Express +18,170 km5,077 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · UPS Airlines8,343 km5,184 miCKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · Atlas Air, Qantas Freight8,484 km5,272 miANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportUnited States · Qantas Freight11,831 km7,351 miOAKOakland San Francisco Bay AirportUnited States · FedEx Express11,967 km7,436 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Qantas Freight12,061 km7,494 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Qantas Freight14,862 km9,235 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Qantas Freight16,014 km9,951 miMost destinationsQantas Airways 43Jetstar Airways 29QantasLink 21Virgin Australia 17Qantas Freight 17Rex Airlines 12
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SYD. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Sydney Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
7 channelsAPPAPP135.100
ATISATIS115.550
CLDCLNC DEL133.800
DEPDEP123.000
GNDGND121.700
OPSRAAF AIR OPS1123.500
TWRTWR120.500