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 miStraight 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.
Airlines
64 airlines · destinations from SYDHub airlines7
QFQantas Airways43QFQantas Freight17VAVirgin Australia17ZLRex Airlines12AIXAircruising AustraliaQFEastern Australia AirlinesHJTasman Cargo AirlinesPassenger49
JQJetstar Airways29QFQantasLink21NZAir New Zealand4MUChina Eastern Airlines3UAUnited Airlines3ACAir Canada2ODBatik Air Malaysia2BABritish Airways2CXCathay Pacific2EKEmirates2GAGaruda Indonesia2GSTianjin Airlines2TKTurkish Airlines2VNVietnam Airlines2CAAir China1AIAir India1PXAir Niugini1TNAir Tahiti Nui1D7AirAsia X1SBAircalin1NHAll Nippon Airways1AAAmerican Airlines1OZAsiana Airlines1JDBeijing Capital Airlines15JCebu Pacific1CIChina Airlines1DLDelta Air Lines1EYEtihad Airways1FJFiji Airways1FPFlyPelican1HUHainan Airlines1HAHawaiian Airlines1HXHong Kong Airlines1JLJapan Airlines1HOJuneyao Air1KEKorean Air1—LATAM Chile1MHMalaysia Airlines1PRPhilippine Airlines1QRQatar Airways1TZScoot1ZHShenzhen Airlines13USichuan Airlines1SQSingapore Airlines1Q6SmartLynx Australia1ULSriLankan Airlines1TWTrinity Airways1VJVietJet Air1MFXiamen Airlines1Former hub of Australia Asia Airlines, Tiger Airways Australia and V Australia.
Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from SYD. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,075 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