- IATA
- SYD
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- YSSY
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1933
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 29M
- in 2022
History & name
Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport opened in 1933 and is named after the Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith (1897-1935). Operated by Sydney Airports Corporation Limited, it sits 9 km from Sydney with 3 runways, the longest 3,962 m, and handled 29 million passengers in 2022.
Named afterCharles Kingsford Smith — Australian aviator (1897-1935)
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport
- Serves
- Sydney, Australia
- City centre
- 9 km from Sydney
- Opened
- 1933
- Operator
- Sydney Airports Corporation Limited
- Passengers
- 29 million in 2022
- Runways
- 3 runways, longest 3,962 m
- Elevation
- 21 ft (6 m)
- Website
- sydneyairport.com.au ↗
Where it sits
33.9°S, 151.2°E puts SYD in the southern hemisphere, 3,775 km from the equator and 6,233 km from the South pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 632nd most northerly, which makes it the 30th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 33.9°N, 28.8°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is João Paulo II (PDL) in Portugal, still 507 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Newcastle (NTL), 142 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from SYD
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air. The longest is Houston, at 13,836 km.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | MEL | 706 km | 1h 23m |
| Brisbane | BNE | 753 km | 1h 26m |
| Adelaide | ADL | 1,164 km | 1h 57m |
| Christchurch | CHC | 2,126 km | 3h 09m |
| Auckland | AKL | 2,159 km | 3h 11m |
| Port Moresby | POM | 2,754 km | 3h 55m |
| Nadi | NAN | 3,169 km | 4h 26m |
| Perth | PER | 3,277 km | 4h 34m |
| Bali | DPS | 4,622 km | 6h 15m |
| Singapore | SIN | 6,293 km | 8h 19m |
| Tokyo | HND | 7,818 km | 10h 13m |
| Honolulu | HNL | 8,170 km | 10h 39m |
| Santiago | SCL | 11,340 km | 14h 36m |
| Buenos Aires | EZE | 11,767 km | 15h 07m |
| Los Angeles | LAX | 12,061 km | 15h 29m |
| Vancouver | YVR | 12,501 km | 16h 02m |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | DFW | 13,808 km | 17h 40m |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | DFW | 13,808 km | 17h 40m |
| Houston | IAH | 13,836 km | 17h 42m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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