AirportsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport is a large airport serving Sydney (Mascot), in New South Wales, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SYD.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SYD
- ICAO code
- YSSY
- City
- Sydney (Mascot)
- State or region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 33.9461° S, 151.1770° E
- Elevation
- 6 m (21 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,962 m (12,999 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SYD means Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YSSY. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 33.9461° S, 151.1770° E. It stands 6 metres (21 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Sydney, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,962 metres (12,999 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 1.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16R/34L | 3,962 m 12,999 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 07/25 | 2,530 m 8,300 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 16L/34R | 2,438 m 7,999 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach Seaplane BaseSydney | LBH | 42 km |
| Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) AirportSydney | WSI | 43 km |
| Newcastle AirportWilliamtown | NTL | 142 km |
| Bathurst AirportBathurst | BHS | 153 km |
| Canberra AirportCanberra | CBR | 236 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,435 km | 13 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 10,159 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,043 km | 15 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 17,021 km | 21 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 16,014 km | 19 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,061 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,293 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,818 km | 9 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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