Sydney International Airport

Sydney (Kingsford Smith) International Airport

IATA: SYD ICAO: YSSY
Type	Public
Owner	Sydney Airport Corporation Limited
City	Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), AUSTRALIA
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Runways Runway Length Material 07/25 2 530 metres Asphalt 16L/34R 2 438 metres Asphalt 16R/34L 3 962 metres Asphalt

Sydney (Kingsford Smith) International Airport also known as Kingsford-Smith Airport and Sydney Airport, is the international and domestic airport serving the city of Sydney. It is one of the oldest continually operated airports in the world, and the busiest airport in Australia, handling 33.4 million passengers and 289,741 aircraft movements in 2009. It was the 28th busiest airport in the world in 2009. The airport is located in an urban residential area approximately 8km from the central business district. Sydney en-route airspace is under the control of Melbourne FIR, and just to the north is under en-route control of Brisbane FIR.

The most popular flight destinations from Sydney International Airport are Auckland, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Runways

YSSY has 3 runways, the longer main north-south 16R/34L intersected by an east-west 07/25, and a parallel 'third' runway 16L/34R was constructed in 1992. Both parallel runways (16/34) use reclaimed land and extend out into Botany Bay.

Simultaneous parallel operations occur on 16L/34R and 16R/34L during most of the day. Since 1995 there has been a curfew after 23:00 (01:00 UTC) until 06:00 (19:00 UTC) for landings and departures to reduce noise over the residential areas. There is a shoulder period for 1 hour that flights may approach or depart over the bay only.

Runway 16R/34L

Runway 16R/34L is the airports longest runway at 3 962 metres long. Both 16R and 34L provide Instrument Landing System localiser and glide-slope.

Runway	NAV Freq	ILS Ident	Heading	FAF Name	FAF Altitude
16R	109.5	IKS	155	CATHY	3000ft
34L	110.1	ISN	335	SIZZL	3000ft

Runway 07/25

Runway 07/25 is 2 530 metres long. Instrument Landing System is available for both runway 07 and runway 25.

Runway	NAV Freq	ILS Ident	Heading	FAF Name	FAF Altitude
07	109.9	ISY	062	GLF	3000ft
25	109.7	ISW	242	JELLI	3000ft

Runway 16L/34R

Runway 16L/34R is 2 438 metres long. Instrument Landing System is available for both runway 16L and runway 34R.

Runway	NAV Freq	ILS Ident	Heading	FAF Name	FAF Altitude
16L	110.9	ISS	155	KROPP	4000ft
34R	109.3	IKN	335	SONIA	2000ft

Airport Layout

International flights depart from Terminal 1 in the North West quadrant of the airport, domestic flights depart Terminal 2 and 3 from the North Eastern quadrant, there is a heliport to the south of runway 25. There are currently 42 stands for international and freight operations and 51 stands for domestic and regional operations.

Scenery

Basic models of the international terminal can be found at www.mediafire.com.

External links

• http://www.airservices.gov.au/brief/html.asp?/cgi-bin/avreq?met=YSSY Airservices Australia Terminal Area Forecast and METAR
• [1] Wikipedia Article
• [2] Real Life Live audio feeds from Air Traffic Control