Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport
Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport is the busiest airport in Australia. Home to Qantas, the airport is handling Airbus A380s from three airlines (Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Emirates), though it suffered from Australia's tough COVID-19 travel restrictions. (Featured image: Getty Images)
Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport
- IATA/ICAO Code
- SYD/YSSY
- Country
- Australia
- CEO
- Geoff Culbert
- Passenger Count
- 44,446,838 (2019)
- Runways
- 07/25 - 2,530m (8,300ft) | 16L/34R - 2,438m (8,000ft) | 16R/34L - 3,962m (13,000ft)
- Terminals
- Terminal 1 | Terminal 2 | Terminal 3
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