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Kingsford Smith International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSydney Airport Corporation Limited
ServesSydney
LocationMascot, Australia
Elevation AMSL19 ft / 6 m
Coordinates33°56′46″S 151°10′38″E / 33.94611°S 151.17722°E / -33.94611; 151.17722
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 8,297 2,529 Paved
16L/34R 7,998 2,438 Paved
16R/34L 13,018 3,968 Paved
Sydney Airport Control Tower
International Terminal forecourt
Sydney International Terminal
International Terminal, Qantas check-in lounge
International Terminal car park
Memorial to Charles Kingsford Smith, International Terminal
Qantas AVRO 504K replica, first plane flown by Qantas, Domestic Terminal
Sydney Domestic Terminal entrance
Terminal Control Unit including the old Control Tower, Sydney Airport - operated by Airservices Australia
A Jetstar Boeing 717-200 at Kingsford Smith International Airport

Sydney (Kingsford Smith) International Airport, or Sydney Airport (IATA: SYD, ICAO: YSSY), is located in the Sydney suburb of Mascot. It is the major airport serving Sydney, and is a major hub for Qantas. Sydney Airport is the world's oldest continually operated commercial airport, and the busiest commercial airport in Australia, handling in excess of 30 million passengers per year (2006).

Situated next to Botany Bay, Kingsford Smith has three runways, colloquially known as the "East-West" and two "North-South" runways. In terms of land area, it is the smallest capital city airport in Australia. [citation needed]

Transport

The airport is accessible by road and via the Airport Link underground rail line. The International railway station and Domestic railway stations are situated below the respective terminals and are part of the Cityrail network. Sydney Buses run the 400 route (Burwood to Bondi Junction) and the 410 route (Rockdale to Bondi Junction) which both stop at all three airport terminals.

History

Originally declared an aerodrome in 1920 (then known as Sydney Airport), it was renamed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) International Airport in 1953, in honour of Charles Kingsford Smith, a pioneering Australian aviator.

The airport's first runways were built in 1933, all in gravel. Some small streams where some of the present runways are located were also filled. By the 1960s the need for a new international terminal had become apparent, and work commenced in late 1966. The new terminal was officially opened on May 3, 1970, by Queen Elizabeth II. The first Boeing 747 'Jumbo Jet' to serve the airport, Pan American's 'Clipper Flying Cloud' (N734PA), arrived on October 4, 1970. In the 1970s the north-south runway was expanded to become one of the longest runways in the southern hemisphere. The international terminal was expanded in 1992 and has undergone several refurbishments since then.

In the 1960s, the limitations of having only two runways that crossed each other had become apparent. Various governments grappled (or failed to grapple) with the issue of Sydney's airport capacity for decades. Eventually the highly controversial decision to build a third runway (parallel to the existing main "North-South" runway, but entirely on land reclaimed from Botany Bay) was taken, and the much-anticipated proposed new airport on the outskirts of Sydney was shelved indefinitely.

Even once the "third runway" (as it is universally known to Sydneysiders), had been built, it remained controversial because of increased aircraft movements, especially over many of Sydney's inner suburbs. The 1990s saw the formation of the No Aircraft Noise Party, which gained support in areas of Sydney affected by aircraft noise.[citation needed] However, there has been general acquiesence in the arrangements for Sydney Airport that were introduced by the Howard government shortly after its election, namely to -

  1. maintain curfews (extremely limited jet movements 2300-0600)
  2. rotate runway operation, and fan flightpaths out (instead of concentrating them, as had previously been the case)
  3. use, whenever possible, flightpaths over water, especially Botany Bay
  4. continue the use of noise abatement (reduced power settings, etc) on departure.

In 2002, the Australian Government sold Sydney Airports Corporation Limited (later renamed to Sydney Airport Corporation Limited), the management authority for the airport, to Southern Cross Airports Corporation Holdings Ltd. This is majority owned by a number of Macquarie Bank infrastructure investment funds. It holds a 99 year lease on the airport which remains Crown land. This has resulted in significant cost increases to airport users. [citation needed]

Since the international terminal's original completion, it has undergone two large expansions, and the entire airport is currently undergoing a large expansion stretching over twenty years (2005 - 2025). This expansion will include the addition of a high-rise office block, the construction of a multi-level car park, the expansion of both the international and domestic terminal. This latest expansion - and other plans and policies by Macquarie Bank for airport operations - are seen as controversial, due to the fact that the local councils, which usually act as the local planning authority for such developments, have no jurisdiction over the airport. As of April 2006, some of the proposed development has been scaled back.[1]

Terminals and destinations

Kingsford Smith International Airport has three main terminals, referred to as T1 (or, to most locals, the "International Terminal"), T2 (the former "Ansett Domestic Terminal"), and T3 (the former "Qantas Domestic Terminal"). The international terminal is separated from the other terminals by a runway which results in the need to allow for more time for passenger connections.

International Terminal 1[2]


Domestic Terminal 2[4]

  • Aeropelican Air Services (Inverell, Newcastle)
  • Qantas
    • Jetstar (Adelaide, Melbourne-Avalon, Ballina, Cairns, Gold Coast, Hamilton Island, Hervey Bay, Hobart, Launceston, Sunshine Coast, Proserpine, Townsville)
    • QantasLink (Albury, Armidale, Coffs Harbour, Dubbo, Lord Howe Island, Moree, Narrabri, Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga)
  • REX (Regional Express) (Albury, Ballina, Broken Hill, Cooma, Dubbo, Griffith, Lismore, Merimbula, Mildura, Moruya, Narrandera, Orange, Parkes, Wagga Wagga, West Wyalong)
    • Air Link (Bathurst, Cobar, Dubbo, Mudgee)
  • Virgin Blue (Adelaide, Ballina, Brisbane, Cairns, Coffs Harbour, Gold Coast, Hervey Bay, Hobart, Launceston, Mackay, Melbourne, Perth, Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast, Townsville)

Qantas Terminal 3[4]

  • Qantas (Domestic) (Adelaide, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Gold Coast, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sunshine Coast, Townsville)

Cargo Airlines

Sydney second airport proposals

Template:Future infrastructure Sydney has been seeking a second airport since 1946. Today, the need grows more urgent, as Sydney's skies become increasingly congested. As a tentative first step, the Commonwealth has bought most of the land needed for a second airport, at Badgery's Creek, just west of Sydney. There are currently three proposals for the layout of the airport - A,B and C. All feature the terminals in the centre of the proposed three runways (in most cases).

The site is classed as moderately distant from Sydney. Access to the airport would be gained by an expressway branching off the Westlink M7 (completed 2006). The expressway would initially have four lanes, but would eventually be upgraded to a six lanes.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sydney Morning Herald. April 21, 2006 issue
  2. ^ "International Airlines". Sydney Airport. Retrieved 2007-07-15. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/freedom-air-goes-into-a-tailspin/2007/09/06/1188783414970.html
  4. ^ a b "Domestic + Regional Airlines". Sydney Airport. Retrieved 2007-07-15. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
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