Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport

Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD/YSSY) is in Sydney (Mascot), AU, 6 m above sea level. It has 3 runways and the longest is 3,962 m. See the diagram, each runway's data and what you fly over from here.

The diagram

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Drawn to scale from the real coordinates of each runway end. Runways without coordinates are not drawn.

Data

Codes
SYD · YSSY
City
Sydney (Mascot)
Country
AU
Coordinates
-33.9461, 151.1770
Elevation
6 m · 21 ft
Time zone
Australia/Sydney
Local time now
00:29
Airspace
Melbourne (Bindook) 129.8* (133.15)
Departures observed
854 · 860 arrivals
Most seen destinations
MEL, BNE, CBR, OOL, ADL

Departures and arrivals we saw ourselves on adsb.lol traces over 2 day(s). A floor, not the total number of movements: where no receiver is nearby, nothing is seen.

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That day’s flights

What we saw take off and land on 2026-09-03, in local time here. This is not an arrivals board: it does not say what leaves today, it says what flew that day and only what the receivers managed to see.

Took off (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftTo
10:00QFA161B738 · VH-VZXCHC
10:00QFA578B738 · VH-VZRHTI
10:02QFA121B738 · VH-XZNZQN
10:05QFA922B738 · VH-VZKSYD
10:09QLK1576BCS3 · VH-X4HMCY
10:10JST509A21N · VH-OYCMEL
10:12GIA715A333 · PK-GPYSYD
10:13QFA429B738 · VH-VZMMEL
10:16QFA516B738 · VH-VXHBNE
10:18QFA790B738 · VH-VYGSYD
10:19CSN326A333 · B-1062
10:19VOZ931B738 · VH-YQHBNE
10:20QFA433B738 · VH-VXUMEL
10:21VOZ414B738 · VH-YFWADL
10:25QFA143B738 · VH-VZHAKL
10:27PE881JS32 · VH-NTLSYD
10:28QFA23A333 · VH-QPDBKK
10:30THA476A359 · HS-THTBKK
10:32QFA735B738 · VH-VXQADL
10:33VOZ830B738 · VH-YIFMEL
10:35QLK435DDH8D · VH-QOBCBR
10:36VOZ640SF34 · VH-VERCBR
10:37HVN772A359 · VN-A898
10:39QFA81A333 · VH-QPK
10:41ANZ102A21N · ZK-NNEAKL
10:42QFA518B738 · VH-VZCBNE
10:43QLK497DDH8D · VH-QOY
10:44QFA63A388 · VH-OQGJNB
10:48UAL870B789 · N29978SFO
10:48VOZ933B38M · VH-8IKBNE
10:51QFA645B738 · VH-VXEPER
10:52QFA435B738 · VH-VYEMEL
10:52QLK162DDH8D · VH-84FPQQ
10:54JST511A321 · VH-VWXMEL
10:55AM289B350 · VH-AAS
10:57VHCADF900 · VH-CADBWU
11:00VOZ515B738 · VH-YWAOOL
11:02JST952A320 · VH-X3JMEL
11:04JST660A320 · VH-VGZSYD
11:09VJC86A333 · VN-A820SYD

Landed (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftFrom
10:05SIA231A388 · 9V-SKYAU-0449
10:07JST457A320 · VH-VGV
10:09VOZ827B38M · VH-8VCAU-0529
10:11QFA511B738 · VH-XZGYXHK
10:14QLK432DDH8D · VH-84LAU-0173
10:17QFA428B738 · VH-VYH
10:26CAL051B77W · B-18055
10:29QFA591B738 · VH-VXL
10:32VOZ932B738 · VH-YIZ
10:33JST508A21N · VH-OYR
10:35PHA60CRER · VH-RAN
10:37ACI140A339 · F-ONEO
10:38QFA7526A332 · VH-EBE
10:40VOZ508B38M · VH-8IHYKEL
10:42QLK10DDH8D · VH-LQMOAG
10:43VOZ512B737 · VH-VBZYKEL
10:45ANZ103B789 · ZK-NZK
10:46QFA426A21N · VH-OGF
10:48QFA736B738 · VH-XZL
10:50JST405A320 · VH-VGD
10:56SKP13DH8B · VH-TQX
10:56JST718A320 · VH-VGP
10:58QLK21DDH8D · VH-QORYKEL
11:02QFA515A332 · VH-EBM
11:03AM211B350 · VH-AMSCBR
11:04QLK3DDH8D · VH-LQJTMW
11:04VOZ833B738 · VH-VONMEL
11:06QFA434A21N · VH-OGGMEL
11:08QLK163DDH8D · VH-QOXPQQ
11:13QLK39DDH8D · VH-QOUDBO
11:16VOZ641SF34 · VH-VEACBR
11:18JST763A321 · VH-VWN
11:21QLK221DDH8D · VH-QOJWGA
11:23JST746A320 · VH-VFQLST
11:26QLK204DDH8D · VH-LQFABX
11:28RXA6519SF34 · VH-RXECWT
11:31N604AUCL60 · N604AUBNK
11:33VOZ550B738 · VH-YFL
11:35CPA181B77W · B-KQS
11:39QLK1532A20N · VH-X4ICFS

The callsign is what the aircraft transmits by radio. It usually matches the commercial flight number, but not always: sometimes it is the registration.

Showing the first 40 in each direction.

Runways (3)

RunwayLength SurfaceHeadings
16R/34L3,962 m · 12,999 ftasphalt168° · 348°
07/252,530 m · 8,300 ftasphalt74° · 254°
16L/34R2,438 m · 7,999 ftasphalt168° · 348°

An asterisk marks a heading derived from the runway number rather than measured. The number is a magnetic heading and the measured one is true: the derived value carries the local magnetic declination, up to 20 degrees.

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