Sydney Airport
| Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Leased Commonwealth Airport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Sydney Airport Corporation Limited | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mascot, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 21 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°56′46″S 151°10′38″E / 33.94611°S 151.17722°ECoordinates: 33°56′46″S 151°10′38″E / 33.94611°S 151.17722°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | sydneyairport.com.au | ||||||||||||||||||
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Source: AIP
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| Passengers (Jan to Dec 2016) | 41,870,000 |
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| Aircraft movements (2013-2014) | 327,190 |
| Airfreight in tonnes (2012) | 444,419 |
| Economic & social impacts (2012) | $13.2 billion & 146 thousand |
Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (colloquially Mascot Airport, Kingsford Smith Airport, or Sydney Airport; IATA: SYD, ICAO: YSSY; ASX: SYD) is an international airport located 8 km (5 mi) south of Sydney city centre, in the suburb of Mascot. It is the primary airport serving Sydney, and is a primary hub for Qantas, as well as a secondary hub for Virgin Australia and Jetstar Airways. Situated next to Botany Bay, the airport has three runways, colloquially known as the east–west, north–south and third runways.
Sydney Airport is both the longest continuously operated commercial airport and oldest commercial international airport in the world, the world's oldest continually operating commercial airport, and the busiest airport in Australia, handling 35,630,549 passengers in 2011 and 326,686 aircraft movements in 2013. It was the 38th busiest airport in the world in 2015. The airport is managed by Sydney Airport Corporation Limited (SACL) and the current CEO and MD is Kerrie Mather. Currently 46 domestic and 43 international destinations are served to Sydney directly.
The land used for the airport had been a bullock paddock.Nigel Love, a former wartime pilot, was looking into the possibilities for aviation in Australia. He was interested in establishing the nation's first aircraft manufacturing company. This idea required him to establish a factory and an aerodrome close to the city. His search for a potential site eventually led him to a real estate office in Sydney which was aware of some land owned by the Kensington Race Club (that was kept as a hedge against losing its government-owned site at Randwick). It had been used by a local abattoir, which was closing down, to graze sheep and cattle. This land appealed to Love, the surface was perfectly flat and was covered with a pasture of buffalo grass. This grass had been grazed so evenly by the sheep and cattle running on it that it required little to make it serviceable to land aircraft. In addition, the approaches on all four sides had no obstructions, it was bounded by a racecourse, gardens, a river and Botany Bay.
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