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Sydney (Kingsford Smith)
Airport [ (colloquially Mascot
Airport, Kingsford Smith
Airport, or Sydney Airport;
IATA: SYD, ICAO: YSSY;
ASX: SYD) is an international
airport in Sydney, Australia 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
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 41,870,000 passengers
in 2016 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.
1919–30: Early history
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).
YSSY Sydney
June 2017
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