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Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport (Mascot) (Australia)
Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport also known asMascotis located near Sydney, with Brighton-Le-Sands at 2mi↑, Botany Bay at 2mi↑, Mascot at 2mi↑, Wolli Creek at 2mi↑, Botany at 2mi↑, Monterey at 2mi↑,
→ See also Northernmost airports in Australia and Southernmost airports in Australia
→ See also airports in Australia
aerial view of Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : YSSY
- IATA code : SYD
- Local code : -
Elevation : 6 m = 20ft
→ See also Highest airports in Australia and Lowest airports in Australia
Runways
- runway 16R/34L : 3962m = 12999ft
- runway 07/25 : 2530m = 8301ft
- runway 16L/34R : 2438m = 7999ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Australia
Coming to Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport at 0mi : book on Iberia Singapore Airlines
- Rose Bay seaplane base at 7mi : book on Trip.com
- Sydney Bankstown airport at 11mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport YSSY SYD
METAR for Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport YSSY SYD
YSSY 071800Z AUTO 16014KT 9999 // FEW092 SCT110 24/20 Q1014
Decoded METAR for Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport YSSY SYD
METAR issued by YSSY on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 18:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, issued 50 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 24°C = 75°F, dew point is 20°C = 68°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 78 %.
QNH is 1014hPa = 29.94inHg
Wind 26km/h = 14kt, direction is 160°.
Clouds : few clouds at 9200ft = 2800m. scattered clouds at 11000ft = 3350m.
TAF for Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport YSSY SYD
YSSY 071403Z 0715/0818 16008KT 9999 FEW010 FM071600 17008KT 9999 -RA SCT010 FM080000 03012KT 9999 NSW FEW020 TEMPO 0715/0722 9000 -RA BKN008
Decoded TAF for Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport YSSY SYD
TAF issued by YSSY on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 14:03 UTC, issued 4 hours and 47 minutes. weather forecast for 27 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday, February 7, 2026 à 15:00 heure TU to Saturday, February 7, 2026 à 16:00 heure UTC
0715/0818 16008KT 9999 FEW010
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 160°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 1000ft = 300m
from Saturday, February 7, 2026 à 16:00 heure TU to Saturday, February 7, 2026 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM071600 17008KT 9999 -RA SCT010
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 170°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light rain
scattered clouds at 1000ft = 300m
from Saturday, February 7, 2026 à 00:00 heure TU to Sunday, February 8, 2026 à 18:00 heure UTC
FM080000 03012KT 9999 NSW FEW020
no significant weather
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 30°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 2000ft = 610m
temporarily from Saturday, February 7, 2026 à 15:00 heure TU to Saturday, February 7, 2026 à 22:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0715/0722 9000 -RA BKN008
Visibility is 9km = 6mi.
light rain
broken at 800ft = 240m
VAC for Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport YSSY SYD
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport
Around Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport (Mascot) (Australia)
near
- Hotels in Brighton-Le-Sands
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 5564mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 9874mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 9941mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 10245mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 10248mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 10256mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 10271mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 10313mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 10314mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 10330mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 10334mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 10338mi↑
- for Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport at 0mi↑
- for Saint George Hospital airport at 3mi↑
- for Royal Prince Alfred Hospital airport at 4mi↑
nearest airports to Sydney Kingsford Smith International airport (Mascot) (Australia)
- Saint George Hospital heliport (YXSG ) at 3mi↑NOTAM
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital heliport ( AU-0034) at 4mi↑
- Saint Vincents - Victoria Barracks heliport (YCVB ) at 5mi↑NOTAM
- Wanda Beach heliport ( AU-0080) at 7mi↑
- Rose Bay seaplane base ( RSE ) at 7mi↑
- Sutherland Hospital heliport (YXSU ) at 7mi↑NOTAM
- Royal North Shore Hospital heliport ( AU-0035) at 9mi↑
- ABC TV Studios heliport (YABC ) at 9mi↑defunct airport
- Concord Hospital heliport (YXCC ) at 9mi↑NOTAM
- Bankstown - City Sports Complex HLS heliport ( AU-0164) at 9mi↑
- Watsons Bay heliport (YWTB ) at 10mi↑NOTAM
- Auburn Medical (Wyatt Park) heliport (YXAU ) at 10mi↑NOTAM
- Sydney Bankstown airport (YSBK BWU ) at 11mi↑NOTAM
- Rosehill heliport (YRSH ) at 12mi↑NOTAM
- Bulahdelah Helicopter Landing Site heliport (YXUH ) at 13mi↑NOTAM
- Macquarie University Hospital HLS heliport ( AU-0506) at 13mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Australia
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
