Kingsford Smith International Airport
Sydney (Kingsford Smith) International Airport, or Sydney Airport, is located in Mascot, New South Wales, and is the major airport serving Sydney, Australia. It is a major hub for Qantas and has the IATA Airport Code SYD. Originally declared an aerodrome in 1920, and known as Sydney Airport, in 1953 it was renamed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) International Airport, after Charles Kingsford Smith, a pioneering Australian aviator. Most locals refer to the airport as "Mascot".
Situated next to Botany Bay, it is accessible by road and train (on the Airport line, and this line continues to the central business district through Central station and the City Circle).
Kingsford Smith has three runways, colloquially the "East-West", and two "North-South" runways.
Terminals
Kingsford Smith International Airport has three main terminals, referred to as T1, T2, and T3.
International Terminal 1
- Aerolíneas Argentinas
- Aircalin
- Air Canada
- Air China
- Air New Zealand
- Air Nuguini
- Air Pacific
- Air Vanuatu
- Alitalia
- Alliance Airlines
- Asiana Airlines
- British Airways
- Cathay Pacific
- China Airlines
- China Eastern
- China Southern
- Emirates
- Freedom Air
- Garuda Indonesia
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Japan Airlines
- Korean Air
- Lauda Air
- Malaysia Airlines
- Norfolk Jet
- Philippine Airlines
- Polynesian Airlines
- Qantas (Outside of Australia)
- Singapore Airlines
- Thai Airways International
- United Airlines
- Vietnam Airlines
Domestic Terminal 2
- Aeropelican Airlines
- Alliance Airlines
- Rex Regional Airlines
- Virgin Blue
Qantas Terminal 3
- Eastern Australian Airlines
- Qantas (Within Australia)
- Qantas Air Link
External links
- Kingsford Smith International Airport Homepage (http://www.sydneyairport.com.au/)
- Overview and history (http://www.acay.com.au/%7Ewillt/yssy/enthus/overview.html) from the Sydney Airport Enthusiast WWW site (http://www.acay.com.au/~willt/yssy/enthus/welcome.html)
See also
fr:Aéroport de Sydney