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Airport record

Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport

Sydney (Mascot), New South Wales, Australia

Scheduled service reported12,000+ ft runwayMulti-runway
WGS 84 position -33.94610°, 151.17700° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 21 ft MSL

6 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 3

3 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 12,999 ft

3,962 metres · 16R/34L

PUBLISHED COMMS 7

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
16R/34L 12,999 × 148 ft3,962 × 45 m Asphalt 168.0° / 348.0° north–south Reported lighted Reported open
07/25 8,300 × 148 ft2,530 × 45 m Asphalt 74.0° / 254.0° east–west Reported lighted Reported open
16L/34R 7,999 × 148 ft2,438 × 45 m Asphalt 168.0° / 348.0° north–south Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
16R LE · low-numbered end 16R/34L Reported open 168.0°T 8 ft MSL2 m 279 ft85 m -33.92940°, 151.17200° Open end map ↗
34L HE · high-numbered end 16R/34L Reported open 348.0°T 14 ft MSL4 m Not published -33.96430°, 151.18100° Open end map ↗
07 LE · low-numbered end 07/25 Reported open 74.0°T 16 ft MSL5 m Not published -33.94370°, 151.16400° Open end map ↗
25 HE · high-numbered end 07/25 Reported open 254.0°T 20 ft MSL6 m 324 ft99 m -33.93750°, 151.19000° Open end map ↗
16L LE · low-numbered end 16L/34R Reported open 168.0°T 16 ft MSL5 m 758 ft231 m -33.94960°, 151.18800° Open end map ↗
34R HE · high-numbered end 16L/34R Reported open 348.0°T 13 ft MSL4 m 125 ft38 m -33.97110°, 151.19400° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
APP 135.100 MHz APP
ATIS 115.550 MHz ATIS
CLD 133.800 MHz CLNC DEL
DEP 123.000 MHz DEP
GND 121.700 MHz GND
OPS 1123.500 MHz RAAF AIR OPS
TWR 120.500 MHz TWR

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CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
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YPAD Adelaide International AirportAdelaide 628 NM1,164 km · W · 261° true 10,171 ft
NZCH Christchurch International AirportChristchurch 1,148 NM2,126 km · SE · 126° true 10,787 ft
NZAA Auckland International AirportAuckland 1,166 NM2,159 km · E · 106° true 11,926 ft
AYPY Port Moresby Jacksons International AirportPort Moresby 1,487 NM2,754 km · N · 351° true 9,022 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.