Sydney (Kingsford Smith)
International Airport, or Sydney Airport (IATA: SYD, ICAO:
YSSY), is located in the Sydney suburb of Mascot. It is
the major airport serving Sydney, and is a major hub for
Qantas. It is the world's oldest continually operated
commercial airport, and the busiest commercial airport
in Australia, handling in excess of 26 million passengers
per year, which is expected to rise to over 68 million
by 2020. Situated next to Botany
Bay, the airport is accessible by road and via the Airport
line underground rail link. In terms of land area, it
is the smallest capital city airport in Australia. Kingsford
Smith has three runways, colloquially known as the "East-West"
and two "North-South" runways.(1)