Live flights over Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 5,336 departures and 5,739 arrivals at Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport, 1,582 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Melbourne (MEL), Brisbane (BNE) and Canberra (CBR). The airline seen most often is Qantas.
Airport data
- IATA code
- SYD
- ICAO code
- YSSY
- City
- Sydney
- Region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia
- Elevation
- 6 m (21 ft)
- Coordinates
- -33.9461, 151.177
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Sydney.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 730 | 804 | 1,534 |
| Mon 2 | 766 | 795 | 1,561 |
| Tue 3 | 668 | 706 | 1,374 |
| Wed 4 | 711 | 779 | 1,490 |
| Thu 5 | 752 | 836 | 1,588 |
| Fri 6 | 961 | 1,026 | 1,987 |
| Sat 7 | 748 | 793 | 1,541 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Melbourne MEL 829 flights
- Brisbane BNE 486 flights
- Canberra CBR 260 flights
- Gold Coast OOL 251 flights
- Adelaide ADL 201 flights
- Auckland AKL New Zealand 161 flights
- Perth PER 140 flights
- Maroochydore MCY 83 flights
- Forest Hill WGA 81 flights
- Coffs Harbour CFS 79 flights
- Hong Kong HKG Hong Kong SAR China 77 flights
- East Albury ABX 77 flights
- Singapore SIN Singapore 72 flights
- Ballina BNK 57 flights
- Tamworth TMW 55 flights
- Christchurch CHC New Zealand 50 flights
29 more connections
- Geelong/Melbourne AVV 49
- Tokyo HND 47
- Seoul ICN 47
- Los Angeles LAX 44
- Port Macquarie PQQ 42
- Sepang KUL 40
- Hobart HBA 38
- Manila MNL 32
- Moruya MYA 32
- Wellington WLG 30
- Bangkok BKK 27
- Queenstown ZQN 26
- Vancouver YVR 21
- Hamilton Island HTI 21
- Cairns CNS 19
- Jakarta CGK 17
- Townsville TSV 16
- San Francisco SFO 15
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 13
- Darwin DRW 12
- Proserpine PPP 11
- Dubbo DBO 11
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 10
- Taoyuan TPE 7
- Houston IAH 6
- Dubai DXB 6
- Abu Dhabi AUH 5
- Mabalacat CRK 5
- Alice Springs ASP 5
Airlines
- QantasQFA 2,636
- Virgin AustraliaVOZ 2,185
- QantasLinkQLK 1,753
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 1,349
- Regional ExpressRXA 427
- Air New ZealandANZ 175
- EmiratesUAE 145
- Singapore AirlinesSIA 142
- United AirlinesUAL 93
- Cathay PacificCPA 86
Aircraft
- Boeing 737-800 B738 3,179
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 1,290
- Airbus A320 A320 789
- Airbus A321neo A21N 663
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 587
- SF34 565
- A333 355
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 355
- Airbus A320neo A20N 319
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 303
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-33.9461/lon/151.177/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Sydney right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Sydney: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of SYD, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Qantas, Virgin Australia, QantasLink, Jetstar Airways and Regional Express.
What are the main connections from Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Melbourne (MEL, 829), Brisbane (BNE, 486), Canberra (CBR, 260), Gold Coast (OOL, 251) and Adelaide (ADL, 201). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Sydney? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport? +
Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport has IATA code SYD and ICAO code YSSY. It lies in New South Wales, Australia, at coordinates -33.9461, 151.177.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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