Live flights over Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 906 departures and 927 arrivals at Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport, 917 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Melbourne (MEL), Brisbane (BNE) and Gold Coast (OOL). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 462 | 484 | 946 |
| Sat 24 | 444 | 443 | 887 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Melbourne MEL 217 flights
- Brisbane BNE 126 flights
- Gold Coast OOL 72 flights
- Canberra CBR 56 flights
- Adelaide ADL 54 flights
- Auckland AKL New Zealand 39 flights
- Perth PER 39 flights
- Maroochydore MCY 23 flights
- Coffs Harbour CFS 20 flights
- East Albury ABX 20 flights
- Hong Kong HKG Hong Kong SAR China 19 flights
- Geelong/Melbourne AVV 18 flights
- Forest Hill WGA 18 flights
- Sepang KUL Malaysia 17 flights
- Tokyo HND Japan 15 flights
- Christchurch CHC New Zealand 14 flights
30 more connections
- Singapore SIN 13
- Tamworth TMW 13
- Wellington WLG 10
- Seoul ICN 10
- Manila MNL 10
- Bangkok BKK 10
- Los Angeles LAX 8
- Townsville TSV 7
- San Francisco SFO 6
- Hamilton Island HTI 6
- Proserpine PPP 6
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 5
- Jakarta CGK 5
- Vancouver YVR 4
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 4
- Hobart HBA 4
- Dubbo DBO 4
- Moruya MYA 3
- Darwin DRW 3
- Hamilton HLZ 2
- Dubai DXB 2
- Osaka KIX 2
- Mabalacat CRK 2
- Hanoi HAN 2
- Ballina BNK 2
- Johannesburg JNB 1
- Queenstown ZQN 1
- Abu Dhabi AUH 1
- Doha DOH 1
- Toowoomba WTB 1
Airlines
- QantasQFA 386
- Virgin AustraliaVOZ 339
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 306
- QantasLinkQLK 226
- Regional ExpressRXA 59
- Air New ZealandANZ 30
- Singapore AirlinesSIA 22
- EmiratesUAE 19
- Cathay PacificCPA 16
- Malaysia AirlinesMAS 16
Aircraft
- Boeing 737-800 B738 459
- Airbus A320 A320 190
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 155
- Airbus A321neo A21N 96
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 92
- SF34 72
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 67
- A333 66
- Airbus A320neo A20N 55
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 53
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Qantas, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways, QantasLink and Regional Express.
What are the main connections from Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Melbourne (MEL, 217), Brisbane (BNE, 126), Gold Coast (OOL, 72), Canberra (CBR, 56) and Adelaide (ADL, 54). 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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