Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport safety profile
28 recorded occurrences at or near Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (1980–2026): 1 at the airport, 27 nearby; 3 fatal, 16 fatalities.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2020-01-22 — United Airlines — 0.0 km
- 2019-11-28 — Nordwind Airlines — 9.0 km
- 2018-02-01 — Qantas — 9.0 km
- 2017-03-17 — 18.6 km
- 2016-12-17 — 9.0 km
- 2013-06-10 — 9.0 km
- 2010-05-07 — UNITED AIR LINES INC — 9.0 km
Runways
- 16R/34L: 12,999 ft, ASP, lighted
- 07/25: 8,300 ft, ASP, lighted
- 16L/34R: 7,999 ft, ASP, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 12.209 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 28.081 days/year
- Snow: 0.916 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.887% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0.002% of observations
Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.