Sydney Airport
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Sydney is the busiest airport in Australia and most important airport, as it caters for 2.4 million passengers per year and sees 267,000 air traffic movements annually which equates to an average of 730 movements per day. The record number of daily movements is 1161 recorded on 2 October 2000.
Sydney Airport is the smallest major airport in Australia, half the size of Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne, Covering a total of 881 hectares, Officially licensed in 1920, Sydney Airport is also the oldest international airport in the world.
Sydney Airport is Sydney’s biggest single industry providing 62,000 jobs. Around 500 external businesses rely on the Airport for the bulk of their trade. These businesses employ a further 108,400 people making Sydney Airport responsible for the employment of 170,400 people or 8% of Sydney’s total working population.
Sydney Airport has three air strips (6 runways in total) The longest is the main North/South runway (16R-34L) at 3960meters long and is one of only four commercial runways in the world capable of landing the Space Shuttle. The third or parallel runway (16L-34L) is the shortest runway at 2478meters and is built almost entirely on artificial land. It was opened in 1994. The East/West runway (07-25) is 2600meteres long. The runway system caters for up to 80 air traffic movements per hour.
The control tower at Sydney Airport was fully commissioned in January 1996 and contains all the state of the art technology. Up to 7 controllers in the tower on one shift and 5 controllers on one shift in the control centre next to the old control tower at Kyeemagh, control up to 80 movements per hour in peak periods and up to 10 movements per hour during the curfew.
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