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Destination of the Month: Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport

Aircraft of the Month: Boeing 707

     This year we begin a new series called DOM/AOM, Destination of the Month and Aircraft of the Month. We encourage pilots to try out the highlighted destination and aircraft. When you fly to a highlighted destination airport during the specific month, using the aircraft of the month, you will earn double the flight hours!

     For January we are featuring Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport and the Boeing 707 (all models). Sydney (YSSY) is unique in that it is one of the few major airports that does not have international in its name. It started out as a grazing field in 1919 when Nigel Love returned from World War I and created the Mascot Aircraft Manufacturing Company. However, business was difficult and in four short years they closed their doors. The Commonwealth took over ownership of their airport and Sydney Airport was born. In 1936 the name was changed to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, in honor of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, an early Australian aviation pioneer who had died the previous year during a record-breaking attempt to fly from England to Australia.

     Dirt runway gave way to three gravel runways in 1933. The first paved runway didn’t come along until 1959, for the jets. That runway is now the longest runway in Australia at 14,300’. The first jumbo jet, a PanAm 747, landed in Sydney in 1970. The airport is built using a lot of reclaimed land in Botany Bay. For decades they have discussed how best to expand the airport and finally in 1992 a major redesign and update took place. In 2001 Sydney was awarded World’s Best Airport. This, despite being limited by a 11pm to 6am curfew and a limit of 80 aircraft movements per hour. Today, fifty airlines serve Sydney.

     The Historic Airline Group has 71 flights with Sydney as the destination, including twelve 707 flights from Honolulu, Tokyo, Singapore, Aukland, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Tahiti, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth using Qantas, Malaysia-Singapore and Canadian-Pacific.

 

 

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Flight	Pilot	Departure	Arrival	Aircraft	Duration	V/S	Info
QFA10538	Kurt N	YBBN	YSSY	B707-300	2,56	0 ft/m	Accepted
KLM7141	Herman K	EHAM	LOWW	L188	1.50	0 ft/m	Accepted
FIN853A	Holger P	EFHK	EDDH	Caravelle	02.11	-313 ft/m	Accepted
SSA640	David R	LTAG	EGUN	B727-100	01.49	-215 ft/m	Accepted
AAL364	Herman K	KORD	KATL	L188	1.45	0 ft/m	Accepted
BOA2917	Richard M	CYUL	CYYZ	DH 106	01.08	-178 ft/m	Accepted
UAL14266	David R	KLAX	KEWR	DC8-50	04.26	-185 ft/m	Accepted
TAA452C	Kurt N	YBCG	YBBN	F-27	0.23	0 ft/m	Accepted
TAA451A	Kurt N	YBBN	YBCG	F-27	0.37	0 ft/m	Accepted
QFA10585	Leon V	RJTT	YSSY	B707-300	20.42	0 ft/m	Accepted

Pilot	Flight	Dep	Arrival	Status	Alt	Distance/Time