FIRST LOOK at Sydney's Brand New Airport!
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- A rare look inside Sydney’s new International Airport during construction. See the terminal, new runway, the construction site, transport links, airport layout and more. See one of the biggest construction projects ever undertaken in Australia.
Thanks to Sam and the team at Western Sydney International Airport for hosting myself and the other media outlets. I am excited to travel through WSI as a passenger once you're open.
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Congratulations Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport secures the airport code WSI. Now that the New western Sydney airport given official code it really feels like the airport project is making great progress. It really is one of the Biggest Megaprojects Under Construction in 2023.
The Western sydney airport construction is well underway, a megabuild for Sydney, covered here by 7news australia, 9 news, the ABC and me. In this exclusive first look at Sydney's brand new airport, you can see inside and get a glimpse of what's to come!
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Questionable tour guide, but awesome video.
Thanks so much for coming Stef! Was awesome to meet you, and can't wait to have EYZ as our first landing... maybe... 🛫🛣
Somehow I don’t think it’s the tour guide’s last appearance on this channel. Here’s to the “first landing” video in 2026 :) Thanks for a brilliant day at your very impressive site Sam, excited to see it progress.
Hopefully GA pilots will be able to shoot the ILS for a while before it opens, and maybe a GA fly-in a week before to give ATC a bit of a workout.
I don’t know, I thought he was pure CZcams talent. Can’t wait for him to start his own channel.
I like how he managed to squeeze the "watch this _airspace_ " gag in. Nice work son.
"the roof's gonna go on top, that's where roofs go"
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I hate it when they put roofs on the bottom.
@@rinzler9775 It's down under, No ? 🤔😮🤓
@@StefanDrury 00000000000
I would say you’re a lot more important in terms of reaching the correct audience than channel 1,2,3,4 news etc could ever be. I’m in Scotland and had no idea WSI was even an idea let alone being built, so you have spread the news far wider than the AU news channels did.
Our community is strong David! Thanks, I’m grateful for the support. Also, hello to Scotland, spent many a Christmas up there with Grandparents from near Edinburgh.
WSI is 30 years too late. Gubmints ummed and ahhhd over it for all this time, meanwhile people moved into that area only to have an international airport shoved up their noses.
Pilot.
YMER
I'd concur with this David. I too am in Scotland having recently moved over from Australia, and I also had no idea that there was a new airport being built in Sydney until watching this video!
Definitely gotta fly out in 2027
Ahhh. You haven’t ever lived in Sydney. This has been a hot button issue since 1990. That’s when they expanded the capacity of Sydney Kingsford Smith, instead of building a second airport. Over 500,000 people live under the current runways, and I can assure you they know about the second airport.
As it was started in 2018, it’s no longer a hot story. However I think it will be big story when it opens.
Definitely Australia's premier news outlet right here! Some may decry the lack of sport and weather, but those things would only get in the way of more aviation.
Haha. Lola the sports reporter cat sleeps 23 hours a day unfortunately so we had to cancel her segment.
5:56 this has got to be the best engineer I’ve ever seen. Utter genius.
The first time a second Sydney airport was discussed was 1949, glad to see it finally coming together
Very amazing to see all the progress made on the airport. It's amazing that you got the opportunity to get a look-around!
Yeah a really special experience to take a look around, thanks Declan.
Ground floor is always used for arrival. Upper level is for departure, as it is equally high alke aeroplane level. You seemed to be confused about it..
Wait until people buy houses next to it, then start complaining about the noise. I am not sure that lack of curfew will last. Looks like a great piece of infrastructure, thanks for the tour.
If they zone it that way thats 100% on the council/state government.
@@theDataStudent State Government. With the small population around WSI, councils and their residents have virtually no say.
FYI all night flights will arrive and depart in the south/west direction only.
Great video! I don't know why, but my favorite part was "The roof's going on top, obviously. That's where roofs go." 😆
An instant like, then settling back to watch. Nice one Stefan. 👍
Thanks Laz, I appreciate that.
I'm super excited once this airport finishes. Just imagine: no more curfews flying in or out of Sydney! Thanks for this Stef!
No worries, thanks for watching.
Piper Warrior from Basair has the record of being first to land there. Surprised everyone, including the pilot!
Ha yes, I heard about that one. I am talking new runway surface, ILS, media helicopters recording the event, Qantas in the hold waiting for me. That's the landing I'm after!
Loving the old TransPerth Bus at the start of the video
2:07 "should be about a 45 minute drive ... HELICOPTERS!" Lol, love it!
Make sure you add a observation deck (a terrace) for the kids and adults that love to watch aeroplanes, photograph aircraft, and aircraft spotting. In fact where he was reporting on the other side of the terminal, western side of the runway looks elevated and above the fence line.
Kingsford Smith waaaaay more convenient to get to for me. Door to door, around 35 mins on public transport w connections.
And cheaper, now that I've worked out how to avoid the exorbitant private train station access fee.
WSI would probably a whole day trip.
You deserved this mate, I'm so proud on how great your channel grew. Hope to se EYZ flying here soin
If you manage to be the first plane to land at WSI I'll come over from the UK to watch!
Yes! We need to see the infamous EYZ fly into the new WSI. 😎🙌🛩
Thank You!
In 1957 I worked at The Australian Head Office of DCA 'The Department of Civil Aviation' (now CASA) in Melbourne. Regarding a future airport for Sydney. Badgerys Creek Airport plans for future construction were already in the wings. A future Melbourne airport was still being planned (esp for Concorde + 747 with 12,000 foot runways) with a number of sites under consideration. Ultimately Tullamarine was chosen. Further into the future two extra airports would be needed. One in Melbourne's south east and one in the south west. Importantly. There were to be flight lines with ZERO CURFEWS at any future Airports. (Avalon was not yet even a concept being later built by 'The Dept of Supply for USAF U2 spy planes.) Thanks Stef for your fascination aviation content.
It is a Nice piece of engineering. Its 3 years from completion and still A 24/7 airport with no published flight paths or indications of the noise impact on 1/2 of Sydney population who live in Western Sydney A Noise issue even with quieter aircraft that now exist. As as most flights will be after hours to make to connections to the major Asian hubs.
Interesting that the arrival hall is on a higher floor than departure hall. It's generally the other way with other major international airports around the world.
I agree. I was wondering the same thing. I think Stefan may have got it wrong.
Great job on this one, very interesting. I used to fly the Robin 2160 out in that airspace too!
As an international visitor I will still much rather come in through Kingsford Smith, even when the metro opens at western Sydney. For me the journey time counts getting into the CBD. I will chose flights that accommodate the current airports opening times, they suit me.
Even for domestic travellers onto international flights I couldn’t imagine flying into here and flying the next leg out of Kingsford smith
@@Sporty12boy Those are teething issues with any new "secondary airport." Mind you, I dont know how many people outside of rural areas (accounting for 13% of australias population) would actually need to fly into Sydney in order to fly internationally. Given most cities outside of Canberra have flights out to Asia, and from asia you can go basically anywhere.
Great vid as always keep it up
Thanks Brandon
Very cool!!! Thank you for your video I live in Sydney and didn’t even know that they are actually building this second airport!
My pilot brother told me about your channel and I’ve subscribed right away!
Kurt from SydSquad 🎉
You've always been greater than those other channels Stef! 👊🧑✈
So I am taking it you are in Sydney now.
Good to hear about your channel.
All the best.
I'm a student helicopter pilot flying out of Bankstown airport and I've done some training over this new airport a couple of times. It's been interesting to see its construction from an aerial perspective.
In other news Sydney renames itself Sidney!
Seems like the new airport was just announced a little while ago and, with the snap of fingers, the tarmac and terminals are already well on their way to being finished! Amazing!
Hope to fly into WSI when I return to my hometown in 2026 from California.
Maybe the Western Sydney Metro will be up and running by then too!
In my opinion, as a private owner of a plane you are also owner of a privately owned airline: Milkshake Air. That being said, it would be cool to see Milkshake Air send EYZ on a maiden flight to WSI. Maybe even have the firetrucks out for a water hose/cannon salute! 😉
Very insightful!! tysm!!
I totally forgot there was a New Airport Coming!! Can't wait to watch man
Thanks Lachlan
YWSI... smack bang in the middle of the training area where I did my GFPT out of YSBK back in 2008... interesting to see how the new training area will look.
Over tiger country
When I saw this, your video had 125K Views and you had 125K Subscribers. Now you are +1 in both.
Unreal mate. Love your accent too - great heritage in UK and Oz. Heaps of support on your channel and thanks to the GWS airport. Dunedin and Launceston airport are so picturesque.
Great video and well deserved! 👍 I’m bewildered why the 2nd parallel runway isn’t built now since all the equipment and engineers are available now? It’ll become mighty expensive to add it on later. Strange here in Australia we have very few parallel runway airports.
Do you live here????
Probably due to cost.... And maybe their isn't the need?
@@longnamedude3947 if there is an incident or air traffic increases there will be a need.
Thanks Stef! Nice tour of the new airport!
amazing things in The World!
Smile everyone! What a crack up. G'day Sam!
Usually arrivals is on ground level and departures is up above, apparently WSI will be the other way around...
Unless that's how it's done in Australia as I've never been down under, greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
05 and 23 are very familiar to me - both are Wellington (WLG) and Queenstown (ZQN) runways in NZ. Will definitely have to add WSI to the list in 2026/7. Great to see you back in the saddle, so to speak. The barren airport visits you made during Covid were almost haunting in their absence of activity.
Wellington rwy is 34/16
I really like the Mantra at Sydney Airport too.
Not going to lie. I'll be disappointed if I don't get that experience of flying in over Botany Bay in the future coming in from the UK. It always gives me that magical feeling of being home.
There's just something magical about that landing path as a passenger. It won't be the same flying into WSI. But if it helps to lower the cost of flying into Sydney at the moment, then it'll be welcomed!
I can’t wait - I am under the current flight path. If it diverts even a few flights from here, I will be very happy.
@@brontewcat I feel bad for the inner west lol
@@ToadmcNinja It was pretty good during the lockdowns. Alas not so much now😉
Thanks for showing us the Experience Centre. It is brill how much has ben completed already.
Stones came from Tunnels being built in Sydney by Westconex to lay down on the airstrip.
I drive past this weekly on the northern road it's interesting to see how much progress has been made.
Can't wait to fly in the next few years :)
WSI is breaking news to me. Wow! I'm in the US and haven't heard about this exciting new project.
Thanks for the cool mini-documentary!
So who is going to use this airport? As a tourist to Sydney I like taking the short trip into the CBD from SYD.
enjoy the low flying air traffic over the blue mountains.
I remember they were talking about this when i lived there in the 90s.
there was a lot of controversy as i recall.
I always wondered why no one talked about building at Windsor in the north west where there was already a military airbase that was being closed down.
That airbase kept getting flooded, so they decided not to build it there
Like all Sydney GA pilots I’m worried about the airspace changes - in the meantime with a 3km runway under a training area at times there’s practically a circuit of training aircraft doing PFLs. Instructor “Simulated Engine Failure!” Student “Hmm, I wonder where I’m going to land? Perhaps that bloody great big 3000m strip of bitumen under my left wing?”…
Hmmm I am sure property prices around the future WSI are shooting up already and if Kingsford Smith is closing sometime in the future that area should be very interesting for development too. You are so lucky there around Sydney getting a brand new airport running. Wish we had it here in Frankfurt too. Now the next project should be high speed railroads in Australia, at least the Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne corridor; or even further to Adelaide and on. Tourists would be absolutely overrunning you then enjoying the great Australian landscape. Business and travel to and from Sydney would certainly appreciate it too and catapult you into an amazing future. So do yourself the service and have a high speed rail from Sydney out to the airport via either Parramatta/Liverpool or a circleline- that connected to a line going north south would be awesome even with short haul air travel around.
Hey!! Nice job down there people.
Nice Video Stef, excited how WSI will look.
Ohhh nice, we're not too far from the new airport... how exciting! Great work to you all
Wait for the noise you wont believe it shake your house to bits and good luck sleeping.
awesome
The only thing that worries me and you may have answered it , what is the connection for passengers between WSI and SYD.
Western Sydney International is a good name for the new airport. It has a good ring about it.
Let's hope that whatever party wins the state election on March 25. They make a commitment to extend the Sydney metro train line from Talawong through Ropes Crossing into St Marys. It gives people a second way to access the new airport from the CBD. If there is a problem with the main western line. A second train line to the west makes good sense. It would help reduce congestion on the western rail line.
Living in Pyrmont and flying Scoot and Air Asia quite a bit I'm not looking forward to this. They don't seem to have bothered with a quick way of getting there from the city.
I wish they had built it in Wilton and worked on a fast train from Central.
A thoroughly enjoyable video and channel. Keep it up, would be great to start an early petition to get EYZ to perform the first landing 💪☘️
I too got quite sunburned at Avalon on Sunday with the mere mortals..
Great Vid 👍
Steff, you have always been better than Channel 7, 9 and the ABC. And a quick question, most international airports around the world have 60m wide runways. Why does Australia always do 45m. Are we too poor? I would have thought that a 4000m x 60m wide runway would have been ideal. Anyway, great video and I'm happy to see it finally come to fruition. I remember flying out of Bankstown in the 80s and we knew where the airport was gonna be. Does "Brinjelly chicken sheds" rekindle any memories? 40 years plus - better late than never. Keep up the great wok.
Aw cute Syney will be allowed to stay awake late at night and play with the big boys in Melbourne
Nice
Just as a matter of curiosity how are they getting the fuel for the planes there - is it going to be piped from Port Botany or trucked in?🤔
That's my sign to start learning at Bankstown now, before they have to move the air space somewhere else.
As a passenger I actually like it if no planes can start at night. I do not really want to leave or arrive at 3am.
Why isn’t departures on the top level of the airport, once you land you want to get out of the airport, usually you walk down onto the aircraft and then off aircraft down another level.
FYI there was an aircraft that landed there couple years ago. Piper Warrior II
A point of clarification, Avalon is Geelong.
It would be incredible to see EYZ being the first to land there. Who usually gets the privilege with other airport openings?
Traditionally a local Or national airline.
What a peculiar situation all around. I get the whole noise level/curfew deal, but taking an airport from 3 runways down to one and adding an additional 30-35 min drive/45 min-1.5 hour tack on for public transit to get to city center is an interesting move.
Great video tho. Love seeing new airport construction builds. Get to see the behind behind the scenes of the innerworkings of a new airport.
Kingsford Smith airport won’t be closing, and it’ll still be the main airport for a very long time. WSI will mostly service the people and businesses of western Sydney
Millions of people in Sydney live closer to WSI than SYD. Sydney is expanding west at a great rate.
@@jesseyoung9654 oh no doubt. It was just strange that the way this whole airport has been perceived by us across the larger pond (lake i guess?) is that this is the fix for SYD's problems. I bet those who live out west cannot wait. I am just curious as to how airlines, especially those who come from far away will decide which airport to fly into
@@sandylanceley3860 oh thats good news. I, myself, have been a victim of the curfew and the slow down traveling into SYD many times from the Western coast of the US. The way it is perceived here in the US is that this will be the replacement airport of SYD, got really excited when he was doing a look at the new place and got confused. This makes more sense
@@stuckinthemiddlewithz5392 I suspect they will still fly mostly into SYD, but there will be a market for flights to WSI too, because of the better timing, and closer access to the Blue Mountains, sporting infrastructure, and possible better onward connections to other Australian airports.
nice
Looks great!🙌
great content, thanks stef
This project was originally planned to start 30 years ago, and it should have gone ahead back then. Protests by local residents as well as petty NSW state politics meant the can got kicked down the road. Instead, Sydney Kingsford Smith International went from two runways (perpendicular design - 07/25, shorter, and 16/34 longer) to three (another runway 16/34 added in parallel to the original longer runway was opened in 1994 to handle extra capacity).
The single runway, 05/23 at WSI is a bit odd, but I did read that the plan is for all Asia-bound and west-destined flights to depart from there as well as schedules outside of Sydney's curfew time frame, while eastern flights, like to the US and NZ, will continue to fly out of YSSY. Time will tell whether this will be adhered to.
When I did my PPL back in 1990 I'd fly west out of Bankstown to Hoxton Park, out to Warragamba then down to Camden. Badgery's was direct on the flight path out to Hoxton [not there anymore] so I guess the new Bankstown training area will be around Camden somewhere. So do not want to be getting tangled in a primary flight zone.
You'll be pleased to know Stef, that I saw this announcement on your channel only! Thanks for the great coverage.
Great video, and WSI does look impressive. You mentioned you did your training in Bankstown, which flight school did you use?
And Melb still no train
I see so many big cities adding 2nd airports or expanding existing ones. Toronto Pearson expanded as far as it could.....but I don't see another Toronto airport ever being built; we just keep spreading out!
05/23 is also the main runway direction for ADL
The time to get to this airport will be longer than your trip to Europe. It really is in the middle of nowhere! I will use Kingsford Smith!
That would be a coup if you get the first landing at WSI, even if it’s not the first official one. Good luck Stefan
Wow it is getting built.
Imagine the faces of tourists when they find out they've flown into an Airport 50km away from actual Sydney.
45 degrees in the middle of summer.
Sorry how does that differ from the horror of turning up at "London" Stansted, or "Tokyo" Narita, or Ryanair's "Paris" Beauvais, or the stupidity of callng Avalon "Melbourne"
Pretty relaxed I’d say. Sydney’s never had a 45 degree day. They’d step off an ac plane into an ac terminal then take an ac metro into Sydney. The geographical centre of ‘actual Sydney’ is Parramatta CBD which is 24km away and being developed as a parallel transport hub to Sydney CBD.
I'm not sure if it's for tourists, moreso people who live out west
@@FlyxPat Penrith had had plenty of 45 degree days. It is often 5-8 degrees hotter in western Sydney than it is in actual Sydney.
@@emmett3067 - omg you’re quite right, I checked, the highest temp was 48.9 in January 4 2020. That’s grim. That could be extremely stressful - even fatal - for many Australians let alone foreigners.
I wander what's going to happen to the GA training area they have over there Stef
The lack of curfew should make it attractive to long haul eg Emirates. But I wonder how they will avoid the Tokyo situation where everyone really wants to go to Haneda (like Kingsford Smith) but is forced to Narita (like Western Sydney). Also it could spread domestic connections more thinly if eg Qantas needs to serve both. Not being negative, I just wonder how it will work out. Particularly as a kiwi I would rather not have to go 50km out of town to catch a 3hr flight to NZ!
Really, Do a twelve hour shift with a 3.30 start in a hospital with Terminal cancer child patients.Enjoy your trip to Dubai...
@@cambo123451 That’s apples and oranges. Unless you are staying in Western Sydney or travelling out of Sydney, then adding almost an hour to a 3 hour journey is very unattractive.
I saw EYZ last weekend at YSBK and you were at Avalon airshow apparently it is someelse flying EYZ then
4:30 Ground floor is for departure 2nd floor is for arrival? That is surprised me！
what im really impressed by is that with the plans for expansion by 2050 theyre expecting to reach a capacity of 82mill passengers per year, with only TWO runways
i think thatd make it the busiest airport per runway in the world, itd be quite significantly more traffic than even london gatwick
is that 82 mil between SYD and WSI? Doesnt make sense to service 82 mil on 2 runways at one location.
@@theDataStudent from what i heard no its just 82mill on WSI once it gets a second runway. which is weird right because its an international airport, SYD only gets 3mill international passengers atm, compared to 27mill domestic
Very interesting to see how it's coming along and I can't wait for it to be done.
A good wrap up of the current state. Slightly concerned about the training areas myself. I didn't see anything about the control tower. Did you find out where that's going?
SYW was already assigned to Sehwan Sharif Airport in Pakistan