On this page, you will find the information you need to easily make your way through Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport to your destination.
Arrival and departure terminal maps and other information for navigating Australia's Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport.
Customers with goods to declare should submit a Customs Declaration forms.
Get details on the airport lounge.
Business Class passengers are able to use Priority Lane to pass through Immigration and security check.
Please present your boarding pass at the priority lane entrance.
If you have your boarding pass of your connecting flight, please proceed to the boarding gate after pass through the security check in the transit area.
If you do not have your boarding pass of your connecting flight, please complete check-in at the connecting counter or proceed to the boarding gate.
You are required to collect your bags and clear Customs and Quarantine at Sydney.
Please proceed to check-in at the Virgin Australia Domestic Transfer Desk within Terminal 1. Passengers are required to make their own way to the Domestic Terminal via T-Bus or public transportation and proceed to check-in.
Out of opening hour of Virgin Australia transit counter, please go to domestic terminal (Terminal 2) by taking a T-BUS and complete check-in for departure at the Virgin Australia check-in counter.
You are required to collect your bags and clear Customs and Quarantine.
Qantas Domestic Seamless Transfer Desk is available for the transit passengers.
Please proceed to the Qantas Transfer building, located adjacent to the arrival floor.
After completing check-in procedures, including rechecking your baggage, please go through security and proceed to Terminal 3 by Qantas transfer bus.
You are required to collect your bags and clear Customs and Quarantine.
Please move to the Domestic Terminal by T-Bus or public transportation and proceed to check-in.
Please proceed to the boarding gate after passing through the security checkpoint within the transit area. If you do not have your boarding pass for your ANA flight, please complete check-in at the boarding gate.
Upon arriving in Sydney, make their way to the International Terminal via T-Bus or public transportation.
Please proceed to the ANA check-in counter on the departure level to complete check-in.
You can use the Qantas transfer bus when your bags are checked through to your final destination.
Please take the bus from Gate 15 in terminal 3.
After arriving the international terminal, please proceed to the ANA check-in counter on the departure level to complete check-in.
If you have baggage checked in at the domestic departure airport, we will check the tag number at the ANA counter.
You are required to collect your luggage at the Sydney domestic terminal.
Please move to the International Terminal by T-Bus or public transportation and proceed to check in at the ANA check-in counter on the departure level.
Numerous companies including Redy2GO, Sydneny Airporter (AirBus Sydney), KST Airport Bus, etc. offer airport shuttle bus services stopping at hotels in central Sydney. Tickets for Redy2GO can be purchased at the arrival lounge after arriving at the airport. Other buses require reservations made in advance. The shuttle service may not be running as there are currently fewer flights due to COVID-19.
You can use the Airport Link Sydney train that runs through the city.
As a rule You must buy an Opal Card that is a chargeable smart card for all streets using Sydney city center public transportation at the ticket machine in the Sydney Airport or each train station.
If you have a contactless AMEX, VISA, or Mastercard, you can pay with that instead of your Opal Card. If you have absolutely no plan to use public transportation while in Sydney, you can get Opal single tickets for one-time use, although they are comparatively expensive.
Airport Link is this train goes through the "Airport International" international terminal station and "Airport Domestic" domestic terminal station, and enters a loop line that moves around the center of Sydney in a horseshoe shape (counterclockwise).
It goes to the city center via Sydney Central station, Museum station, St James station, Circular Quay station, Wynyard station, and Town Hall station and then loops back to Sydney Central station. If you have a lot of luggage and need a taxi to pick you up, it is best to go to Sydney Central station, Circular Quay station, or Wynyard station.
All visitors to Australia require a visa or authority to enter the country. However, some visitors who will only be in Australia for short-term tourism or business purposes may apply for an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) via the ETA System (ETAS). For more visa-related details, please go here.
ETA applications can be submitted online via the Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection's website.