We got a private tour of Western Sydney Airport!

[@WesternSydneyInternational]

Thanks for coming, gentlemen! It was a delight. Very keen to get you back closer to opening... we'll roll out the caviar

[@BuildingBeautifully]

Yes please!! 😋 ✈️

[@miks_w8945]

so?

[@daveg2104]

@@miks_w8945 Soooo What?

[@TransportVlog]

Thanks Sam, yes we would love to come back again, closer to opening, and check out the lounges!

[@hipixstudio]

@@TransportVlog hello

[@tasmanianmapping]

Petition for Sharath to visit all Australian states and review their train routes. For Tasmania, he can just go on one of our heritage railways

[@tasmanianmapping]

@@AzByCxDwEt uuh... we have other stuff, like the pedal railway at maydena, the don river railway, and finally the launceston tramway

[@BuildingBeautifully]

Haha, I’ve been on trains in all the east coast states including Tasmania; I went on the Sheffield heritage railway when I was there. WA could be the next one later this year!

[@hughboyd2904]

Massive respect for those wonderful heritage railways in Tassie! Still Australia’s best holiday destination!

[@tasmanianmapping]

@@hughboyd2904 as a tasmanian, that is wonderful to hear!

[@CuriousBanter]

Great content. Although I was expecting some not so buttery questions like noise, parking, public transportation etc from Sharath. But again, goood one!

[@kismetau]

You guys have great energy together!! I really enjoyed the tour and the info provided by Sam. Looking forward to future videos on the progress of the new airport and also more of you two co-hosting again!

[@BuildingBeautifully]

Thank you!! Likewise, we’re excited to go back

[@kismetau]

@@BuildingBeautifully Quick question: can I assume there will be no airport access fee when taking the metro to WSA?

[@TransportVlog]

@@kismetau That's right! No access fee!

[@kismetau]

@@TransportVlog Thanks Paul! Good to know.

[@Norry218]

I was lucky enough to take a tour with Sam and the crew late in 2023, It's awesome to see how far it's come since then. Keep up the awesome work @westernSydneyInternational

[@tacitdionysus3220]

Thanks!

[@BuildingBeautifully]

Thank you for your support!!

[@GreatAussieDrives]

Amazing stuff Sharath and Paul! I didn't know construction was already this progressed. Can't wait to see it open in 2026! 🤩

[@BuildingBeautifully]

Thank you!! Yes, I’m very excited too (I’m sure that’s obvious!!)

[@TransportVlog]

How many times did we say the word "Excited"? Let us know below. And who said it more. Me or Sharath?

[@RobloxTransportStuff]

I love this channel

[@jackpubbo]

Was really interesting to see an update on this airport as someone who lives in blue mountains id prolly use this

[@anniedarkhorse6791]

I'm in the Hawkesbury. Same.

[@ozzy1280]

Very excited to see the opening in a few years. Great update 👍

[@BuildingBeautifully]

Thank you!! Yes, it is very exciting

[@tim7554htp]

I usually catch the train to the airport from Campbelltown. Getting to WSI by train for me is a hassle therefore I'll still go to Kingsford-Smith.

[@APWaddington]

Ah yes the No curfew. Western Sydney gets dumped on by eastern Sydney. It's time Kingsford Smith also goes no curfew too. Also lets not forget Sydney's main water storage is just a short emergency water landing away Capt Sully style.

[@UltimaSpark50]

_Western Sydney gets dumped on by eastern Sydney._ Yet again, yet again! …I need to find some earplugs.

[@daveg2104]

With all those high cliffs around it, that would be a spectacular landing. Maybe Prospect Reservoir, but it is quite a bit smaller than Lake Burragorang.

[@baldersackthethird768]

Well Mal Turnbull's wife was or still is in charge of this ....

[@tdb7992]

Perth's airport station is a few minutes walk from the main terminal too, but it was built there so it can be easily accessed when the rest of the terminals are built (I think Qantas finally agreed to move over a month or two ago) so it makes sense for Sydney to do something similar.

[@BuildingBeautifully]

Absolutely, it’s better this way than having Terminal 2 served by nothing.

[@illiiilli24601]

Yeah, though under the current agreement, they'll only move out in 2030. Qantas being Qantas, I'm sure they'll find a way to delay it further

[@sik249]

Top video guys! I cannot wait for this facility to open. Now only if they can build the south-west rail link to the airport. That would be good too.

[@BuildingBeautifully]

Oh that would be very good. Fingers crossed

[@uzetaab]

I'm looking forward to this airport opening. I live interstate but my parents and sister live in Western Sydney.

[@ltsmash9544]

Good on ya lads. Love ya work.

[@grahambaker6664]

Arguably it is Sydney's third international airport. The first was Rose Bay Seaplane Airport then Mascot was added.

[@TearyHumor]

Was Rose Bay ever international?

[@grahambaker6664]

@@TearyHumor Yes, both QANTAS on the Imperial Route and TEAL to New Zealand flew from Rose Bay in the 1930s. Edit: Correction: Tasman Empire Airways Limited flew its first Rose Bay to Auckland flight on 30 April 1940.

[@doubledee9675]

@@grahambaker6664 From time to time, our parents would take us for the Sunday afternoon drive (remember those?) to Rose Bay to see the seaplanes take off and land. From memory, they then flew to Lord Howe Island and perhaps a couple of coastal towns in NSW.

[@grahambaker6664]

@@doubledee9675 I remember the Lord Howe Island flights. I think there are still floatplanes to Newcastle and for joy flights. The international seaplanes had ended by the late 1940s. However, when I was learning to fly in the late 1970s, it was still designated as an authorised arrival point for international flights.

[@doubledee9675]

@@grahambaker6664 That continued designation must have some long-forgotten purpose. Are there any sea planes still around which could in an emergency be used for a flight to Auckland or Wellington?

[@josephj6521]

The design is similar to Athens Int’l, which is 21 years old. The main differences are: Athens was built with 2 parallel runways from the beginning, Athens has a satellite terminal. Both airports can easily be expanded which is good. Feels like Sydney is finally joining the 21st century with regards to airport design. I think this new airport will be more popular than what the planners realize.

[@daveg2104]

As Sydney's second airport, and with more space to play with, they could build a more modern airport. Sydney Airport doesn't have a lot of space to play with, unless they filled in more of Botany Bay. That might upset a few people though.

[@BizMeister]

Good video mate! Keep it up!

[@danielmiu9142]

The collab I never expected

[@TransportVlog]

We do like to surprise people!

[@MrWillyworm1969]

As funny as a fart in an elevator.

[@Craigbn981]

Great job Sammy - from an old Sydney Trains colleague

[@Gary-vv5gt]

I think ksa and wsa will be both haneda and narita of sydney retrospectively

[@yggdrasil9039]

No control tower. No alignment for future regional HSR to connect. No rail connection to Liverpool and SW Sydney via Glenfield. Lots of things need attention with this project.

[@odzergaming]

they dont have control tower because the atc work from home

[@yggdrasil9039]

@@odzergaming 😅😆🤣

[@odzergaming]

@@yggdrasil9039 seriously tho

[@baldersackthethird768]

Better tell Mal's wife, Lucy Turnbull.

[@brentsmith1307]

to think I was actually their working on the air side whilst you were filming this

[@TransportVlog]

Possibly! The date was Monday 19th Feb, and it was a rostered day off for most staff, which made it prefect for a tour!

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

Ok, but can we get more than two small bus shelters at St Marys station? There used to be more cover at the old bus stand, before they relocated it to make way for The Tunnel™️ Billions of dollars spent and expected to be generated on and by this project, but (HA! Just got to "Western Sydney is very important." That's rich.) we can't get adequate cover at a vital public transport waiting area, utilised by hundreds of people daily 🙄

[@TheSsalty]

Yep, Badgery's Creek is a total rort - if the state government really cared about Western Sydney they'd invest in urbanising the parts of it that currently exist. Better public transport, higher density housing, etc - not another huge airport that won't benefit most living in Western Syd. Normally this is where I'd complain that the public haven't done enough but the outcry against the airport was pretty significant, yet nothing was done to address it.

[@baldersackthethird768]

​@@TheSsaltyRort is the word for it. Headed by Turnbull 's wife😂

[@adrianwindle4616]

Wow, looks like a smart new airport!!😎👍

[@jonnythunder92]

I was there on Monday as Im involved with this amazing project. Love the way that every passenger will all check in when arriving via a common kiosk, regardless of airline. Automation with this type of thing is awesome.

[@alimfuzzy]

Right now, it's estimated to have the same amount of traffic as Canberra airport.

[@cathalwarrior1650]

A regional airport…..not international…..

[@HaroldSchranz]

@@cathalwarrior1650incorrect. Takes international flights and has a modern terminal and a runway length in excess of 3.2km which is longer than a few other so-called international airports in Australia. A second airport close to a freight rail line between Sydney-Goulburn-Canberra would have made better sense than lumping Western Sydney with another dysfunctional structure and traffic chaos.

[@norbertwalter1995]

Love it, all we need now is a 300kmh rail to centre of Sydney

[@yesbeautyfly]

This new airport is so close to Western Sydney Parklands. I saw smashed wildlife (usually kangaroos) on M7 regularly. Aircraft may hit birds easily.

[@yesbeautyfly]

If International tourists are given a special printed Opal Card to travel 1 day for Free, then public transport can be promoted. The cost can be included in the Airport tax pp easily. It will work like the tickets of all the major events at Olympic Park.

[@sandracampbell9036]

No control tower 😭, I know it's modern not to have one, but it looks soooooo good

[@ChrisTopher_Urbanism]

It's okay Sharath, we know you skipped the pushup bit because you were doing one handed clap pushups like Rocky and you didn't want to make everyone else self conscious

[@stevemcintyre4398]

Mighty impressive and convenient given that there are no curfews. But now I'm wondering the future for Kingsford-Smith airport at Mascot. Will it be redeveloped or still accept flights in and out?

[@MaxS-hn8we]

SYD will compete against WSI though they effectively serve different sides of Sydney. WSI is an hours drive west of Sydney CBD so unlikely many on the east will use it.

[@johnparkau1]

0:02 I watch both of you on your respective channels and always enjoy the content very much. However with this post I feel I need to let you know that the volume difference between the spoken content and the attached music forces you to " jump" to quickly find the remote control to turn the volume down then when you start speaking you once have increase the volume so that you can be heard... Then repeat the action at the conclusion of the video or just switch it off. BTW There is nothing wrong with my hearing (I am a pilot).

[@andyturbo]

Oh god yes, all those in the comments section complaining about no curfew or how it will not work, please realese this is the normal for many large cities. Dont ever change your mind on the no curfew.. Finally in Melbourne we are looking forward to not having to accommodate inbound International flights into Sydney that are behind schedule and end up landing and sitting on the taxi ways (occasionally they will depart if the company has a free spot not already taken up) This happens a lot more then people would imagine. It's time to grow up Sydney into a big man without a bedtime!! 🎉❤😂

[@YoyoZee]

It's like Adelaide airport but actually good!

[@JJ-mc8lu]

The most popular flight from here will be the one to Sydneys Kingsford Smith airport to avoid the arduous several hours journey to the city by the choo cho train and getting stuck in traffic on the M7 and M5 we call the carpark!

[@tacitdionysus3220]

Great clip. I'm all jealous now. A few random comments: - You have probably heard that WSI will not have a control tower, but multiple cameras (including in infra red) that will display like a virtual control tower at a facility in Eastern Creek. - It's a little harder to do 'virtual' crash fire rescue, so there appears to be a large concrete pad for the first runway fire station on the western side of the runway, near its centre and beside a big rectangular pond. - The Elizabeth Drive bridge over the M12 and rail underpasses at the northern end of the airport is about to open. - The Elizabeth Drive rail underpass has tons of room for four tracks - That combined with spare space along the eastern side of the W S Airport Metro line through the airport are probably to provide a corridor for a later second line (to/from Westmead?). - Given the passenger flow, cross platform transfers would not be needed within the airport. - As I won't be around by then, I can safely speculate the Airport Line will link to Glenfield, and the later line will run to Narellan and Macarthur (with cross platform exchange before lines split around Bringelly - and possibly with the Airport line splitting to do both destinations initially). - I wonder how transfers between flights at different terminals will be done, once they are constructed - perhaps transfer buses airside (like at some major Australian airports), or a 'people mover' connecting terminals inside their secure areas (like at some major US airports)? - I'm 'sowing seeds' wherever possible that WSI is NOT Sydney's second (or third) airport at all, but is Western Sydney's own international airport. Seperate identity, different market mix, more flexible, cheaper operation and run by more pragmatic locals - It's all the more reason why people in the (more populous and productive) West will rarely want/need to go into dear old Harbour Sydney, except as an occasional tourist - Even Tay Tay preferred going West for her venues and zoo visits. Just saying.

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

In relation to the transfers, I would say it would operate not dissimilar to Pudong & Hongqiao Airports in Shanghai (both on opposite sides of the city).I believe they have a mix of airlines, but set routes only go to 1 specific airport, and the budget airlines go to Hongqiao.Hongqiao takes less international if I recall my time there, Pudong still doing the heavy lifting for international flights. I reckon Wellcamp Airport here in Brisbane will be similar again, both Badgery's Creek & Wellcamp being a good 2 hours from current airports.

[@ravelandexplorewitharnold]

I do wonder as it's a 24hour airport, but the Metro and Sydney trains don't run 24 hours a day. We are hoping all those tired passengers will take buses or change trains or sit in peak hour traffic to get to the city.

[@noahwon9253]

Is there any news on Qantas Link flying in? Regional services always get bumped and are super limited to KS due to landing limits.

[@MerrilyMerrilyMerrily]

There’s always one. It’s a lot of environmental devastation for this I use to August a horse around here…and, no control tower so no physical means of being able to see the planes may prove problematic in a war where electronic communications indeed any communications are non existent. Seems a bit of an oversight over dependence on tech that may fail.

[@baldersackthethird768]

But Lucy Turnbull was involved. Everything must be straight, right?

[@markosborne886]

Excellent video!

[@padgaprao2617]

I’m not a plane guy but excuse my ignorance I always thought airports had two runways allowing aircraft to take off / land into the wind I thought from the aerial shot I saw one runway and Sharath said he’s was at the western end I’m assuming one east/ west runway ? Can anybody shed light on this ? Thanks

[@MaxS-hn8we]

1 runway until it reaches capacity in 2050 then a second will be added

[@JaborWithaY]

Crossing runways are expensive to build and take up an enormous amount of land area, and you can only use one at a time anyway. They generally don't get built unless the airport is expecting a lot of smaller private planes (which can't handle crosswinds very well and don't need a particularly long runway to land on) or the location has highly variable weather conditions that justify it. They're starting at one runway that points northeast (into Sydney's prevailing winds), and will add another one in the same direction when it's justified by the amount of traffic.

[@aussiefirestorm]

God save the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and St Clair from the flight paths.

[@josephj6521]

Don’t worry. Blue Mtns in particular won’t be effected.

[@chrispekel5709]

They are a long way, there won't be much noise

[@MrWillyworm1969]

K​eep dreaming.

[@baldersackthethird768]

Too late. Blue mountains is in line also. Don't kid yourself. Get out before it's too late.

[@baldersackthethird768]

​@@chrispekel5709haha okay let me know in 3 years when you're suffering from sleep deprivation.

[@brianmorris8045]

I don't think it will be the best till it proves itself when operational. But a change is as good as a holiday where new airports are concerned. A long overdue new airport.

[@airlineshow]

Hopefully the pedestrian connection from metro station to terminal will be enclosed and not just undercover. It needs to be properly weatherproof

[@dsbeater4852]

No link to leppington station 🥲

[@gordo191]

Yeah how wonderful I get to put up with noise 24 7 so looking forward to that. I will swap houses with these people,

[@baldersackthethird768]

Move to FNQ like I did. You'll love it!

[@gordo191]

@@baldersackthethird768 Then a cyclone will blow me away haaa or I drown or eat a poison cane toad or get sting by a jellyfish or eaten by a crocodile.

[@peterwaugh9416]

Can't wait for this, 24 hours per day will be good for the airlines. If connecting passengers are late getting into Dubai they have to leave them behind to beat the curfew into Sydney. This has happened. One Emirates flight leaves Heathrow for Dubai & about the same time a flight leaves Manchester. They all join the same flight to Sydney. Once the Manchester flight was late getting in & about 50 people had to wait 9 hours in Dubai. A few chose to get on a flight to Sydney via Singapore but took longer. I live in Glenmore Park so I already get aircraft noise so I have no issue with more. Also, every new plane that comes on the market is quieter. For those who say Sydney has a curfew they still run propeller aircraft all night for cargo flights.

[@MrWillyworm1969]

It should have a curfew the same as Sydney airport does. People in western sydney need to sleep too. People are already living around the new airport and have been long before the airport was thought of.

[@odzergaming]

the whole point of building this airport is to have no curfew

[@baldersackthethird768]

They don't care about the people of Western Sydney. Isn't that obvious. Get out now while your house is still worth something.

[@andyturbo]

Oh god no. Finally in Melbourne we are looking forward to not having to accommodate inbound International flights into Sydney that are behind schedule and end up landing and sitting on the taxi ways (occasionally they will depart if the company has a free spot not already taken up) This happens a lot more then people would imagine. It's time to grow up Sydney into a big man without a bedtime!! 🎉❤😂

[@PatSmashYT]

Once the airport is done I'm gonna miss being able to do 100 on the Northern Road

[@desgoulding7154]

I like to know where the train 🚆 to narrellan to the new Airport is going to come. Or has this been STOPPED full stop?I know a train is coming the other way.

[@ternilapilli]

1:47 "Sharath... like Gareth" lol

[@hitmaneidos]

I don't like same terminal for domestic and international flights. Usually it means more restrictions on what you can carry on domestic flights, and increased security checks.

[@WesternSydneyInternational]

Hi! Just butting in here to say that domestic and international operations will be kept seperate

[@hitmaneidos]

@@WesternSydneyInternationalThanks for clarifying

[@garydunken7934]

International airport with 1 runway? In this day and age, they should have planned 2 runways and expansion option up to 4. One runway would be limiting in the near future.

[@odzergaming]

you need to research more

[@name6002]

Nice!

[@greg5076]

Great video, I wish I was there

[@bengray976]

Great video

[@Bngn_Snkrs]

Tube on the abandoned platform at st Leonard ms thanks

[@gdawwg1125]

You mean the old station on the other side of Pacific hwy? I used to use that platform in the 90's

[@mitchellgrimston3592]

Jeopardising World Heritage status of our Blue Mtns, pure contempt for the sleep quality and well being of Western Sydney and the Blue Mtns residents. But, we can get our produce to SE Asia in time for breakfast.

[@baldersackthethird768]

Exactly. Move up to FNQ. Beautiful air and water. Western Sydney is already covered in filthy air. Why do people keep ignoring facts?? Isn't it clear that the suits hate people in western Sydney?

[@odzergaming]

So people from Melbourne have shit sleep quality?

[@anniedarkhorse6791]

I'm just happy they didn't go with the option to build it near my place.

[@Smee86]

So 🆒😎😊

[@Creees]

I just subscribed

[@SpektrikMusic]

sounds like a lot of compromises to cut cost and will probably end up costing more in the long run.

[@qTytan]

nice!

[@scottietheshark]

I live in Leonay, so I can hardly wait to drive less than 30 minutes and get on a plane✈

[@stefenosthepom2649]

I live in leonay too ,can't wait for 24hr aircraft noise...

[@baldersackthethird768]

Yeah enjoy that non stop noise. No-one wants to talk about that.

[@Darthsabi]

"put your phone on airplane mode" video stops

[@matthewalker]

I wonder if it would be feasible for someone to offer helicopter transfers between the airports?

[@odzergaming]

Airspace already too busy and too costly

[@MaxineBlueMtns]

It’s going to be a nightmare up here in the Blue Mountains. Low flying planes 24/7

[@douglachman7330]

No need to play dumb jokers. You both have respected sites based on content ie perspective and context that informs and educates your viewers.

[@ricoganteng6409]

Come to Indonesia, we have more in to review

[@hipixstudio]

ngl i actually believed paul at the start and though you were at hong kong🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@daveb3987]

Interesting that the connection to the metro will be outside. Is that right?

[@MaxS-hn8we]

The station is actually located in what will eventually be the middle of 4 terminals. They are only building 1 terminal for the 2026 opening.

[@daveb3987]

@@MaxS-hn8we saw that later in the vid, good news then!

[@daveb3987]

I remember reading that it was modelled on Incheon Airport and having lived over there and made good use of that train, it’s a good one to compare with. The airport railroad there connects nicely to both terminals via an enclosed connected walkway. Western Sydney doesn’t get as cold as Seoul but at times cold enough!

[@trentbrown3877]

LOL. Great intro!

[@ccm4455]

Thankfully i have resigned and left from this project from bechtel/wsa

[@andybyron1]

Is there a train station adjacent to the airport?

[@MaxS-hn8we]

They are building a metro which will open at the same time as the airport

[@YourAverage_Duck]

aww man airplane mode guess i cant watch the video

[@batterysurf]

I sent an expression of interest to WSA. still awaiting something.

[@kuyans3889]

Yay more air freight! the faster delivery and better prices will allow me to buy knick knacks and widgets and rates not yet known! sure would be a shame if this increased consumption of goods, and increased transport emissions had some kind of effect on the climate. I'm sure we don't have to worry about it :)

[@baldersackthethird768]

Yeah you'll be all good bro😂😂

[@mohuckmedshishkeblob1712]

All well and good just as long as you don't live nearby, what a nightmare locals are in for.

[@bign1667]

11:12 😂 beautiful view of the western sydney sun 🌞 burning 🔥 excessive heat through the glass 🪟 windows turning the airport into a microwave let's not also forget the the radio/radiation wave signals 📻 from the many various frequencies mhz/ghz for communications and remotes sending signals inside and outside of the airport 😂

[@baldersackthethird768]

Beautiful view of the smog covered mountains. The ignorance is off the hook😂

[@nadki8]

Flood plain area, warragamba dam and over budget with minimal cost benefit subway costing aud12billions. Even if the new airport operates 24 hours , it won’t bring much benefit to people living around chatswood, bondi, mosman, and etc.

[@eds4743]

It will benefit everyone by providing additional services and lightening the load on the existing facilities. Whoever will still use the airport in Mascot will have to cope with lower congestion in and around the airport

[@dianafarmer5445]

The Airport which is getting shoved onto the Public. The residents of the surrounding areas didn't want it, and still don't. It's going to ruin the lovely Bushland and Planes going over Warragamba Dam will pollute Sydney's drinking Water.

[@mattymcmacca]

Subbing because i want a seat on the private jet XD

[@DEMMusicCorp]

bro 2062?! Dubai will be flying by then

[@CatTerrist]

there is plenty good but 24/7 is not. Needs to be a curfew for the existing residents under flightpaths

[@baldersackthethird768]

Ask Lucy if she cares about western Sydney residents. Get out before it's too late.

[@eds4743]

The whole idea of the new airport is to have it operating 24/7. This is why it is built in a relatively unpopulated area

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

Looks like a giant steel shed to me.

[@charl12]

Yeah fuel won’t be an issue, No pressurised hydrant system to the aprons and bays. How long do you think it will take to refuel an a380 since they keep banging on how they can handle one. SYD -DXB 230-250,000 litres same with LAX. Singapore 140,000 lites. What, you think there going to do that from a tanker? Do you know how long it takes to bridge fuel into a storage tank? People who know are just laughing at this airport it’s embarrassing.

[@odzergaming]

Long haul routes will probably remain at Kingsford Smith

[@JefferyRoberts-h5s]

The RODE microphone sounds much better , and made in Australia!! Show a bit of patriotism!

[@adriansamuels3965]

Other countries can build massive airports in 5 years aka Istanbul and we can’t build a small airport in 8 years go figure

[@HokageSama13]

If I had to guess why, it would be NIMBYs

[@peepeetrain8755]

Australia has labour laws. Arab countries can build it in a couple of years because those countries are built of slavery. Most western countries take longer because of workers rights and good on them, would rather 10 years for a high quality airport than 3 for a falling apart airport built on slavery

[@adriansamuels3965]

@@peepeetrain8755 first know your geography , Turkey is not a Arab country. They are in the G20 and more advanced than most countries in the world

[@chrispekel5709]

@@adriansamuels3965 And I don't know how paying people who willingly travel internationally to work due to higher wages than their own country is slavery

[@BLAZEPLAZS]

SIA WSIA

[@Smee86]

🤩🫶🏼👏🤠🫡😁

[@jamesroseby3823]

Thanks for the video….Living in Western Sydney I’m so looking forward to the 24 hour, around the clock arrivals and departures. NOT! I hope a common sense compromise is reached on this aspect of the plan because as it stands I’m a few hundred metres away from qualifying for sound insulation. One of the reasons (relative quiet) for living out here will be taken from us….

[@chrispekel5709]

The city is growing. Move away if you don't like it. You were never too far from the city there, change was inevitable

[@jamesroseby3823]

@@chrispekel5709 Piss off.. I invite you to live under a flight path that’s active for 24/7 for a year and report back.

[@jamesroseby3823]

@@chrispekel5709 Looks like my first response was censored. …OK. This airport was Tony Abbotts’ gift to Western Sydney that will subject ostensibly Labor electorates to the north and northeast to aircraft noise 24/7. I’m about 200m from a proposed flight path and it looks like I won’t qualify for any noise insulation. All I ask is for some consideration during the night so as not to be subjected to aircraft noise then. As I said in my initial response, please go and live under a flight path for a year close to an airport which is active 24/7 and report back. Maybe you’d even like to buy a house/apartment under the flight path?

[@chrispekel5709]

@@jamesroseby3823 I did in Melbourne. You're far enough away (they won't build close to the airport because it is 24/7) and the number of planes coming in late substantially drops off. Basically, you don't even notice it after a while. If you don't like, it move. I'll bet a thousand dollars you're still there in 10 years and don't even notice the planes. People always complain about new roads or developments and then get used to it

[@jamesroseby3823]

@@chrispekel5709 I certainly hope so.

[@geoffreystone4849]

The airport is very vulnerable. The aviation jet fuel is being TRUCKED from Notany or Clyde. One accident on the M4 or in the suburban streets can close the airport. On top of this an accident can result in deaths, disruption to the economy and more. Why this multi billion $$$ project doesn't pipeline the fuel is beyond me. The mayors in suburbs along the route take note. You will have B doubles travelling down your high street. The minister for roads and transport need to have in place contingency plans for when a truck crashes on the M4.

[@daveg2104]

Yes, fuel will be trucked in. At least to begin with. Supposedly they have your accident on the M4 covered, at least as far as fuel supply is concerned. “We’ve ensured WSI’s fuel systems will be capable of storing and delivering sustainable aviation fuels to aircraft from day one of operations” . I don't know what routes they will be using, but I doubt they will be going down too many suburban back streets. Petrol has a lower flash point than jet fuel, meaning it busts into flames more easily. Maybe you should be more worried about all the petrol tankers driving around the suburbs.

[@kimriley5655]

@@daveg2104 Fuel tanker combination proposal is A train combinations. Much bigger, that's prime mover and two Full length trailers. Everyday 24/7 on roads that have no tunnels. so connection from Botany will be on regional local roads then onto Motorways. That's a lot of fuel.More than currently shipped to Newcastle or Canberra. past lots of new Housing estates, schools and other densely populated centres not in Eastern Sydney. I expect it takes 6-8 years to plan and build the pipeline that is if you have preserved the corridor for it? NOT Happened! as its a NSWG responsibility, perhaps 2038?

[@daveg2104]

@@kimriley5655 Yeah, they will keep away from tunnels. We don't have disasters with petrol tankers too often (hope I'm not tempting fate there). Although, no matter how responsible the truck drivers are, there are also idiots on the road.

[@geoffreystone4849]

@daveg2104 then you have the activitists. They will be he'll bent on stooping the fuel getting to the airport. Too easy in road trains. Pipelines were not built because it cost more. Also snaking fuel pipelines through backyards. Easier to have a fuel unloading point in Newcastle and coming cross country. Then the Greenies and native title owners jumping up and down. Airport should have been built in Newcastle with high speed trains servicing Sydney.

[@daveg2104]

@@kimriley5655 I think they should have built the pipeline for the opening of the airport. Reading some of the analysis, it's all about cost benefit. Which is an issue, because it isn't just about what is more profitable for the airport. Although the airport will pass the increased charges onto the airlines, which might make the new airport less attractive and less competetive. I'm not sure if there is a newer analysis, but this is from when a lot of the planning should have been occurring. Deloitte analysis 2017 - Based solely on the economic analysis, jet fuel will need to be delivered by truck to WSA until around 2034, and based on WSA’s passenger forecasting, approximately 41 B-double trucks will be required on a daily basis by 2033. This result is consistent with the WSA EIS modelling.

[@Creees]

One word to the people responsible for building. HURRY UP. All the roads around here are a mess. Why does it always take forever to do anything.

[@TheSsalty]

I really appreciate what you do on your channel, but I do have a fairly major issue with this video. I think that it would have been important to not just how problematic Badgerys Creek airport is. I grew up in the Blue Mountains, and we've known for years that ops in and out of an airport were going to have a very major environmental impact on the local fauna and flora, and that there would be potential noise issues with an airport with no curfew. I'm a huge avgeek, and always in favour of urban development, but this airport isn't a positive thing for Sydney. I'm all in favour of Western Sydney's urbanisation (albeit not in its low density Oran Park-esque form), but the airport is a backwards move that isn't really going to tangibly benefit anyone. One of the biggest arguments for building WSI has been the increased demand on YSSY, and whilst it is true that Kingsford Smith is a busy airport, I think it's reasonable to argue that a proper HSR connection between Brisbane/Sydney/Melbourne would take a significant amount of stress away from YSSY, thus eliminating the need for another airport. Sydney is only going to grow, and unless we look for proper, environmentally viable solutions we're just going to follow in London's footpaths.

[@mgp1203]

HSR between Brissy/Syd/Melb will never happen. The cost of such a project will not outweigh the benefits. It's more realistic for something like Wollongong - Sydney - NewCastle.

[@chrispekel5709]

What sort of effect? Sounds like NIMBY rubbish. Sydney badly needs this. HSR isn't economically feasible

[@oufukubinta]

That guy saying "memorahndum" killed by buzz…

[@WesternSydneyInternational]

Sorry, we'll get him to aussie it up a bit more next time

[@FogartyAvenue]

Tree-mendos

[@zlatkoperikic9846]

24 hr the noise is going to kill sydney