Australia's busiest airport recorded higher passenger transit in 2025 on increased international activity, Sydney airport data released 4 February show.
- October-December transits of 11.41mn passengers were by 4pc up on the year, driven by a 6pc rise in international travellers.
- Last year was Sydney's busiest ever for international travel with 17.17mn passengers passing through gates.
- But the 25.36mn domestic passengers was still down from pre-Covid levels of 27.5mn in 2019. And total passenger numbers in 2025 were 4pc below 2019 figures.
- Passenger traffic at Australia's Melbourne Airport — the nation's second-busiest — rose by 7pc on the year in 2024 to 35.75mn, but this was 5pc below 2019's 37.45mn.
- National jet fuel sales leapt 8pc in the first 11 months of 2025 to 172,000 b/d, with November the latest month for which data from Australian Petroleum Statistics are available. The figure was just 160,000 b/d in January-November 2024.
- Jet fuel sales in New South Wales state, where Sydney airport is located, averaged 57,000 b/d in January-November last year, up from 55,000 b/d in the first 11 months of 2024.
| Sydney Airport passenger traffic | |||||||||
| Oct-Dec '25 | Jul-Sep '25 | Oct-Dec '24 | 2025 | 2024 | 2019 | q-o-q % ± | y-o-y % ± | 2025 vs 2024 % ± | |
| Total | 11.41 | 10.68 | 11 | 42.54 | 41.4 | 44.4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| International | 4.62 | 4.28 | 4.4 | 17.17 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Domestic | 6.79 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 25.36 | 25.1 | 27.5 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Source: Sydney Airport | |||||||||
