Sydney Airport Has Delays

Saturday, 8 August 2026, 10:52am

Saturday, 8 August 2026, 11:08am

Passengers are told to expect delays at Sydney Airport today.

In short:

There are delays at Sydney Airport due to air traffic control issues.

Over 150 flights are delayed this morning.

Sydney Airport says check with your airline for updates.

Many flights are delayed at Sydney Airport this morning.

Both international and domestic flights are affected.

About 95 Qantas flights are delayed, including 25 QantasLink flights.

Virgin Australia flights are also delayed.

Virgin Australia flights are affected too.

Sydney Airport says air traffic movement is being managed.

This will affect flight schedules and cause delays.

Air services says it has roster issues.

Many passengers are affected by air traffic control issues.

Air traffic control is struggling to have enough staff.

Both international and domestic flights are delayed.

There are 95 delays in the Qantas network.

Airservices Australia says it is managing departure spacing due to roster issues.

Airservices is working to reduce delays and help passengers.

Airservices is training more controllers to fix roster issues.

The situation is putting pressure on the network.

Stephen Beckett talks about air traffic control issues.

Sydney Airport is the biggest and busiest airport.

Delays in Sydney affect the whole network.

There were delays at the airport on Friday morning too.

Some flights waited on the tarmac for over an hour.

Airservices Australia says capacity is back to normal now.

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