What is Western Sydney Airport?
[[Image:Badgerys Creek Road and Parkland.JPG|thumb|300px|Badgerys Creek Road and Parkland, within the airport site.]] The '''Western Sydney Airport''' (also known as '''Badgerys Creek Airport''') is an [[airport]] in the suburb of {{NSWcity|Badgerys Creek}} in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. The airport is planned to be a 24 hour, curfew-free airport. It would most likely be completed in 2026.<ref>http://westernsydneyairport.gov.au/files/summary_brochure-an_airport_for_WS.pdf</ref> The site was officially designed by the [[Government of Australia|Federal Government]] on 15 April 2014, after years of debate on the location for another airport within the Sydney basin.<ref name=WT056>{{cite press release|author1=Truss, Warren|authorlink1=Warren Truss|title=Western Sydney Airport to Deliver Jobs and Infrastructure|url=http://www.minister.infrastructure.gov.au/wt/releases/2014/April/wt056_2014.aspx|work=Ministry for Inreastructure and Regional Development|publisher=[[Commonwealth of Australia]]|accessdate=15 April 2014|author2=Abbott, Tony|authorlink2=Tony Abbott|archivedate=16 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416210638/http://www.minister.infrastructure.gov.au/wt/releases/2014/April/wt056_2014.aspx}}</ref> The site is within {{convert|7|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the [[Blue Mountains National Park]] and lies {{convert|11|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the east to [[Warragamba Dam]], Sydney's largest drinking water catchment.<ref name=FSP>{{cite web|title=Visit Warragamba Dam|url=http://www.waternsw.com.au/supply/visit/warragamba-dam}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Airports in Australia]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Sydney]] [[Category:Transport in Sydney]]