How you can tour Western Sydney Airport now for free

Construction and fitting for Sydney Australia’s newest international airport, the Western Sydney Airport (WSI, or, officially named, the Nancy-Bird Walton), located in Luddenham, is complete, and the airport is looking for volunteers to act like passengers to move through the terminal just like a real passenger would, to test out their brand new systems and procedures twice a week in several trials to run from August to October 2026. Participants will get the opportunity to see what the airport is like, from check-in to the departures but alas, without actually stepping on board a plane.

The airport will run these trials on Tuesdays and Thursdays in August, September, and October 2026. Participants will be required to arrive by 8:30am, and each trial run goes for around 7-8 hours. You can visit as a group, but each person needs a separate registration.

Food and drink will be provided, and there will be free parking for participants. When the airport opens to the public for real flights later in the year, there will be (hopefully) metro services. In the meantime, public transport options are buses from Penrith train station, the trip taking an hour to the airport.

Singapore Airlines will be one of the first airlines using the Western Sydney International airport when it opens later in 2026.

For more details about the trial program and to register, see their website here:

https://www.wsiairport.com.au/wsi-trial-program

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