Sydney is at the start of a bomb cyclone at the moment. Max wave size over 10 meters (33 feet) is forecast and all runways but 25 were closed recently.
Test approach with the current real world conditions. Casual, late afternoon, the Sydney 25 approach.
Turning onto the 25 approach, wind about 60kts at 3000AGL:
A bit slow:
A bit high (over Bondi Beach):
Coming in over the coast at Clovelly to Coogee beach:
The wonders of modern aviation:
Impressive!
Nice flight, good landing
The wonders of automation partly. But actually, I didn’t have much crosswind near the runway, and gusts were a bit tame at that time, so the manual landing wasn’t really challenging (yet)
I had not heard the term “bomb cyclone” before:
(a drop of 24 hPa is like a 2.5% drop in the total atmospheric pressure, which is a lot apparently)
Nice one! Haven’t seen Sydney use 25s this much for the past few years. I did see a SriLankan A330 depart runway 34L today.
That must have been before noon or so? We tend to hear when 25 is in use, and yes, most of the time, silence. Not today for sure.
Btw, the Clovelly east beach cam, you can see the aircraft lights coming in live on the 25 approach over the ocean (top center in the sky, just now screenshot…and white water below):
The angle of the light beam is pretty much pointing directly down the rwy 25 heading at this point (not allowing for any crosswind crab).
That aircraft’s position would be nearing my 4th screenshot position.
Interesting. Departures north and arrivals west? They are mixing it up as conditions change?
It is an interesting meteorological thing for sure
I’m flying out of Sydney tomorrow morning so wish me luck hopefully things will have calmed down a bit for my flight 
This is a fascinating weather phenomenon indeed. Hopefully someone will make a timelapse of SYD traffic in this period.
Yes, good luck! I hope your flight schedule is not overly affected.
The drama continues:
YSSY 012130Z 20032G43KT 6000 -SHRA DZ FEW013 BKN020 BKN040 15/13 Q0997
Yeah, and those gusts are making it through to IF live. I just tried an approach to 25 again, but the crosswind was likely too strong for that runway now.
Maximum demonstrated crosswind for most aircraft is 40knots or just a little under 
good landing practice!
Gonna go there in a minute!
