Travelers warned to double-check time zones to avoid airport chaos as Australia’s daylight saving time comes to an end this weekend
- Sydney Airports reminds travelers to check their flight times
- Daylight saving time ends at 3 a.m. Sunday morning
- Clocks in five states and territories are turned back one hour
With clocks being turned back an hour as daylight saving time ends this weekend, Sydney Airport has reminded travelers to double-check time zones to avoid travel chaos.
On Sunday morning, residents of the five states and territories that observe daylight saving time will turn their clocks back from 3 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Those heading to airports before or after the time change are urged to double-check flight schedules, with flight durations and arrival and departure times changing as the country reverts to standard time.
Sydney Airport’s TikTok page shared a friendly nudge for travelers to check their boarding times, saying that while travelers “look forward to the extra hour of sleep,” they should check departure and arrival times with daylight saving time in mind.
Sydney Airport has reminded travelers to double-check their time zone if flying this weekend as clocks roll back in multiple states and territories and daylight saving time ends
“Hello everyone, I just want to let you know that daylight saving time ends on April 2, 2023,” the airport’s social media manager posted.
‘So check your departure/arrival time carefully.’
Daylight saving time exists to make the most of natural daylight.
This is achieved by moving the clock forward one hour in the spring and back to standard time in the fall.
In Australia, five of eight states and territories participate in daylight saving time.
Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia do not, leaving their sleep schedules unchanged throughout the year.
At the beginning and end of daylight saving time, airports can be chaotic locations due to changing flight schedules. Flight durations and airport arrival and departure times change with times observed by each state and territory (Photo: Sydney airport queues)
At 2am on the first Sunday in October, clocks move forward one hour to 3am in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
Six months later, on the first Sunday in April, daylight saving time ends at 3 a.m. and those five states and territories revert to standard time.
With clocks reverting to Australian Central Standard Time on Sundays, the East Coast states will no longer see an hour’s time difference with Queensland and the time difference with Western Australia will return to just two hours.
After 3am on Sunday, the Northern Territory and South Australia will be half an hour behind the East Coast time.