Need to decide 2nd Sydney airport: Husic

BOTH major parties need to reveal where they want a second Sydney airport before the federal election, Labor backbencher Ed Husic says.

Mr Husic, whose federal electorate of Chifley is in western Sydney, says fellow MPs from the area are concerned about the potential impact if a second airport was put there.

In March 2012, a joint federal and NSW government study found there would be dire consequences if Sydney's airport capacity was not addressed.

It recommended proceeding with a new airport at Badgerys Creek in Sydney's west and lifting the limit of 80 aircraft movements per hour.

Mr Husic said the Badgerys Creek plan wasn't a good idea in the 1990s and Liberal frontbencher Joe Hockey's support for it was part of a Liberal party push to force it onto western Sydney.

The region already had a population of two million and an airport would increase that, he said.

"Putting an airport in the middle of that population density makes no sense," Mr Husic said.

A poll, published in The Daily Telegraph on Monday, found three out of four people wanted a second airport for Sydney, with a third favouring Newcastle as the location.

"I don't think I'll be the first person to speak up on this, particularly in this year when both parties need to lay out on the table what their position is in relation to the airport," Mr Husic told reporters in Canberra.

Transport Minister Anthony Albanese favours a second airport at Wilton, southwest of Sydney.

But a News Limited poll on Monday showed support for the Wilton option at just four per cent, with Newcastle the frontrunner.

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