Traveller spots bizarre rooftop sign while flying into Sydney Airport

An eagle-eyed passenger on board a flight in to Sydney has posted an unusual rooftop sign he noticed as the plane descended to the runway to land.

Posting to Reddit, the man was flying into Sydney Airport when he noticed a sign that had been painted onto a rooftop below.

“Welcome to Perth,” it read.

The sign on the roof of a nearby business flying into Sydney Airport caught a few passengers off-guard.Source:Reddit

Users of the platform where the image was posted were quick to praise the clever culprit, with many saying they would likely have a moment of panic if that’s the first thing they saw during landing.

“Someone has a good sense of humour,” one person wrote on Reddit.

“I am exactly the type of person that would finally manage to get 5 minutes of sleep just before landing, wake up to this dazed and confused and freak the f**k out. Bravo,” one person wrote.

“As someone who was originally from Perth, I love this,” a third added.

“If I had an award to give, this post would have gotten it.”

It is unclear what business is responsible for the cheeky sign, although one user claimed the sign had been painted on top of Heasman’s Steering and Suspension complex.

Some questioned how often people would actually be shocked by the sign, given most flights into Sydney do pass over or at least near to the iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House.

Not the first time roof sign has caused confusion

Some suggested the sign was Australia’s version of the famous ‘Welcome to Cleveland’ sign that was painted on the roof of a home in Milwaukee.

Since 1978, passengers flying to Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee have spotted the sign, written on the roof in 2m-tall letters.

The famous ‘Welcome to Cleveland’ sign on a house in Milwaukee has been fooling passengers for decades.Source:Supplied

The sign, painted by Mark Gubin, has been confusing – and terrifying – passengers who were suddenly convinced they were going to the wrong place.

Mr Gubin first got the idea to paint the sign when he was having lunch on the roof of his apartment with his assistant at the time, and she noticed all the low-flying planes that came by.

His assistant said Mr Gubin should make a sign that welcomed the passengers to Milwaukee, but instead as a gag – he wrote Cleveland instead – and ever since it has appeared in thousands of headlines, in TV news reports and even The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson.

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