Melbourne Airport

Melbourne Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	YMML
IATA code	MEL
Coordinates	37 ° 40 '24 "  S , 144 ° 50' 36"  E Coordinates: 37 ° 40 '24 "  S , 144 ° 50' 36"  E
Height above MSL	132 m (433  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	22 km northwest of Melbourne
Street	CityLink, Tullamarine Freeway
Local transport	Skybus Super Shuttle
Basic data
opening	July 1, 1970
operator	Australia Pacific Airports
surface	3039 ha
Terminals	4th
Passengers	35,559,378 (2017)
Air freight	323,201 t (2017)
Flight movements	238,620 (2017)
Employees	14,300 (2013)
Runways
09/27	2286 m × 45 m asphalt
16/34	3657 m × 60 m asphalt

Exterior view of Terminal 1

The Melbourne Airport (engl. Melbourne Airport , IATA code : MEL , ICAO code : YMML ) is an international airport 22 kilometers north-west of Melbourne in the suburb of Tullamarine , Victoria ( Australia ). In addition to Melbourne Airport - also known as Tullamarine Airport - there are three other, smaller airports in the greater Melbourne area: Avalon Airport near Geelong , the old Essendon Airport and Moorabbin Airport south-southeast of the city center. It serves as a hub for Qantas and Virgin Australia .

The airport has two runways and four terminals. It is open around the clock .

The airport operator is Australia Pacific Airports Corporation Limited (APAC)

history

Airport layout

Melbourne Airport opened on July 1, 1970 to replace Essendon Airport, which was nearing capacity . The new airport was built a few kilometers further outside.

In 1997 the airport was privatized. The original name Tullamarine Airport was given up in favor of Melbourne Airport , but the first name is still used in the flight plans of some airlines. It is the first airport in Australia to be modified for the Airbus A380 .

Airport facilities

Melbourne Airport has four terminals:

• T1 is used by Qantas and Qantas Link and has 22 gates
• T2 is the international terminal and has 16 gates. This terminal will be, among others, Qantas , Jetstar Australia , Emirates and Singapore Airlines used
• T3 is used for domestic flights by Virgin Australia .
• T4 is used by the low-cost airlines Tiger Airways Australia and Jetstar Australia as well as the regional airlines Airnorth and REX and the airline Alliance Airlines .

Virgin Australia uses the terminal for its domestic A330-200 flights.

See also

• List of the largest commercial airports

Web links

Commons : Melbourne Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
• Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
• Melbourne Airport website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Melbourne Airport. ABS.gov.au , accessed June 13, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Airport traffic data. BITRE.gov.au , accessed on June 13, 2018 (English). 
3. ↑ Melbourne Airport Master Plan 2013. (No longer available online.) MelbourneAirport.com.au, archived from the original on March 13, 2018 ; accessed on June 13, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Australia Pacific Airports Corporation Limited (APAC) ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.