Melbourne Airport
Melbourne Airport |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | YMML |
IATA code | MEL |
Coordinates | |
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 |
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
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
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Melbourne Airport website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Melbourne Airport. ABS.gov.au , accessed June 13, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Airport traffic data. BITRE.gov.au , accessed on June 13, 2018 (English).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.