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Melbourne · Australia

MEL Melbourne Airport

Local timeUTC+11Australia/Melbourne
Runways2longest 11,998 ft3,657 m
Elevation434 ft132 mabove sea level
CodesMEL · YMMLIATA · ICAO

Photo: MDRX, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Runways

Runway layout of Melbourne Airport, drawn to scale from surveyed runway-end positionsRunway 16/34: 11,998 ft (3,657 m), asphaltRunway 09/27: 7,500 ft (2,286 m), asphalt163409271 km · 3,281 ftN
Drawn to scale by JetSet Authority from OurAirports’ runway-end coordinates. Taxiways and buildings are not shown. Not for navigation.
RunwayLengthWidthSurface
16/34
171° / 351° true		 11,998 ft3,657 m197 ft60 masphalt · lit
09/27
94° / 274° true		 7,500 ft2,286 m148 ft45 masphalt · lit

Runway numbers are the magnetic heading divided by ten, rounded; L, C and R mark parallel runways. Displaced thresholds shorten the usable length at some ends.

Location and time

Coordinates37.7°S, 144.8°E (-37.6707, 144.8379)
RegionVictoria, Australia
Time zoneAustralia/Melbourne: UTC+10 standard time, UTC+11 during daylight saving time
Official sitemelbourneairport.com.au/

Distances and flight times to world hubs

Great circles from MEL to 20 major hubsATLLAXJFKORDYYZMEXGRULHRCDGFRAISTDXBDOHJNBDELSINHKGPEKHNDSYDMEL
HubDistanceFrom MELTo MEL
Sydney SYD706 km438 mi1 h 50 min1 h 55 min
Singapore SIN6,033 km3,748 mi8 h 10 min7 h 40 min
Hong Kong HKG7,412 km4,606 mi9 h 40 min9 h 20 min
Tokyo HND8,158 km5,069 mi10 h 20 min10 h 15 min
Beijing PEK9,112 km5,662 mi11 h 35 min11 h 15 min
Delhi DEL10,191 km6,332 mi13 h12 h 15 min
Johannesburg JNB10,319 km6,412 mi13 h 55 min11 h 50 min
Dubai DXB11,644 km7,235 mi14 h 50 min13 h 50 min
Doha DOH11,957 km7,430 mi15 h 10 min14 h 10 min
Los Angeles LAX12,758 km7,928 mi15 h16 h 10 min
São Paulo GRU13,119 km8,152 mi15 h 45 min16 h 10 min
Mexico City MEX13,579 km8,437 mi15 h 50 min17 h 15 min
Istanbul IST14,642 km9,098 mi18 h 30 min16 h 55 min
Chicago ORD15,557 km9,667 mi17 h 55 min19 h 40 min
Atlanta ATL15,592 km9,689 mi18 h19 h 40 min
Toronto YYZ16,252 km10,099 mi18 h 35 min20 h 35 min
Frankfurt FRA16,313 km10,136 mi20 h 40 min18 h 40 min
New York JFK16,696 km10,374 mi19 h 05 min21 h 05 min
Paris CDG16,756 km10,412 mi21 h 10 min19 h 05 min
London LHR16,908 km10,506 mi21 h 20 min19 h 20 min

Estimated scheduled flight times for a nonstop flight; whether one operates is not something we track. Linked hubs have a full route page.

Nearest airports with scheduled flights

AirportDistance
Essendon Fields MEB
Melbourne Essendon Airport		9 km5 mi SE
Melbourne MBW
Melbourne Moorabbin Airport		41 km26 mi SE
Geelong/Melbourne AVV
Melbourne Avalon International Airport		52 km33 mi SW
Mount Hotham MHU
Mount Hotham Airport		231 km144 mi ENE
King Island Airport KNS
King Island Airport		259 km161 mi SSW
East Albury ABX
Albury Airport		260 km161 mi NE
Portland Airport PTJ
Portland Airport		304 km189 mi WSW
Mount Gambier MGB
Mount Gambier Airport		357 km222 mi W

How far can you get?

Of the 265 airports with guides on this site, roughly this many are within a nonstop flight of:

63 hours
136 hours
249 hours
9412 hours

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Route guides from MEL

Radio frequencies
ServiceDescriptionMHz
ApproachMelbourne Approach132.000
ATIS (recorded airport information)YMML ATIS118.000
Clearance deliveryCLNC DEL127.200
DepartureMelbourne Departures (to north)118.900
DepartureMelbourne Departures (to south)129.400
GroundMelbourne ground121.700
TowerMelbourne Tower120.500

From OurAirports’ community-maintained list. Frequencies change; check the current official publication. Not for navigation.

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