YMEN · MEB
Melbourne Essendon Airport
Melbourne Essendon Airport (YMEN / MEB) is an airfield with scheduled airline service serving Essendon Fields, Victoria. The field lies at 282 ft (86 m) above sea level and has two crossing runways, the longest 6,302 ft (1,921 m), asphalt and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Melbourne Airport (MEL), 5 nm NW.
Alārium shows aircraft arriving at and departing from MEB in real time and in three dimensions, with current weather from the field’s own METAR, the runway the wind favours, and the movements observed there.
Location
- Elevation
- 282 ft (86 m)
- Coordinates
- -37.7281, 144.9020
- Serving
- Essendon Fields
- Region
- Victoria
- Time zone
- Australia/Melbourne
Runways2 · longest 6,302 ft
Drawn from published thresholds — true bearings, separations and lengths. Widths are exaggerated; at true proportion a runway is a hairline. Not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 6,302 ft1,921 m | 148 ft | Asphalt | Lit |
| 17/35 | 4,311 ft1,314 m | 148 ft | Asphalt | Lit |
Nearby airfields
- Nearest paved 3,000 ft
- MELMelbourne Airport · 5 nm NW
- Airfields within 25 nm
- 10
Field data: OurAirports, public domain. Positions: ADS-B, which does not carry every aircraft.