Essendon Airport

Essendon Fields Airport Melbourne–Essendon
Essendon Airport terminal building
IATA: MEB ICAO: YMEN WMO: 95866
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Andrew Fox and Max Beck
Operator	Essendon Airport Pty. Ltd.
Serves	Melbourne
Location	Essendon Fields, Victoria, Australia
Opened	1921; 103 years ago (1921)
Elevation AMSL	282 ft / 86 m
Coordinates	37°43′41″S 144°54′07″E / 37.72806°S 144.90194°E / -37.72806; 144.90194
Website	www.ef.com.au
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 1,921 6,302 Grooved asphalt 17/35 1,504 4,934 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Movements 60,000+
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1] Statistics from Essendon Airport[2]

Essendon Fields Airport (IATA: MEB, ICAO: YMEN), colloquially known by its former name Essendon Airport, is a 305 ha (750 acres) public airport serving scheduled commercial, corporate-jet, charter and general aviation flights. It is located next to the intersection of the Tullamarine and Calder Freeways, in the north western suburb of Essendon Fields of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The airport is the closest to Melbourne's City Centre, approximately an 11 km (6.8 mi) drive north-west from it and 8 km (5.0 mi) south-east from Melbourne–Tullamarine Airport. In 1970, Tullamarine Airport replaced Essendon as Melbourne's main airport.