AirportsMelbourne Moorabbin Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MBW.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MBW
- ICAO code
- YMMB
- City
- Melbourne
- State or region
- Victoria
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 37.9778° S, 145.0998° E
- Elevation
- 15 m (50 ft)
- Runways
- 5
- Longest runway
- 1,335 m (4,380 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MBW means Melbourne Moorabbin Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YMMB. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 37.9778° S, 145.0998° E. It stands 15 metres (50 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Melbourne, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Melbourne Moorabbin Airport has 5 runways in the data. The longest is 1,335 metres (4,380 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 136.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17L/35R | 1,335 m 4,380 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 17R/35L | 1,240 m 4,069 ft | 18 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 13L/31R | 1,149 m 3,770 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 13R/31L | 1,060 m 3,478 ft | 18 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 04/22 | 571 m 1,873 ft | 18 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Essendon AirportEssendon Fields | MEB | 33 km |
| Melbourne AirportMelbourne | MEL | 41 km |
| Melbourne Avalon International AirportGeelong/Melbourne | AVV | 56 km |
| Bendigo Airport | BXG | 154 km |
| Mount Hotham AirportMount Hotham | MHU | 223 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,230 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,841 km | 12 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,677 km | 14 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,948 km | 20 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 16,684 km | 20 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,752 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,071 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,194 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 707 km | 1 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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