Essendon Airport

Australia / Victoria / Melbourne /
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.


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Details
Type: Airport (Aerodrome, Airfield)
Use: Public/Civil
Latitude: 37°43'41"S (-37.728056)
Longitude: 144°54'07"E (144.901944)
Elevation: 282 ft (86 m)
Runways: 2: runways 08/26 and 17/35
Longest: 6302 × 148 ft (1921 × 45 m)

Related Locations
Farthest: FLW: 12194 mi / 19624 km, Flores Island [Santa Cruz], Azores, PT

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essendon_Airport
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Coordinates:   37°43'27"S   144°54'13"E

Comments

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