# Melbourne Orlando International Airport (MLB / KMLB)

**Melbourne Orlando International Airport** (IATA: MLB, ICAO: KMLB) is a medium airport in Melbourne, Florida, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 3 runways; the longest is 10,181 ft (3,103 m). In 2025 it handled 629 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmlb

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MLB / KMLB
- FAA: MLB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Melbourne, Florida, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 33 ft / 10 m
- Coordinates: 28.1020, -80.6411
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 10,181 ft / 3,103 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches, 1 departure, 3 arrivals
- Passengers: 628,974 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.mlbair.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Orlando_International_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652030
- Weather station: KMLB · WMO 72204
- Ident: KMLB

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Melbourne Orlando International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09R/27L | 10,181 ft / 3,103 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 087° / 267° | yes |
| 09L/27R | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 087° / 267° | yes |
| 05/23 | 3,001 ft / 915 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 042° / 222° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00252AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 444,844 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 439,049 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 442,153 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 445,988 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 466,293 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 479,767 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 219,702 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 355,530 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 678,259 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 729,820 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 696,238 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 628,974 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 492 mi / 791 km · American Eagle

### Seasonal (1)

- [LGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klga.md) LaGuardia Airport · United States · 956 mi / 1,539 km · Delta Connection

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MLB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1
- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 629K (2025) | #1,018 of 3,974 | #248 in North America | #172 in US |
| Longest runway | 10,181 ft / 3,103 m | #926 of 29,858 | #199 in North America | #157 in US |
| Elevation | 33 ft / 10 m | =40,220 of 43,403 | =18,195 in North America | =14,980 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ORLANDO APP/DEP | 132.650 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 132.550 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.900 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.200 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| OPS | GRUMMAN OPS | 123.200 |
| RDO | ST PETERSBURG RDO | 122.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.200 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [COF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcof.md) Patrick Space Force Base · 9.4 mi / 15 km
- [KXMR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kxmr.md) Cape Canaveral SFS Skid Strip · 26 mi / 41 km
- [TIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktix.md) Space Coast Regional Airport · 30 mi / 48 km
- [VRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvrb.md) Vero Beach Regional Airport · 34 mi / 54 km
- [KTTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktts.md) Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility · 36 mi / 57 km
- [FPR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfpr.md) Treasure Coast International Airport · 45 mi / 73 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Melbourne Orlando International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Orlando_International_Airport&oldid=1371590978), revision of 27 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmlb/data