AVV

Melbourne Avalon International Airport

ICAO YMAV38.0403°S 144.4672°E11 m / 35 ftLarge airport
On the map
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Melbourne Avalon International Airport (IATA: AVV, ICAO: YMAV) is a large airport in Geelong/Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It opened in 1953. It has one runway, 3,048 m (10,000 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1953–1953
1953
OpenedMelbourne Avalon International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Domestic TerminalInternational Terminal
18/36187° / 007° · LIT
LENGTH3,048 m10,000 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

6 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsJetstar Airways 5Saudia Cargo 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AVV. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Avalon Airport” (revision of 15 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,048 m10,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,058of 29,823 · #25 Oceania · #14 AUElevation11 m35 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,064of 43,341 · =1,861 Oceania · =1,124 AUAgeOpened 19532026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,935of 15,079 · =86 Oceania · #39 AURunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =468 AU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels
ATISATIS116.100
CTAFCTAF120.100
FSSMELBOURNE RADAR135.700
TWRTWR120.100
UNICFLIGHT OPS129.300