# Melbourne Avalon International Airport (AVV / YMAV)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AVV / YMAV
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Geelong/Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Opened: 1953
- Elevation: 11 m / 35 ft
- Coordinates: -38.0403, 144.4672
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,048 m / 10,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Melbourne
- Website: https://avalonairport.com.au/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17896
- Weather station: YMAV
- Ident: YMAV

## Timeline

- 1953: Melbourne Avalon International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,048 m / 10,000 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 187° / 007° | yes |

## Routes

6 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [ADL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypad.md) Adelaide International Airport · Australia · 632 km / 393 mi · Jetstar Airways
- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 756 km / 470 mi · Jetstar Airways
- [OOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcg.md) Gold Coast Airport · Australia · 1,382 km / 859 mi · Jetstar Airways
- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 1,433 km / 890 mi · Jetstar Airways
- [DPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wadd.md) Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport · Indonesia · 4,383 km / 2,723 mi · Jetstar Airways

### Cargo (1)

- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 12,330 km / 7,662 mi · Saudia Cargo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- JQ [Jetstar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetstar-airways) · 5

### Cargo (1)

- SV [Saudia Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia-cargo) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,048 m / 10,000 ft | =1,058 of 29,858 | #25 in Oceania | #14 in AU |
| Elevation | 11 m / 35 ft | =40,124 of 43,403 | =1,877 in Oceania | =1,124 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =86 in Oceania | #39 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 116.100 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.100 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE RADAR | 135.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.100 |
| UNIC | FLIGHT OPS | 129.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [MEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymen.md) Melbourne Essendon Airport · 52 km / 32 mi
- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · 52 km / 33 mi
- [MBW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymmb.md) Melbourne Moorabbin Airport · 56 km / 35 mi

## Sources

- [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: “Avalon Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Avalon_Airport&oldid=1369503056), revision of 15 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/ymav/data