# Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB / YMEN)

**Melbourne Essendon Airport** (IATA: MEB, ICAO: YMEN) is a medium airport in Essendon Fields, Victoria, Australia. It opened in 1921. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,921 m (6,302 ft). In 2022 it handled 34 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MEB / YMEN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Essendon Fields, Victoria, Australia
- Opened: 1921
- Elevation: 86 m / 282 ft
- Coordinates: -37.7281, 144.9020
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,921 m / 6,302 ft
- Passengers: 33,941 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Melbourne
- Website: https://ef.com.au/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essendon_Fields_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1319272
- Weather station: YMEN · WMO 94864
- Ident: YMEN

## Timeline

- 1921: Melbourne Essendon Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,921 m / 6,302 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 088° / 268° | yes |
| 17/35 | 1,314 m / 4,311 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 177° / 357° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 19,931 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 18,836 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 17,227 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 14,927 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 14,526 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 18,930 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 34,647 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 40,032 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 43,424 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 15,655 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 18,163 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 33,941 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [KNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ykii.md) King Island Airport · Australia · 255 km / 158 mi · Sharp Airlines
- [FLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yfli.md) Flinders Island Airport · Australia · 375 km / 233 mi · Sharp Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- SH [Sharp Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sharp-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 34K (2022) | #2,238 of 3,974 | #111 in Oceania | #68 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,921 m / 6,302 ft | =4,236 of 29,858 | #148 in Oceania | #94 in AU |
| Elevation | 86 m / 282 ft | =31,778 of 43,403 | =1,189 in Oceania | =744 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1921 | =196 of 15,079 | =4 in Oceania | =4 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 132.000 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.800 |
| DEP | DEP | 118.900 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · 8.5 km / 5.3 mi
- [MBW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymmb.md) Melbourne Moorabbin Airport · 33 km / 20 mi
- [AVV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymav.md) Melbourne Avalon International Airport · 52 km / 32 mi
- [TGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yltv.md) Latrobe Valley Airport · 148 km / 92 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: “Essendon Fields Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Essendon_Fields_Airport&oldid=1375326257), revision of 17 Sep 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/ymen/data