# Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW / YMMB)

**Melbourne Moorabbin Airport** (IATA: MBW, ICAO: YMMB) is a medium airport in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It opened in Dec 1949. It has 5 runways; the longest is 1,335 m (4,380 ft). In 2022 it handled 7 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MBW / YMMB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Opened: Dec 1949
- Elevation: 15 m / 50 ft
- Coordinates: -37.9778, 145.0998
- Runways: 5
- Longest runway: 1,335 m / 4,380 ft
- Passengers: 7,190 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Melbourne
- Website: https://www.moorabbinairport.com.au/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorabbin_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1232433
- Weather station: YMMB · WMO 94870
- Ident: YMMB

## Timeline

- Dec 1949: Melbourne Moorabbin Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17L/35R | 1,335 m / 4,380 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 176° / 356° | yes |
| 17R/35L | 1,240 m / 4,069 ft | 18 m / 60 ft | Asphalt | 176° / 356° |  |
| 13L/31R | 1,149 m / 3,770 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 142° / 322° | yes |
| 13R/31L | 1,060 m / 3,478 ft | 18 m / 60 ft | Asphalt | 142° / 322° |  |
| 04/22 | 571 m / 1,873 ft | 18 m / 60 ft | Asphalt | 047° / 227° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 9,724 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 9,756 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 9,766 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 9,610 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 8,996 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 9,074 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 9,090 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 9,080 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 9,108 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 4,800 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 5,906 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 7,190 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [KNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ykii.md) King Island Airport · Australia · 236 km / 147 mi · King Island Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [King Island Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/king-island-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 7K (2022) | #2,817 of 3,974 | #167 in Oceania | #105 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,335 m / 4,380 ft | =8,477 of 29,858 | #600 in Oceania | #474 in AU |
| Elevation | 15 m / 50 ft | =39,196 of 43,403 | =1,782 in Oceania | =1,076 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =80 in Oceania | #37 in AU |
| Runways | 5 | =14 of 29,978 | =3 in Oceania | #1 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 120.900 |
| CTAF | When TWR not operating | 118.100 |
| FIA | Melb CNTR | 135.700 |
| AWIS | A/hours | 120.900 |
| TWR | East | 118.100 |
| SMC |  | 134.250 |
| TWR | West | 123.000 |
| Fuel | World Fuel | 121.650 |

## Nearby airports

- [MEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymen.md) Melbourne Essendon Airport · 33 km / 20 mi
- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · 41 km / 26 mi
- [AVV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymav.md) Melbourne Avalon International Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [TGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yltv.md) Latrobe Valley Airport · 123 km / 76 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: “Moorabbin Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moorabbin_Airport&oldid=1363060481), revision of 7 Jul 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/ymmb/data