MEL
Melbourne Airport
Melbourne Airport (IATA: MEL, ICAO: YMML) is a large airport in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It opened on 1 Jul 1970. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,657 m (11,998 ft). It is operated by Australia Pacific Airports Corporation. In 2022 it handled 25.7 million passengers.
Timeline
3 events · 1970–200901 JUL 1970
OpenedMelbourne Airport opens.
01 JUL 1970
RenamedRenamed Melbourne International Airport.
20 MAR 2009
DisasterEmirates Flight 407.No deaths
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap16/34171° / 351° · LIT
LENGTH3,657 m11,998 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
09/27094° / 274° · LIT
LENGTH2,286 m7,500 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2011–202227.7M
28.9M
30.2M
31.4M
32.8M
34.4M
36.0M
36.9M
37.1M
8.9M
7.2M
25.7M
111213141516171819202122
Routes
76 destinations · 25 countriesYear-round72
KNSKing Island AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines259 km161 miMGBMount Gambier AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines357 km222 miWGAWagga Wagga AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines365 km227 miBWTWynyard AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines378 km235 miDPODevonport AirportAustralia · QantasLink412 km256 miMIMMerimbula AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines456 km283 miMQLMildura AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines456 km283 miCBRCanberra AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +1470 km292 miLSTLaunceston AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways476 km296 miOAGOrange AirportAustralia · Link Airways615 km382 miHBAHobart International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +1618 km384 miADLAdelaide International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +1641 km398 miWSIWestern Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Jetstar Airways677 km421 miDBODubbo City Regional AirportAustralia · Link Airways695 km432 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways706 km439 miNTLNewcastle AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways835 km519 miCFSCoffs Harbour AirportAustralia · QantasLink1,117 km694 miBNKBallina Byron Gateway AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways1,273 km791 miOOLGold Coast AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways1,330 km826 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +11,381 km858 miMCYSunshine Coast AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways1,455 km904 miHVBHervey Bay AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways1,569 km975 miASPAlice Springs AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways1,859 km1,155 miAYQAyers Rock Connellan AirportAustralia · Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways1,908 km1,186 miPPPProserpine Whitsunday Coast AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways1,943 km1,207 miHTIHamilton Island AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Virgin Australia1,966 km1,222 miTSVTownsville Airport / RAAF Base TownsvilleAustralia · QantasLink, Jetstar Airways2,056 km1,278 miZQNQueenstown AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +12,147 km1,334 miCNSCairns International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways2,314 km1,438 miCHCChristchurch International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, Jetstar Airways2,414 km1,500 miWLGWellington International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways2,590 km1,609 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Qatar Airways, Qantas Airways +12,637 km1,639 miBQBBusselton Margaret River Regional AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways2,684 km1,668 miPERPerth International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways2,700 km1,678 miDRWDarwin International Airport / RAAF DarwinAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways3,132 km1,946 miNANNadi International AirportFiji · Fiji Airways, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways3,866 km2,402 miDPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · Qantas Airways, TransNusa Air Services, Garuda Indonesia +34,381 km2,722 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · Qantas Airways, Garuda Indonesia5,210 km3,237 miBWNBrunei International AirportBrunei · Royal Brunei Airlines5,658 km3,516 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Scoot, Singapore Airlines, Qantas Airways +26,033 km3,749 miMNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific6,313 km3,923 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X, Batik Air Malaysia +16,314 km3,923 miSGNTan Son Nhat International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Airways, VietJet Air6,698 km4,162 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Jetstar Airways7,013 km4,358 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Finnair, Jetstar Airways7,331 km4,555 miHAKHaikou Meilan International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines7,346 km4,565 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · China Airlines7,400 km4,598 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qantas Airways7,412 km4,606 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Shenzhen Airlines7,450 km4,629 miXMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines7,460 km4,635 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines7,548 km4,690 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines7,716 km4,795 miHGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · Beijing Capital Airlines7,966 km4,950 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Juneyao Air, China Eastern Airlines8,017 km4,982 miNKGNanjing Lukou International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines8,175 km5,080 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Japan Airlines, Qantas Airways8,179 km5,082 miCMBBandaranaike International Colombo AirportSri Lanka · Jetstar Airways, SriLankan Airlines8,358 km5,193 miTAOQingdao Jiaodong International AirportChina · Beijing Capital Airlines8,617 km5,354 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines8,647 km5,373 miXIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines8,842 km5,494 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China9,112 km5,662 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Air India10,191 km6,332 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · LATAM Chile11,296 km7,019 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates11,644 km7,235 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways11,652 km7,240 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways, Virgin Australia11,957 km7,430 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines12,654 km7,863 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Qantas Airways12,758 km7,927 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · Qantas Airways14,475 km8,994 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines14,642 km9,098 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair15,185 km9,436 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Qantas Airways, British Airways16,908 km10,506 miSeasonal3
BMEBroome International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways3,106 km1,930 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air8,566 km5,323 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Qantas Airways10,191 km6,332 miSeasonal charter1
MLEVelana International AirportMaldives · Maldivian8,671 km5,388 miCargo15
LSTLaunceston AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight476 km296 miHBAHobart International AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight618 km384 miADLAdelaide International AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight641 km398 miWSIWestern Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight677 km421 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · DHL Aviation, Qantas Freight706 km439 miWTBToowoomba Wellcamp AirportAustralia · Cathay Pacific1,299 km807 miOOLGold Coast AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight1,330 km826 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight1,381 km858 miCNSCairns International AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight2,314 km1,438 miCHCChristchurch International AirportNew Zealand · DHL Aviation, ASL Airlines Australia, Qantas Freight2,414 km1,500 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Tasman Cargo Airlines, DHL Aviation, ASL Airlines Australia +12,637 km1,639 miPERPerth International AirportAustralia · Qantas Freight2,700 km1,678 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · My Indo Airlines5,210 km3,237 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Tasman Cargo Airlines, DHL Aviation6,033 km3,749 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Cathay Pacific7,412 km4,606 miStraight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MEL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Melbourne Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Airlines
52 airlines · destinations from MELHub airlines6
JQJetstar Airways29QFQantas Airways25VAVirgin Australia18QFQantasLink13ZLRex Airlines6—RMA Gold AirwaysPassenger41
NZAir New Zealand4MUChina Eastern Airlines3ODBatik Air Malaysia2JDBeijing Capital Airlines2BABritish Airways2CXCathay Pacific2AYFinnair2GAGaruda Indonesia2FCLink Airways2QRQatar Airways2TKTurkish Airlines2UAUnited Airlines2VNVietnam Airlines2CAAir China1AIAir India1D7AirAsia X15JCebu Pacific1CIChina Airlines1CZChina Southern Airlines1DLDelta Air Lines1EKEmirates1EYEtihad Airways1FJFiji Airways1HUHainan Airlines1HXHong Kong Airlines1JLJapan Airlines1HOJuneyao Air1KEKorean Airseasonal · 1—LATAM Chile1MHMalaysia Airlines1Q2Maldivianseasonal charter · 1PRPhilippine Airlines1BIRoyal Brunei Airlines1TZScoot1ZHShenzhen Airlines13USichuan Airlines1SQSingapore Airlines1ULSriLankan Airlines1M8TransNusa Air Services1VJVietJet Air1MFXiamen Airlines1Former hub of Ansett Australia, Australian air Express, OzJet, Tiger Airways Australia and Trans Australia Airlines.
Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from MEL. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
7 channelsAPPMelbourne Approach132.000
ATISYMML ATIS118.000
CLDCLNC DEL127.200
DEPMelbourne Departures (to north)118.900
GNDMelbourne ground121.700
TWRMelbourne Tower120.500
DEPMelbourne Departures (to south)129.400