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 miMost destinationsJetstar Airways 29Qantas Airways 25Virgin Australia 18QantasLink 13Qantas Freight 11Rex Airlines 6
Straight 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.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 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