Essendon Fields Airport YMEN / MEB
Melbourne's business-aviation airport, 20 minutes from Collins Street and the closest jet-capable field to the CBD. Customs available on request, competing FBOs and ample hangarage; the runway limits very heavy departures. Busy for the Australian Open (January) and the Formula 1 Grand Prix (March).
6,302 ft
Longest runway
20 min
Drive to Melbourne
2
FBOs / handlers
282 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24 (noise abatement; PPR)
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 11 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Up to Global/Gulfstream class; heavy jets with weight limits.
- Website
- www.essendonairport.com.au
Private terminals (FBOs)
- ExecuJet Melbourne
- Essendon Fields Jet Base
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 6,302 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Bombardier Global 8000 5,760 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X 5,900 ft
- Bombardier Global 7500 5,800 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G600 5,700 ft
- Bombardier Global 5500 5,490 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Gulfstream Aerospace GV needs 5,990 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G800 needs 6,000 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E needs 6,076 ft
Other airports for Melbourne
- Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) YMML 12,000 ft · 30 min