Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) YMML / MEL
Melbourne's 24-hour, curfew-free hub 30 minutes from the CBD, with the Melbourne Jet Base FBO and no slot coordination for GA. The choice for heavy jets, widebody VIP and late-night arrivals; Essendon is closer for most business jets.
12,000 ft
Longest runway
30 min
Drive to Melbourne
2
FBOs / handlers
434 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 23 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody VIP.
- Website
- www.melbourneairport.com.au
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Melbourne Jet Base
- Menzies GA Melbourne
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 12,000 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 9,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Everything in our database can operate here.
Other airports for Melbourne
- Essendon Fields Airport YMEN 6,302 ft · 20 min