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YMEN · MEB

Melbourne Essendon Airport

-37.72810°N
144.90199°W
ARR / DAY
43
▲ 6.3%
DEP / DAY
39
▲ 4.2%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

Melbourne Essendon Airport (YMEN/MEB) is a medium international airport located in Melbourne, Australia. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,302 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 43 arrivals and 39 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 26 carriers across 30 routes. The most active carrier is Valair (VHS). The busiest route is to Brisbane International Airport (YBBN).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
5

Current weather

From YMML, 5 mi away (YMEN does not publish METAR)

42m ago
Temp
48°F
Wind
9 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
YMML 122030Z AUTO 29009KT 9999 // BKN043 09/05 Q1021

Runways

2 installed

6,302 FT MAX
08/26
6,302 ft × 148
ASP● LIT
17/35
4,311 ft × 148
ASP● LIT

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual
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Top carriers

Share of flights

9 total
TOP 9 22
Valair 23% VHL 18% Canarias Airlines 14% Virgin Australia 9% Sunset Aviation 9% ZKO 9% Qantas Airways 9% Rikspolisstyrelsen 5% VHV 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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BNE 3
SYD 2
TGN 1
XSP 1
HNL 1
NRT 1

Carriers

See all + destinations → 9
Valair
5
VHL
4
Canarias Airlines
3
Virgin Australia
2
Sunset Aviation
2
ZKO
2
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Qantas Airways
2
Rikspolisstyrelsen
1
VHV
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from YMEN · last 7d

24 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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See all routes → 13 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
MEBBNE
Brisbane, AU
 VHL 2 10h 37m
MEBTGN
Morwell, AU
 Valair 1 0h 34m
MEBXSP
Seletar, SG
 VHL 1 6h 57m
MEBHNL
Honolulu, US
 Sunset Aviation 1 9h 54m
MEBNRT
Tokyo / Narita, JP
 Qantas Airways 1 9h 19m
MEBZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 Valair 1 3h 13m
MEBAKL
Auckland, NZ
 ZKO 1 3h 34m
MEBSYD
Sydney, AU
 ZKO 1 1h 12m
MEBSYD
Sydney, AU
 Sunset Aviation 1 1h 35m
MEBMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 1 0h 6m
MEBBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Virgin Australia 1 2h 19m
MEBHBA
Hobart, AU
 Virgin Australia 1 1h 13m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Ozguy
7/29/2007
MEB
Very handy for bizjets.
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