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Melbourne Essendon airport (Australia)
Melbourne Essendon airport is located near Melbourne, with Niddrie at 1mi↑, Moonee Valley at 2mi↑, Moreland at 2mi↑, Tullamarine at 2mi↑, Glenroy at 3mi↑, Moonee Ponds at 3mi↑, Broadmeadows at 3mi↑, Fawkner at 4mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Australia and Southernmost airports in Australia
→ See also airports in Australia
aerial view of Melbourne Essendon airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : YMEN
- IATA code : MEB
- Local code : -
Elevation : 86 m = 282ft
→ See also Highest airports in Australia and Lowest airports in Australia
Runways
- runway 08/26 : 1921m = 6302ft
- runway 17/35 : 1314m = 4311ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Australia
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Aviation weather for Melbourne Essendon airport YMEN MEB
METAR for Melbourne Essendon airport YMEN MEB
METAR YMEN 181330Z AUTO 23003KT 9999 // BKN125 17/16 Q1010 RMK RF00.0/000.0
Decoded METAR for Melbourne Essendon airport YMEN MEB
METAR issued by YMEN on Friday, April 18, 2025 at 13:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 days and 86 hours and -4294 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 17°C = 63°F, dew point is 16°C = 61°F. The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 94 %.
QNH is 1010hPa = 29.83inHg
Wind 6km/h = 3kt, direction is 230°.
Clouds : broken at 12500ft = 3810m.
Remarks : RF000/0000
TAF for Melbourne Essendon airport YMEN MEB
YMEN 181106Z 1812/1900 12003KT 9999 SCT010 FM181300 06005KT 9999 SCT010 BECMG 1815/1816 01014KT CAVOK TEMPO 1812/1814 9999 BKN010 RMK T 17 18 18 19 Q 1011 1010 1008 1008
Decoded TAF for Melbourne Essendon airport YMEN MEB
TAF issued by YMEN on Friday, April 18, 2025 at 11:06 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 3 days and 16 hours and 50 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, April 18, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Friday, April 18, 2025 à 13:00 heure UTC
1812/1900 12003KT 9999 SCT010
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is 120°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 1000ft = 300m
from Friday, April 18, 2025 à 13:00 heure TU to Friday, April 18, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
FM181300 06005KT 9999 SCT010
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 60°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 1000ft = 300m
becoming from Friday, April 18, 2025 à 16:00 heure TU to Friday, April 18, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1815/1816 01014KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 14kt = 26km/h, direction is 10°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
temporarily from Friday, April 18, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Friday, April 18, 2025 à 14:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1812/1814 9999 BKN010
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 1000ft = 300m
VAC for Melbourne Essendon airport YMEN MEB
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Melbourne Essendon airport
Around Melbourne Essendon airport (Australia)
near
- Hotels in Niddrie
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 5660mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 10089mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 10091mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 10101mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 10117mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 10172mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 10178mi↑
- Station de montagne Saas Fee at 10179mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 10185mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 10186mi↑
- Station de montagne Zermatt at 10188mi↑
- Station de montagne Kandersteg-Sunnbüel-Oeschinensee at 10193mi↑
- for Melbourne Essendon airport at 0mi↑
- for Melbourne International airport at 5mi↑
- for Royal Childrens Hospital airport at 5mi↑
nearest airports to Melbourne Essendon airport (Australia)
- Melbourne International airport (YMML MEL ) at 5mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Royal Childrens Hospital heliport (YRHO ) at 5mi↑NOTAM
- Royal Melbourne Hospital heliport (YRMH ) at 6mi↑NOTAM
- Melbourne, Batman Park heliport (YBPK KAH ) at 7mi↑NOTAM
- Yarra Bank heliport (YYBK ) at 7mi↑NOTAM
- Alfred Hospital heliport (YAFD ) at 9mi↑
- RAAF Williams, Laverton Base airport (YLVT ) at 13mi↑defunct airport
- Sunbury East airport ( AU-0334) at 16mi↑
- RAAF Williams, Point Cook Base airport (YMPC ) at 16mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Penfield airport (YPEF ) at 19mi↑NOTAM
- Riddell airport (YRID ) at 20mi↑NOTAM
- Melbourne Moorabbin airport (YMMB MBW ) at 20mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Australia
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap