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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↑,→ 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
Coming to Melbourne Essendon airport
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Aviation weather for Melbourne Essendon airport YMEN MEB
METAR for Melbourne Essendon airport YMEN MEB
METAR YMEN 080300Z AUTO 31019KT 9999 // FEW069 OVC091 21/06 Q1005 RMK RF00.0/000.0
Decoded METAR for Melbourne Essendon airport YMEN MEB
METAR issued by YMEN on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 03:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 10 hours and 1 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 21°C = 70°F, dew point is 6°C = 43°F. The air is a little humid : relative air humidity is 38 %.
QNH is 1005hPa = 29.68inHg
Wind 35km/h = 19kt, direction is 310°.
Clouds : few clouds at 6900ft = 2100m. overcast at 9100ft = 2770m.
Remarks : RF000/0000
TAF for Melbourne Essendon airport YMEN MEB
YMEN 072322Z 0800/0812 34018G28KT CAVOK FM080700 28010KT CAVOK FM081100 36005KT 9999 BKN020 RMK FM080000 MOD TURB BLW 5000FT TL080200 T 18 22 22 18 Q 1007 1004 1003 1005
Decoded TAF for Melbourne Essendon airport YMEN MEB
TAF issued by YMEN on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 23:22 UTC, issued 13 hours and 39 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 07:00 heure UTC
0800/0812 34018G28KT 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 18kt = 33km/h with gusts at 28kt = 52km/h, direction is 340°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 07:00 heure TU to Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 11:00 heure UTC
FM080700 28010KT 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 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 280°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 11:00 heure TU to Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
FM081100 36005KT 9999 BKN020
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 360°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 2000ft = 610m
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↑NOTAM
- 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
→ 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