Airports / Australia / AVV
Melbourne Avalon International Airport
YMAV / AVVGeelong/Melbourne, AustraliaELEV 35 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
28 nm
To the nearest alternate
Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Melbourne Avalon International Airport, listed as YMAV / AVV, is a large commercial airport in Geelong/Melbourne, Australia. The airport sits 35 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into AVV for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB, 28 nm), Melbourne Airport (MEL, 28 nm), and Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW, 30 nm).
Charter pricing from AVV depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Lara and Geelong. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Geelong/Melbourne.
Field capability
ICAO
YMAV
IATA
AVV
FAA / Local
YMAV
Elevation
35 ft
Coordinates
38.0403° S · 144.4672° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 35 ft, AVV sits lower than 83% of the 191 Australia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 28nmMEBMelbourne Essendon AirportEssendon Fields
- 28nmMELMelbourne AirportMelbourne
- 30nmMBWMelbourne Moorabbin AirportMelbourne
- 83nmARYArarat AirportArarat
- 95nmTGNLatrobe Valley AirportMorwell
- 101nmSWCStawell Airport
Location
Open the full mapYMAV · Melbourne Avalon International Airport · Geelong/Melbourne, Australia