Airports / Australia / MEB
Melbourne Essendon Airport
YMEN / MEBEssendon Fields, AustraliaELEV 282 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
5 nm
To the nearest alternate
Melbourne Airport (MEL) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Melbourne Essendon Airport, listed as YMEN / MEB, is a mid-sized airport in Essendon Fields, Australia. The airport sits 282 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 MEB for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Melbourne Airport (MEL, 5 nm), Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW, 18 nm), and Melbourne Avalon International Airport (AVV, 28 nm).
Charter pricing from MEB depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Essendon Fields.
Field capability
ICAO
YMEN
IATA
MEB
FAA / Local
YMEN
Elevation
282 ft
Coordinates
37.7281° S · 144.9020° 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
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 282 ft, MEB sits lower than 54% 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.
- 5nmMELMelbourne AirportMelbourne
- 18nmMBWMelbourne Moorabbin AirportMelbourne
- 28nmAVVMelbourne Avalon International AirportGeelong/Melbourne
- 80nmTGNLatrobe Valley AirportMorwell
- 81nmSHTShepparton Airport
- 88nmBLNBenalla AirportBenalla
Location
Open the full mapYMEN · Melbourne Essendon Airport · Essendon Fields, Australia