Airports / Australia / MBW
Melbourne Moorabbin Airport
YMMB / MBWMelbourne, AustraliaELEV 50 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
18 nm
To the nearest alternate
Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Melbourne Moorabbin Airport, listed as YMMB / MBW, is a mid-sized airport in Melbourne, Australia. The field lies at an elevation of 50 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
MBW has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB, 18 nm), Melbourne Airport (MEL, 22 nm), and Melbourne Avalon International Airport (AVV, 30 nm).
Quotes for flights out of MBW vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Harry Hawker Airport. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from MBW, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
YMMB
IATA
MBW
FAA / Local
YMMB
Elevation
50 ft
Coordinates
37.9778° S · 145.0998° 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 50 ft, MBW sits lower than 79% 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.
- 18nmMEBMelbourne Essendon AirportEssendon Fields
- 22nmMELMelbourne AirportMelbourne
- 30nmAVVMelbourne Avalon International AirportGeelong/Melbourne
- 66nmTGNLatrobe Valley AirportMorwell
- 88nmSXEWest Sale AirportSale
- 94nmSHTShepparton Airport
Location
Open the full mapYMMB · Melbourne Moorabbin Airport · Melbourne, Australia