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Melbourne Airport was included in the first phase, being acquired by the newly formed Australia Pacific Airports Corporation for $1.3 billion. [20] The transfer was completed on 30 June 1997 on a 50-year long-term lease, with the option for a further 49 years. [29] Melbourne Airport is categorized as a Leased Commonwealth Airport. [30]
Melbourne Airport (IATA: MEL, ICAO: YMML) is located in Tullamarine to the north-west of the city. It is Melbourne's major international airport. It is by far the busiest airport serving the city with domestic flights to every state and territory of Australia, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America and South America.
Lilydale Airport (ICAO: YLIL) is a privately owned aerodrome located in the regional suburb of Yering, Victoria, Australia approximately 6 km north of Lilydale. The airport offers flight training, air charters, aircraft rentals and skydiving .
The airport is the closest to Melbourne's City Centre, approximately an 11 km (6.8 mi) drive north-west from it and 8 km (5.0 mi) south-east from Melbourne–Tullamarine Airport. In 1970, Tullamarine Airport replaced Essendon as Melbourne's main airport.
The airport was opened in 1953, to cater for the production of military aircraft. [8] Previously, the Government Aircraft Factories at Fishermans Bend, Melbourne had used a runway beside the factory. However, newer jet aircraft required a longer runway for safe operations, and the Fisherman's Bend runway was being encroached upon by development.
Moorabbin (Harry Hawker) Airport (IATA: MBW, ICAO: YMMB) is a mostly general aviation airport for light aircraft located in between the southern Melbourne suburbs of Heatherton, Cheltenham, Dingley Village and Mentone. It also receives commercial airline service.
The Moorabbin Air Museum is an aviation museum at Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1962 as the Australian Aircraft Restoration Group, in an attempt to maintain a World War II-era Bristol Beaufighter aircraft. It has since become a museum, with a large aircraft collection.
The scheduled flight departed from Melbourne as planned at 22:30 using runway 16, which was 3,657 metres (11,998 feet) long. The captain ordered the first officer to rotate 1,043 metres (3,422 ft) before the end of the runway, travelling at a speed of 270 km/h (146 kn; 168 mph). [2]