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Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (YMMB) is a busy general aviation aerodrome in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, notable for its unusual layout of five separate hard-surfaced runways and a divided tower frequency structure covering its eastern and western sides. It sits at 39 feet elevation and is a major hub for flight training and light aircraft operations in the region.
Melbourne Moorabbin Airport, identified by the ICAO code YMMB, lies in the Melbourne metropolitan area in the State of Victoria, Australia. It is a general aviation aerodrome with a distinctive multi-runway layout and a control tower that manages traffic across two operationally distinct sides of the field, making it a busy and interesting destination for visiting VFR pilots.
The airport is located at coordinates 37.9758 S, 145.102 E in the Melbourne area at an elevation of 39 feet. It is served by an operating control tower, with Melbourne Centre providing flight information services on 135.7 MHz when the tower is not active, indicating the field sits within controlled airspace during tower hours and reverts to a flight information area outside them.
Moorabbin has five physical runways, all hard-surfaced and lit, giving it an unusually dense runway layout for a general aviation field. Runway 17L/35R measures 3,439 ft in the 17L direction and 3,799 ft in the 35R direction. Runway 17R/35L measures 3,427 ft as 17R and 3,557 ft as 35L. Runway 13L/31R measures 3,409 ft as 13L and 3,763 ft as 31R. Runway 13R/31L measures 2,928 ft as 13R and 2,960 ft as 31L. The shortest runway, 04/22, measures 1,858 ft as 04 and 1,539 ft as 22. None of the runways is equipped with an ILS.
Moorabbin's ATIS and AWIS broadcast on 120.9 MHz. The tower operates on two frequencies covering different sides of the airport: 118.1 MHz for the east and 123 MHz for the west. When the tower is not operating, 118.1 MHz serves as the CTAF. Ground movements are coordinated on SMC 134.25 MHz, and Melbourne Centre provides flight information on 135.7 MHz outside tower hours. Fuel coordination is handled on 121.65 MHz.
Moorabbin remains an active general aviation airport with a functioning control tower split into east and west sectors to manage its parallel and crossing runways. Fuel is available through a dedicated coordination frequency, and the field is used as a home base by numerous based aircraft and operators. Pilots planning a visit should note that the airport is a working general aviation and training environment with continuous tower and ground frequency coverage during operating hours.
