The following are active airports serving the Melbourne area.

Main airports

The following are the four airports that offer regularly scheduled passenger flights. * Melbourne Airport is located in Tullamarine to the north-west of the city. It is Melbourne's only 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. The airport is a major hub for both Qantas and Virgin Australia, and home base for Jetstar and cargo airlines

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and Toll Group. * Avalon Airport is located to the south-west, outside the city of

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, and is the next most prominent airport with Jetstar and soon to be Bonza serving the airport. * Essendon Airport is located in the middle north-west of the city and was formerly the primary airport for Melbourne. It is now limited to a handful of passenger airlines and is primarily used for general aviation and cargo flights. * Moorabbin Airport is located in the middle southern suburbs and offers a limited number of passenger flights but is the primary general aviation airport in the city.

Other airports

Coldstream Airport Coldstream Airport is a small Australian regional airfield located in the township of Coldstream in Greater Melbourne, Victoria. Coldstream is one of two airports in the Yarra Valley serving the general aviation needs of outer eastern Melbourne, ...

located in Melbourne's scenic Yarra Valley. The airport is a part of Coldstream and was established in 1962 on the Doake Family property and is a centre for pilot and aviation engineering training and aviation social activities. It provides charter and scenic flights throughout the state and is a base for aerial fire-fighting services. *

Lilydale Airport Lilydale Airport is a privately owned aerodrome located in the regional suburb of Yering, Victoria, Australia. It caters to private and recreational pilots, and offers flight training, air charters and aircraft rentals. See also * List of air ...

is located in the Yarra Valley near

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. In operation since 1968, Lilydale caters for a large number of pilot training flights, 'joyflights', and passenger flights to various parts of the Alpine region. *

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is located at Point Cook, (formerly known as RAAF Williams) and is the spiritual home of the

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. It serves as the oldest continuously operating military airfield in the world, and is currently utilised by Training schools, clubs and the RAAF Museum.

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Melbourne Airport

Avalon Airport

Essendon Airport

Moorabbin Airport

Coldstream Airport

Lilydale Airport

Melbourne Airport Parking

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