Moorabbin Airport – MBW Moorabbin
Established in December of 1949, Moorabbin Harry Walker Airport or simply called Moorabbin Airport is an airport primarily used for general aviation for small aircraft like Cesnna 172 and Robinson R44. It is considered as the second most active airport for general aviation in Australia with a total of 274,000 aircraft operations for 2011. The airport is located at Moorabbin, Victoria, in the southern part of Melbourne, Australia with and assigned airport code of MBW serving the greater Melbourne area as well as its surrounding cities of Highett, Bentleigh and Hampton. The airport is being managed by Moorabbin Airport Corporation.
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The Moorabbin Airport has five interconnecting asphalt runways with two parallel landing strips being used at the time. The airport serves as the hub of Australia National Aviation Museum, Royal Victorian Aero Club and Oxford Aviation-Academy. Moorabbin Airport’s air service is catered by King Island Airlines bound to King Island and Vortex Air to Devonport.
What to Do & Area Attractions
There are plenty of hotel accommodations around Moorabbin Airport, but Boutique Stays The Richardson and Dingley Hotel are just within a kilometer away from the airport that offers free airport transport service for their guests. Other hotels to choose from when visiting Moorabbin are Eastancias Boutique – Septima Calle and Parkdale Motor Inn.
Avalon Airport (AVV) is another airport in Melbourne, Australia that offers international flights to Adelaide, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Min City that is 82 kilometers away from Moorabbin Airport.
