Flying Around - Melbourne

Airspace Features

Airspace Overview

Controlled airspace around the Melbourne area is very complex, and includes the main aerodromes:

Melbourne International YMML
Essendon YMEN (24 hour Control Zone)
Moorabbin YMMB (GAAP aerodrome)
Avalon YMAV (activated by NOTAM)

The CTA steps are designed to closely contain the climb/descent profiles of typical RPT aircraft . On occasions, clearances on certain routes might not be available under certain duty runway configurations due to busy RPT operations.

Melbourne Radar Information Service (RIS) is available, subject to controller workload, on 135.7. Clearance requests should be made on this frequency.

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