What airport is MEL?
MEL is
Melbourne Airport
Melbourne, Australia
Why the code is MEL
MELbourne.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- MEL
- ICAO code
- YMML
- Airport
- Melbourne Airport
- City
- Melbourne, Australia
- Opened
- 1970
- Code origin
- Documented
Melbourne has no curfew, which is why it takes the freight and the late arrivals that Sydney cannot. It is often called Tullamarine after the suburb, which the ICAO code YMML does not reflect at all.
The other code, YMML
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, MEL, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, YMML, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why YMML looks nothing like MEL.
Common questions
- What airport is MEL?
- Melbourne Airport, in Melbourne, Australia.
- Why is Melbourne's airport called MEL?
- MELbourne.
- What is the difference between MEL and YMML?
- MEL is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. YMML is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.
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Sources
- OurAirports — OurAirports (Public domain)