Live flights over Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 825 departures and 817 arrivals at Melbourne Moorabbin Airport, 235 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Essendon Fields (MEB). The airline seen most often is Rikspolisstyrelsen.
Airport data
- IATA code
- MBW
- ICAO code
- YMMB
- City
- Melbourne
- Region
- Victoria
- Country
- Australia
- Elevation
- 15 m (50 ft)
- Coordinates
- -37.97776, 145.0998
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Melbourne Moorabbin Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Melbourne.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 137 | 137 | 274 |
| Mon 2 | 49 | 45 | 94 |
| Tue 3 | 171 | 173 | 344 |
| Wed 4 | 90 | 87 | 177 |
| Thu 5 | 178 | 183 | 361 |
| Fri 6 | 125 | 132 | 257 |
| Sat 7 | 75 | 60 | 135 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Essendon Fields MEB 4 flights
Airlines
- RikspolisstyrelsenPOL 6
Aircraft
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 595
- PA44 144
- SLG2 142
- DA40 137
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 127
- C152 101
- AS50 78
- PA31 42
- R44 36
- SR20 32
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Melbourne Moorabbin Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-37.97776/lon/145.0998/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Melbourne right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Melbourne Moorabbin Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Melbourne: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of MBW, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Melbourne Moorabbin Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Rikspolisstyrelsen.
What are the main connections from Melbourne Moorabbin Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Essendon Fields (MEB, 4). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Melbourne? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Melbourne Moorabbin Airport? +
Melbourne Moorabbin Airport has IATA code MBW and ICAO code YMMB. It lies in Victoria, Australia, at coordinates -37.97776, 145.0998.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
Nearby airports
All airports →Improve coverage over Melbourne
Coverage quality depends on the density of receivers. With a Raspberry Pi and an RTL-SDR antenna you can help track flights over Victoria, Australia.