Live flights over Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 82 departures and 85 arrivals at Melbourne Essendon Airport, 84 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Geelong/Melbourne (AVV) and Melbourne (MEL). The airline seen most often is Rikspolisstyrelsen.
Airport data
- IATA code
- MEB
- ICAO code
- YMEN
- City
- Essendon Fields
- Region
- Victoria
- Country
- Australia
- Elevation
- 86 m (282 ft)
- Coordinates
- -37.7281, 144.90199
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Melbourne Essendon 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 Essendon Fields.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 55 | 56 | 111 |
| Sat 24 | 27 | 29 | 56 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Geelong/Melbourne AVV 2 flights
- Melbourne MEL 1 flights
Airlines
- RikspolisstyrelsenPOL 19
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 1
Aircraft
- BE20 32
- A139 27
- R44 12
- G2CA 8
- B350 6
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 6
- SW4 6
- A109 5
- PA31 5
- A169 4
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 Essendon 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/-37.7281/lon/144.90199/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Essendon Fields right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Melbourne Essendon Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Essendon Fields: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of MEB, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Melbourne Essendon Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Rikspolisstyrelsen and Jetstar Airways.
What are the main connections from Melbourne Essendon Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Geelong/Melbourne (AVV, 2) and Melbourne (MEL, 1). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Essendon Fields? +
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 Essendon Airport? +
Melbourne Essendon Airport has IATA code MEB and ICAO code YMEN. It lies in Victoria, Australia, at coordinates -37.7281, 144.90199.
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.
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