Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Airport West

Airport West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km (7.5 mi) north-west of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area.

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Every way there

Geelong/Melbourne → Airport West
17 km · quickest by road, 44 min · A$2.5–3.5
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Hobart (Cambridge) → Airport West
610 km · quickest by air, 4h 8m · A$170–250
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Adelaide → Airport West
643 km · quickest by air, 4h 25m · A$180–270
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Airport West, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Airport West has

YScheduled flightsMelbourne (MEL), 7 km
FTrains and coaches34 feeds listed in the Mobility Database, not compiled yet (Translink Magnetic Island, TransLink Maryborough-Hervey Bay, TransLink North Stradbroke Island)
YFerriesFishermans Bend, 12 km, Rob Horner; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Reservoir, 11 km.

-37.724°, 144.879°

Airport West recorded a population of 8,173 at the 2021 census.

How locals move

Getting around Airport West the local way

Go nextMelbourne is fairly centrally located on the coast of Victoria, and there are many natural and man-made attractions that make for a nice day trip.

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