Moorabbin Airport is building a safe and sustainable future for aviation, business and our local community. Located south east of Melbourne’s CBD, it is the second busiest airport in Australia.
Moorabbin Airport is Australia’s leading general aviation flight training airport. It is home to a range of aviation activities including flight training, flight charter, aviation maintenance, general and recreation aviation operations.
We offer much more than safe aviation. We are committed to catering to the needs of our customers and our communities, businesses and partners that we engage with every day.
The airport has a thriving non-aviation commercial centre with a diverse offering of retail options, including Kingston Central Plaza and the Direct Factory Outlet (DFO) which provide employment for many local residents.
Chifley Business Park is an architecturally designed campus-style business park located on the north and south-eastern precincts. The site features contemporary and sustainable industrial facilities, commercial office spaces and an onsite childcare centre.
Moorabbin Airport is wholly owned by Goodman, a publicly listed property group with operations throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the Americas. Goodman’s global industrial property expertise, integrated own+develop+manage customer service offering and significant investment management platform, delivers essential infrastructure for the digital economy.
Moorabbin Airport is one of four purpose-built dual aviation flight training airports. Our extensive experience in aviation training and education continues to provide economic benefits to the aviation sector, the City of Kingston and its residents.
There are approximately 3,300 people directly employed at the airport and 6,000 people indirectly employed, with an estimated one-third of all airport jobs being aviation-related.
1,350 student pilots train at the airport each year by a dozen flight schools. The airport and its businesses provide $50+ million in exports through flight training services.
Moorabbin Airport is continually transforming into an urban centre of major economic activity, security and opportunity in south-east Melbourne. It is forecast to generate $1.2 billion of economic activity by 2029 and record 11 million visitations.
Moorabbin Airport is a member of the following industry bodies:
Moorabbin Airport is regulated by the Australian Government – Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development through the Airports Act 1996 regime. All air traffic services are supplied by Airservices Australia.
Moorabbin Airport businesses pay council rates and ex gratia land tax each year to the City of Kingston and the Australian Government respectively.
