Moorabbin Airport is Australia's leading General Aviation airport, home to premier flying training schools for fixed and rotary wing operations.
Moorabbin Airport is Australia's leading General Aviation airport and is one of the busiest airports by aircraft movements, currently recording 250,000 movements each year.
Spanning a 294-hectare site, Moorabbin Airport houses 14 flight training organisations for fixed and rotary wing operations, charter, rotary and aerial firefighting operations. We are committed to providing safe and viable aviation flight training and education services as a part of our operations. The airport also supports advanced technical and general aviation maintenance organisations servicing local and visiting aircraft.
Other aviation uses include:
Moorabbin Airport is also home base to regular passenger transport operator, King Island Airlines, which links King Island to the mainland with daily flights.
To create a world-leading, sustainable, mixed-use urban site with safe aviation training and education facilities while supporting commercial, industrial and retail operations to drive employment growth and local community prosperity.
We will fulfil our vision via growth and positive development and through collaboration within our community.
Moorabbin Airport has a long and rich history as one of only four purpose-built bases for aviation training and education in Australia.
Acquired in 1946 by a group of aviators and the Civil Aviation Department, Moorabbin Airport opened as a fully-functioning aerodrome in December 1949, chosen for its ideal location in the Market Gardens for an aviation base to be situated southeast of Melbourne. In 1998 the Airport was privatised with Moorabbin Airport Corporation purchasing the leasehold from the Commonwealth Government for 99 years.
The Airport has grown and evolved considerably since its beginnings and is now recognised as a State Significant place, a key activity centre for the City of Kingston and Australia’s leading airport for aviation education and training - home to over 250 businesses and hosts in excess of up to 1,350 aviation students on site per year.
Our community has established local aviation businesses; starting with our first customers Brain and Brown Airfreight, Super Spread crop dusting and Flinders Island Airways in the 1950s. From generating approximately 65,000 flights per year in our early days, predominantly by the Royal Victorian Aero Club, Moorabbin Airport is now one of Australia’s busiest airports for aircraft movements, with over 250,000 movements per year.
The Moorabbin Air Museum has proudly sat within our grounds since 1965. Run by members, it is home to Australia’s largest historic aeronautical collections.
