Melbourne Essendon Airport — Essendon Fields, Australia

MEB is Melbourne Essendon Airport, located in Essendon Fields in Melbourne's north, and historically the city's original main airport before Melbourne Tullamarine opened in 1970. Essendon Airport retains deep aviation heritage, having served as Melbourne's primary commercial gateway through much of the twentieth century, including the early jet age. Today MEB functions mainly as a general aviation, corporate jet, and freight facility, alongside a business park redevelopment on surrounding land. It also houses aviation museums and historic hangars reflecting its legacy status. Some scenic and charter flights operate from MEB, and it remains an active alternate for smaller aircraft that would otherwise burden Melbourne's larger international airport, particularly for medical evacuation and private aviation traffic.