Executive charter jet on apron at Essendon Fields Airport
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    Air Charter Essendon Airport: Executive, Medevac & Small Groups

    Essendon Fields is the closest airport to Melbourne CBD, ideal for executive jets, regional turboprops, medevac transfers and small group charter. Door-to-tarmac time minutes, not hours.

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    MEB
    IATA code
    10 km
    From Melbourne CBD
    <60 min
    Quote turnaround
    24/7
    Operations desk

    Why charter from Essendon Fields

    Essendon Fields Airport (MEB/YMEN) sits just 10 kilometres from Melbourne CBD, a fraction of the distance to Tullamarine and without the slot pressure or terminal congestion. For executives, medical transfers and smaller charter groups, it is the most time-efficient way in and out of Melbourne.

    The airport has full FBO and apron facilities, customs availability with prior coordination, and direct apron access for medevac aircraft. Aviall operates a 24/7 ops desk that books, plans and runs every Essendon charter door-to-door.

    When Essendon is the right airport

    Essendon's value sits in its proximity, low congestion and FBO experience. The airport is the right choice for:

    • Executive and corporate jet charter, light, mid and super-mid jets including Citation, Challenger, Learjet and Phenom
    • Regional turboprop charter for groups of 10 to 50 passengers
    • Fixed-wing medevac transfers onto Melbourne tertiary hospitals
    • Time-critical AOG and aerospace component delivery
    • Small group charter where door-to-tarmac time matters more than aircraft size

    Essendon Fields, operational facts

    Essendon's runway and apron profile suits the bulk of executive and regional charter operations.

    • IATA code MEB / ICAO YMEN
    • Two runways: 17/35 (1,921 m) and 08/26 (1,503 m)
    • Suitable for executive jets up to large-cabin (e.g. Global, Gulfstream G650 with operational planning)
    • Customs and immigration available with prior coordination for international movements
    • Approximately 10 km from Melbourne CBD via Tullamarine Freeway

    Medevac from Essendon

    Essendon is the primary fixed-wing medevac airport for Melbourne. Aviall coordinates ICU-grade clinical teams, bed-to-bed handover and direct apron access for aero-medical transfers. Aircraft selection runs from King Air and Learjet for short-range domestic transfers up to long-range jets for international repatriation.

    Essendon charter at a glance

    Inner-Melbourne access

    Approximately 10 km from Melbourne CBD, door-to-tarmac time measured in minutes.

    Executive jet operations

    Citation, Challenger, Learjet, Phenom, Global and Gulfstream operations from a full FBO base.

    Fixed-wing medevac

    Primary Melbourne airport for ICU-grade aero-medical transfers, including direct apron handover.

    Small group charter

    Regional jets and turboprops for 10 to 50 passengers, fast turnaround and minimal terminal handling.

    AOG & aerospace

    Time-critical component delivery for operators and MROs based across Melbourne.

    Customs on request

    International executive and medevac flights supported with prior coordination.

    Urgent charter? Our ops desk is staffed 24/7.

    Aircraft options within the hour and a written quote with an indicative wheels-up window.

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    Mission examples · Illustrative

    What this looks like in operation

    Representative mission profiles drawn from recurring work. Identifying details, operators, hospitals, routes, aircraft tail numbers, are intentionally omitted.

    International · Repatriation

    Long-range stretcher repatriation across the Pacific

    A complex case with ventilator and infusion support required movement from a regional Pacific facility back to a domestic tertiary centre. Aviall configured a long-range jet with a critical-care medical fit-out, coordinated bed-to-bed handover with both treating teams, and managed customs and immigration at each stop.

    Outcome

    Bed-to-bed transfer completed without clinical deterioration en route.

    Neonatal · Critical

    Neonatal transfer to a tertiary paediatric centre

    A neonate requiring escalated care had to be moved from a regional hospital to a metropolitan paediatric tertiary centre. Aviall coordinated an aeromedical aircraft and a specialist retrieval team, with isolette-compatible loading and parent transit on the same airframe.

    Outcome

    Patient delivered to receiving NICU within the clinical window agreed by both teams.

    Sport · Team movement

    Professional squad on a tight fixture turnaround

    A professional sporting organisation required a squad, support staff and freight moved between two domestic fixtures on a turnaround scheduled flights could not deliver. Aviall configured a narrow-body charter with a freight pallet and custom catering aligned to performance protocols.

    Outcome

    Squad on the ground at the next venue with a full evening's recovery time intact.

    Heavy lift · Project cargo

    Outsize mining component into a remote regional strip

    An ASX-listed resources operator faced a stalled processing line waiting on a single oversized component too large for any scheduled freighter. Aviall sourced an outsize main-deck nose-loader, completed pavement and load-spread checks at the regional destination, and coordinated road movement permits at both ends.

    Outcome

    Component on site inside 72 hours of first call; production line restart same week.

    Specialised capability

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    Essendon Fields, quick reference

    IATA / ICAO
    MEB / YMEN
    Runways
    17/35 (1,921 m) and 08/26 (1,503 m)
    Distance to Melbourne CBD
    Approximately 10 km
    Best-fit aircraft
    Light to large-cabin executive jets, turboprops, medevac fixed-wing
    Customs
    Available with prior coordination
    Operations desk
    24/7, every day of the year

    FAQ

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Essendon's main runway accommodates the full range of executive jets, including large-cabin types such as Global and Gulfstream with appropriate operational planning. For widebody passenger or freighter aircraft, Tullamarine or Avalon is required.

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    Why operators, brokers and end clients keep calling back

    Credibility built on operational discipline, not marketing

    "Quote came back inside the hour with two aircraft options, written wheels-up windows and the cost-versus-time trade-off laid out. That is what we expect and rarely get."

    , Project logistics manager · Resources sector

    "Documentation, NOTOCs and DG paperwork were closed before we'd finished briefing our customer. No back-and-forth, no surprises at the ramp."

    , Senior freight forwarder · Global 3PL

    "They run the mission like an operator, not like a broker. That distinction matters when the cargo is heavy, the route is hard and the clock is real."

    , Charter broker · International network

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