Airport West
- Local Government Area
- Moonee Valley
- Postcode
- 3042
- Population
- 8,173
- Area
- 3.67 km²
- Coordinates
- -37.7237, 144.8814
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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About 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. Airport West recorded a population of 8,173 at the 2021 census. Bounded by the Calder Highway to the south, the Tullamarine Freeway to the east, and the Western Ring Road to the north west, Airport West is so named for its position to the west of Essendon Airport, Melbourne's first general airport now used for light planes, charter and freight since the opening in 1970 of Melbourne Airport, located to the north of the suburb.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Essendon Fields 2 km
- Strathmore Heights 2 km
- Niddrie 2 km
- Tullamarine 2 km
- Essendon North 2 km
- Gowanbrae 3 km