Airport West, Victoria

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Airport West
Melbourne, Victoria

Population:

6731 (2001 census)

Postcode:

3042

Area:

3.7 km²

Property Value:

AUD $309,000 ^[1]

Location:

14 km from Melbourne

LGA:

City of Moonee Valley

State District:

Niddrie

Federal Division:

Maribyrnong, Wills

Suburbs around Airport West
Tullamarine	Gladstone Park	Gowanbrae
Keilor Park	Airport West	Essendon Airport
Keilor East	Niddrie	Essendon North

Airport West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. It is situated 13 kilometres from the Melbourne Central Business District and bounded by the Calder Freeway to the south, the Tullamarine Freeway to the east, and the Western Ring Road to the north west.

It 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.

It has the distinction of being the only locality in Australia which does not itself contain an airport to contain the word "Airport."^[2]

1 Transport
2 Commerce
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Transport

The number 59 tram service travels from Westfield Shoppingtown - Airport West (at Matthews Avenue), then runs via Matthews Avenue, Keilor Road, Mount Alexander Road, Fletcher Street, Pascoe Vale Road, Mount Alexander Road, Flemington Road and then terminates at the corner of Elizabeth Street and Flinders Street, Flinders Street Station. Catch it on Matthews Avenue.

The currently congested Tullamarine Freeway and Calder Freeway interchange is presently undergoing a redevelopment planned to make the interchange more suitable for current traffic conditions.

Five bus routes also service the suburb:

476 Moonee Ponds - Hillside (via Taylors Lakes & Watergardens Shopping Centre / Watergardens Railway Station)
477 Moonee Ponds - Broadmeadows (via Airport West Shopping Centre)
478 Moonee Ponds - Melbourne Airport
479 Moonee Ponds - Sunbury (via Melbourne Airport)
501 Moonee Ponds - Niddrie (via Strathmore)
Nightrider Bus Service: Swanston Street, Melbourne - Craigieburn
465 to Essendon station

[edit] Commerce

Airport West Shopping Centre (Westfield Shoppingtown) was built in the northern corner of the suburb. It opened in 1976 and has undergone redevelopments in 1982 and 1999. It includes a Village cinema complex. Other shopping areas in the suburb include on McNamara Avenue. The suburb contains much light industrial, manufacturing, and freight businesses due to its proximity to Essendon Airport, Melbourne Airport and to the recently built Direct Factory Outlet (or DFO).

[edit] References

^ Airport West, accessed 27 November 2006
^ Australia Post (8 December 2006). Postcode Search. Retrieved on 2006-01-12.

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -37.724° 144.879°

Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.

Suburbs of the City of Moonee Valley
Aberfeldie \| Airport West \| Ascot Vale \| Avondale Heights \| Essendon \| Essendon Airport \| Essendon North \| Essendon West \| Flemington \| Kensington \| Keilor East \| Moonee Ponds \| Niddrie \| Strathmore \| Strathmore Heights