Remember WHY Tulla was built way out in the sticks? No houses anywhere near anything?

Then the councils allow land to be developed right up to the boundary. Then the noise complaints begin. Same as every airport in Oz.

The logical solution is to build a new airport further from the city with a rapid transit link to the city, an airport that has the passenger terminals between the parallel runways and maintenance and cargo facilities on the outside of the runways. $$ yes, but any additional runway at YMML (irrespective of the orientation or location) will be a major compromise.

Ahh, the old Drive in Theatre in Tullamarine. I could see that screen from the front of my house. Used to watch it with Binoculars!

You can land a 380 on the 27 and it has been done on many occasions. Most of those occasions though, have been with a solid westerly blowing.

You get Linfox out of Essendon it will turn Essendon Airport land into downtown Mogadishu overnight.

hahaha I used to watch it from the back seat of my FC Holden, although missed most of the movies...lolol
Ahh the good old days. I worked out at Tulla started 1979 at the fuel depot (JUHI) back then there was always talk of a 3rd Rwy being built very soon, I guess soon wasn't anytime soon back then:-)

Side note: As most would know the drome was designed for the largest jets of the day B707 DC8 Etc so when the Jumbo Jets turned up not long after Tulla was opened it was chaos as the hydrants the gates etc needed extensive modification, I recall many a late night on the apron with crews modifying the Hydrant system that was only a few years old!:-)
Another side note (sorry): Being involved with much of the underground beneath Tulla I always laugh when I hear about a train station being already there for the future rail link to Tulla, trust me there are LOTS of hidden tunnels & locked steel doors down there, it's a rat infested rabbit warren where you could get lost & never be seen again!:-):-)
40 years latter I'm still waiting for that 3rd Rwy...………..will be another 40 years before we see it if ever!:-)

Reminds me of the new Taipei Airport in Taiwan circa 1982? We landed there in an Air Nauru 737 for an overnight. We were transported from one side of the airport to the other side by travelling under the airport. There were hundreds of tanks, guns and other military equipment parked deep underground.

Any idea the purpose of these locked steel doors and hidden tunnels?

I asked around at the time out of curiosity but none one knew & or was willing to say what was behind those seriously locked doors. All I recall these days (as it was 40 years ago now) is that the doors where large, heavy in construction & had plenty of red sign on them, red meaning danger! It was a damp dark creepy place under the airport with dripping water everywhere &pipes going in all directions, the airport was built on top of a creek! EPA these days would have a fit! If ya hated ya boss you could hide him out of sight out of mind for decades down there !:-) I took my now ex wife down there one W/E back in the days before security was out of control & you could wander around the tarmac etc in thongs!!!, she hated it, hated the rats that ran between her feet, typical girl...heheh

I used it a couple of times early this year in the middle of the night. I cant remember why but it may have been runway works on 16/34 and something going on down at the 27 threshold?
Out of curiosity, what is the actual reason we're not allowed to use 09? Does anyone actually know?

I fly into Melbourne weekly and its now an almost nightly thing to get a flow time for LIZZI (or other feeder fixes) for arrivals at or after midnight with both runways in use.

If/when you work it out, can you let us all know the answer also?

There was a picture online a while back of a cavity with support columns underneath the pick up/drop off area out the front of International. ‘Apparently’ a provision for a future airport rail platform/station.

yes but they dont have to contend with politicians wanting aircraft away from view of their balcony, residents upset because an aircraft makes less noise than their nearest road or trainline, or airlines that want to dictate how an airport is built just to suit them and nobody else....

I don't think the good people of Daxing have votes..........................

That's the problem with democracy - people insist on being heard................

YMML - Preference is for 3rd RWY to be N/S orientation
 

Announced on ABC News at 0830WST, Ch 24, that YMML Airport has a preference for the 3rd RWY to be N/S orientation, after consultation with the industry.

(Much) More to follow, I would imagine.....

Would this be 'bye' to the ML Airport Golf Club....?

Possible relocation of the TAAAATS Centre....?

OVAH...!!!.