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Notable Aircraft at MEB Right Now

Widebodies, super-heavies, military traffic, and emergency squawks in the MEB pattern right now. If there's anything worth noticing, it surfaces here first.

MEB Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Melbourne Essendon Airport with gate, terminal, and current status. Separate from the live radar above, which shows every aircraft in the sky whether or not it's on a public schedule.

Status Airline Flight Destination Sched Updated Gate
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Top Airlines at MEB Right Now

15 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 02:05 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Unknown
10
Virgin Australia
2
Jetstar Airways
2
AM
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

CESSNA 172 Skyhawk leads the MEB pattern with 4 aircraft right now, followed by BOEING 737 MAX 8 at 1. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

Snapshot from 02:05 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

4
C172
CESSNA 172 Skyhawk
1
B38M
BOEING 737 MAX 8
1
A321
AIRBUS A-321
1
A320
AIRBUS A-320
1
PC24
PILATUS PC-24
1
EC30
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS EC-130
1
A139
AGUSTA AW-139
1
B738
BOEING 737-800
1
ECHO
TECNAM P-92 Echo
1
PA31
PIPER PA-31-300/310/325/350/425
1
C425
CESSNA 425 Corsair
1
DA42
DIAMOND DA-42 Guardian

About Melbourne Essendon Airport

1 scheduled nonstop routes on 1 airline.

Elevation
282ft
Routes
1
Airlines
1
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the MEB radar. Sort by any column. Click a row to open its tracker page with route arc, altitude profile, and live telemetry.

Callsign Route Type Dir Alt Speed Dist Squawk
AMAM 261 PC24 4,000 256kt 5nm 3743
JQJQ 431 A320 1,100 138kt 9nm 1044
POL30 A139 825 63kt 10nm 0030
WHD EC30 475 119kt 12nm 1200
VAVA 147 B738 10,825 357kt 15nm 1551
JQJQ 511 A321 3,350 183kt 16nm 3660
BSM C425 4,300 189kt 16nm 1012
TOT PA31 -500 85kt 18nm 3000
ZJF C172 1,425 104kt 21nm 1200
PIA C172 800 74kt 21nm 1200
VAVA 322 B38M 5,025 223kt 21nm 1160
R4851 ECHO 1,500 85kt 22nm 1200
ZHJ C172 0 68kt 22nm 1200
IUU DA42 4,475 143kt 23nm 3676
ZJX C172 950 104kt 24nm 1200

Frequently Asked Questions

Aircraft positions refresh every few minutes. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's position at broadcast time.

Altitude. Red on the ground, through green, teal, and blue for mid-altitudes, into violet above 40,000 feet. At a glance you can tell who just took off, who is climbing through the pattern, and who is cruising overhead.

They are inside the MEB radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for MEB traffic actually reflect MEB traffic.

Click any aircraft on the map. You get its track line across the region and an altitude profile showing the climb, cruise, and descent.

A pulsing red circle indicates an emergency squawk: 7500 (hijack), 7600 (comm failure), or 7700 (general emergency). These are legally-required codes pilots set when something is wrong.

The radar shows live aircraft positions. Gate, terminal, and schedule status sit in the Board section above this one.

GPS-accurate via ADS-B, typically within 30 meters horizontally. Positions refresh every few minutes. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.