Coordinates: 28°06′10″N 080°38′43″W / 28.10278, -80.64528 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

This airport is located in the United States. For the airport located in Melbourne, Australia, see Melbourne Airport

For other uses, see Melbourne Airport (disambiguation).

Melbourne International Airport (IATA: MLB, ICAO: KMLB, FAA LID: MLB) is a public airport within the city limits of Melbourne, a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. Located on central Florida's Space Coast, the airport is accessed via NASA Boulevard (State Road 508). It is governed by a seven-member board which is appointed by the Melbourne City Council and the private sector. The airport serves about half a million people annually. The airport budget is contained within the Melbourne municipal budget. The projected expenses for 2007 is $14.9 million.^[2] An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... A Location Identifier takes the place of the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, weather station, and manned air traffic control facility in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services. ... Nickname: Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State County Brevard Settled c. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... The term asphalt is often used as an abbreviation for asphalt concrete. ... “FAA” redirects here. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... “FAA” redirects here. ... A Location Identifier takes the place of the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, weather station, and manned air traffic control facility in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services. ... Nickname: Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State County Brevard Settled c. ... Brevard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... The Space Coast is a region in the U.S. state of Florida around Kennedy Space Center, where NASA frequently launches rockets and shuttles into space. ... For other uses, see NASA (disambiguation). ... Florida State Road 508, also known as NASA Boulevard, is a 1. ... Chairman of the Board redirects here. ...

History

Melbourne International Airport had its beginning in 1928 when a Pitcairn Aircraft landed on a cow pasture strip north of Kissimmee Highway.

Airmail service began in late 1928 when the airport was designated a fueling stop. In 1933, the City of Melbourne acquired 160 acres (65 ha) west of Indian River Bluff to develop as a new location for the airport, which was further developed and operated as Naval Air Station Melbourne during World War II. An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ... Naval Air Station (NAS) Melbourne was a United States Naval Base in Melbourne, Florida. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Returned to the city as a Surplus Property Airport after the War, Melbourne Airport was deeded to the city in 1947 and was operated as a municipal airport until 1967 at which time the city created the Melbourne Airport Authority to plan, operate, maintain, and develop the airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Runway 9R

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• Runway 9R/27L: 10,181 x 150 ft. (3,103 x 46 m)
• Runway 9L/27R: 6,000 x 150 ft. (1,829 x 46 m)
• Runway 5/23: 3,001 x 75 ft. (915 x 23 m)

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2007, the airport had 219,193 aircraft operations, an average of 600 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% scheduled commercial, 2% air taxi and <1% military. There are 229 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 3% jet, 3% helicopter and <1% military.^[1] A general aviation scene at Kemble Airfield, England. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Air charter. ... For other uses, see Helicopter (disambiguation). ...

The airport also houses the Airport Museum located inside the terminal building.

The Melbourne Airport Authority operated Trailer Haven, a 760-site mobile home park, and leases property to two restaurants and one hotel.^[3] The Authority closed the mobile home park in 2005 in preparation for redevelopment.

Airlines and destinations

• Baer Air (Freeport, Tallahassee)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
  • Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
• USA 3000 Airlines (Baltimore/Washington)
• Vintage Props and Jets (Daytona Beach [begins April 1], Marsh Harbor, Treasure Cay)

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Flight schools

• F.I.T. Aviation Flight School owned by Florida Institute of Technology for the College of Aeronautics. Offers flight training for fixed wing aircraft for the FAA Private Pilot Certification, Intrument Rating, Commercial Pilot Certification, Multi-Engine and Advanced Aircraft Training. In 1999, in order to match a grant for a new engineering building, Florida Tech sold nearly a third of its training fleet.
• Silver State Helicopters - Offers flight training for helicopters from Private to Commercial Certificates.

Florida Institute of Technology is an independent technical college located in Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County), United States. ... This article is about the year. ... Silver State Helicopters started out in 1999 at Henderson Executive Airport with one Robinson R-22 helicopter. ...

References

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Gallery

External links

• Melbourne International Airport (official site)
• Melbourne International AirportPDF (1.04 MiB) brochure from CFASPP (April 2005)
• Melbourne International Airport at WikiMapia
• FIT Aviation (official site)
• FAA Airport Diagram(PDF), effective 14 February 2008
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KMLB
  • ASN accident history for MLB
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KMLB
  • FAA current MLB delay information