Airport West, Victoria
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Airport West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. It is 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 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.
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.
Five bus routes also service the suburb:
- 476 Moonee Ponds - Hillside (via Taylors Lakes & Watergardens Shopping Centre / Watergardens Railway Station)
- 477 Moonee Ponds - Broardmeadows (via Airport West Shopping Centre)
- 478 Moonee Ponds - Melbourne Airport
- 479 Moonee Ponds - Sunbury (via Melbourne Airport)
- 501 Moonee Ponds - Niddrie (via Strathmore)
- NIGHTRIDER SERVICE: Swanston Street, Melbourne - Craigieburn
Commerce
Airport West Shopping Centre (Westfield Shoppingtown) in the northern corner of the suburb includes a Village cinema complex. Other shopping areas in the suburb include on McNamara Road. The suburb contains much light industrial, manufacturing, and freight businesses due to its close proximity to Essendon Airport and Melbourne Airport.