Airport West, Victoria
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| Airport West Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 6660 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3042 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 3.7 km² (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $340,000 [2] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 14 km (9 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Moonee Valley | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Niddrie | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Maribyrnong, Wills | ||||||||||||
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Airport West is a suburb in the north west of 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."[3]
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[edit] Transport
The number 59 tram service travels from Westfield 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
Westfield Airport West 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] Educational facilities
Airport West has one government primary school (Niddrie PS), a Catholic primary school (St. Christopher's PS) and a secondary school (Niddrie Campus, Essendon Keilor College).
[edit] See also
- City of Keilor - the former local government area of which Airport West was a part.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Airport West (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ Airport West, accessed 31 August 2007
- ^ Australia Post (8 December 2006). Postcode Search. Retrieved on 2006-01-12.
[edit] External links
- Airport West, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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