Melbourne Orlando International Airport

This article is about the airport in Florida, United States. For airports in Victoria, Australia, see Melbourne Airport and Avalon Airport. For other uses, see Melbourne Airport (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Orlando International Airport or Orlando Sanford International Airport.

Melbourne Orlando
International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Melbourne
OperatorMelbourne Airport Authority
ServesBrevard County, Florida
Greater Orlando
LocationMelbourne, Florida, U.S.
Elevation AMSL33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates28°06′10″N 080°38′43″W / 28.10278°N 80.64528°W / 28.10278; -80.64528
Websitewww.mlbair.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09R/27L 10,181 3,103 Asphalt
09L/27R 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
05/23 3,001 915 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers741,691
Aircraft operations170,869
Based aircraft264 (2020)

Melbourne Orlando International Airport (IATA: MLB, ICAO: KMLB, FAA LID: MLB) is a public airport 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of downtown Melbourne, in Brevard County, Florida, United States, and 70 miles (113 km) southeast of Orlando, located on central Florida's Space Coast. The airport is reached by 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 budget is part of the Melbourne municipal budget; the airport receives no local tax dollars. The projected expenses for 2010 were $14.1 million.[3] The executive director of the airport is Greg Donovan, A.A.E.[4]

Previously named Melbourne International Airport, in 2015 the airport had been renamed Orlando Melbourne International Airport. However, due to a lawsuit claiming this name was misleading to passengers, the airport changed its name in May 2021.[5]

  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for MLB PDF, effective August 8, 2024
  2. ^ "MLB Monthly Activity Report December 2023" (PDF). mlbair.com. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  3. ^ City of Melbourne FL Community Information Archived February 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, melbourneflorida.org
  4. ^ (MLB), Melbourne Orlando International Airport. "Welcome from the Executive Director". mlbair.com. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  5. ^ "Airport changes name after years of fighting over 'Orlando'". apnews.com. May 28, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.