Airport West, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Airport West
city = Melbourne
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Moonee Valley
postcode = 3042
pop = 6660 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21007 | name = Airport West (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-09-29 | quick = on]
area = 3.7
est =
propval = $340,000 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Airport%20West&postcode=3042 Airport West] , accessed 31 August 2007]
stategov = Niddrie
fedgov = Maribyrnong, Wills
dist1 = 14
location1= Melbourne
dist2 =
location2=
near-nw = Tullamarine
near-n = Gladstone Park
near-ne = Gowanbrae
near-w = Keilor Park
near-e = Essendon Fields
near-sw = Keilor East
near-s = Niddrie
near-se = Essendon North

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." [cite web|url=http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/index.asp?Locality=airport&sub=1&State=&Postcode=&submit1=Search|title=Postcode Search|author=Australia Post|date=2006-12-08|accessdate=2006-01-12]

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.

Six bus routes also service the suburb:

* Nightrider Bus Service: Swanston Street, Melbourne - Craigieburn

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).

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).

See also

* City of Keilor - the former local government area of which Airport West was a part.

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