Melbourne Orlando International
MLB · KMLB · Melbourne, Florida · Brevard County · map
Melbourne Orlando International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Melbourne, 2 miles northwest of Melbourne, Florida, 33 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 09R/27L, is 10,181 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMLB · observed 2:53 pm EDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 1,900 feet, a broken layer at 8,500 feet, overcast at 10,000 feet
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 75°F (24°C)
- Altimeter 29.86 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:32 pm EDT (17:32 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 3,500 feet, a broken layer at 15,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 3:00 pm EDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, thunderstorms nearby, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet (thunderheads), a broken layer at 5,000 feet and more above VFR
- At times between Tue 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC) and 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): visibility 3 miles, thunderstorms with rain, a broken layer at 3,000 feet (thunderheads) MVFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 1,500 feet, a broken layer at 3,500 feet and more above VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 2,000 feet, a broken layer at 5,000 feet and more above VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMLB 061853Z 08004KT 10SM FEW019 BKN085 OVC100 28/24 A2986 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE RAB1754E38 SLP112 P0001 T02780239
TAF KMLB 061732Z 0618/0718 07007KT P6SM SCT035 BKN150 FM061900 06010KT P6SM VCTS SCT030CB BKN050 BKN100 TEMPO 0620/0623 3SM TSRA BKN030CB FM070200 VRB05KT P6SM VCSH SCT015 BKN035 BKN100 FM071400 13006KT P6SM VCSH SCT020 BKN050 BKN120
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MLB · ICAO KMLB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Melbourne
- Elevation
- 33 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09R/27L | 10,181 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 09L/27R | 6,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 27L: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 699 ft, 9,482 ft available for landing, trees 36 ft high 1,640 ft from the end
- Runway 09L: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 26 ft high 550 ft from the end
- Runway 27R: PAPI, four lights on the left, building 46 ft high 1,880 ft from the end
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 41 ft high 1,240 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, hangar 45 ft high 1,370 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower · VFR and adzy | 118.2 | Melbourne |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Mlb and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.55 | Melbourne |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.9 | Melbourne |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery · Melbourne and dp When mlb tower closed | 126.025 | Melbourne |
| Tower (secondary) | 124.05 | Melbourne |
| Bitho and star | 128.375 | Melbourne |
| Jokrs and star · Pricy and star | 134.05 | Melbourne |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 321-237-1257.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Melbourne from the FAA register
323 aircraft are registered to owners in Melbourne, Florida: 195 piston singles, 54 helicopters, 29 piston twins, 23 business jets, 16 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 36 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 9R; runway end identifier lights runway 27L; PAPI runway 9R and 27L; medium-intensity runway lights 5/23 and 9L/27R; high-intensity runway lights runway 9R/27L - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 05/23 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- 400 feet blast pad both runway ends.
- Trees 20 feet tall, 200 feet bfr aer, 404 right of centerline.
- Rvr unavailable 12:00 am to 6:00 am.
- Rvr unavailable 12:00 am to 6:00 am.
- Runway 09L approach slp 34:1 to aer.
- Tgl NA aft 2100 or 2 hour aft sunset; whichever is later.
- Rstrd: military aircrew use of northrop/grumman ramp prior permission required - grumman operations dsn 854-5245 extn 5522, C407-5522; prior to arrival - grumman operations 123.2.
- Uncontrolled area taxiway V west of runway 5; taxiway C north of taxiway K; taxiway south north of S1; taxiway H and G.
- Surface condition not rprtd 11:00 pm to 6:00 am.
- Bird act on and in the vicinity of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.