Section 9 - Ground Transport Plan - Melbourne Airport

Road name Orientation Access Current capacity
Link Road
Operations Road
Annandale Road
Northeast–Southwest road
intersecting South Centre Road
and Melrose Drive
North–South road running
parallel with major north–south
runway
East–West road intersecting
Arundel Road and South
Centre Road
The internal road system provides access to a range
of land uses that generate passenger, employee and
commercial trips. Passenger trips are generally
concentrated in the terminal precinct and car parking
areas, and there is congestion in these areas during
peak and shoulder periods. Employee and commercial
trips are usually concentrated in the business and
industrial precincts.
The Melbourne Airport Landside Traffic Model has
identified the following areas where the airport’s internal
roads could be improved:
• Key passenger routes such as Terminal Drive, Arrival
Drive, Departure Drive and Centre Road are currently
approaching or exceeding capacity. Congestion on
these roads usually occurs during the peak periods
(7am–10am and 3pm–11pm) and is predominantly
associated with queuing from the terminal forecourt
or the Centre Road intersection.
• Key intersections with Centre Road, including Terminal
Drive, Departure Drive, Arrival Drive and Melrose Drive,
often operate above capacity during peak periods,
although not effectively. Taxi re-circulation and private
vehicles contribute to congestion.
• Some congestion on major internal roads affects
timetabled services including SkyBus, metropolitan
buses and the long-term car park shuttle. Longer travel
times and unreliable services affect the patronage and
operation of these services.
Connects business and
industrial precincts with
Melrose Drive
Access to the business
and industrial precincts,
the fire station and air traffic
control tower
Access to Qantas staff
car park, business and
industrial precincts, and
the Melbourne-bound lanes
of the Calder Freeway
2 lanes, two-way
2 lanes, two-way
2 lanes, two-way
Recent improvements undertaken to ease traffic movement
and reduce congestion across the airport have been
successful. They include constructing an additional
Melbourne-bound entry onto the Tullamarine Freeway
at APAC Drive. This has relieved traffic at the Centre
Road–Melbourne Drive intersection, which has had
positive impacts across the internal road network.
The other critical improvement has been the additional
lanes within the main terminal forecourt, providing
greater drop-off capacity that has allowed better traffic
movement in and out of the area.
DRAFT
9.2.3 Parking
There are approximately 25,000 car parking spaces at
Melbourne Airport for employees and passengers. There
are also a number of off-airport car parking operators,
most within five kilometres of the terminal precinct.
Melbourne Airport provides a wide range of parking
options at a range of price points. Parking utilisation is
carefully monitored so that additional bays are regularly
provided in a timely manner to meet growing demand.
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