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Airport West:
Population: | 6660 (2006) | ||||||||||||
Postcode: | 3042 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 3.7 km (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Location: | 14 km (9 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
Local Government Area: | City of Moonee Valley | ||||||||||||
State District: | Niddrie | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Maribyrnong, Wills | ||||||||||||
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Airport West is a suburb 14 km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. At the 2006 Census, Airport West had a population of 6660.
Bounded by the Calder Freeway to the south, the Tullamarine Freeway to the east, and the Western Ring Road to the north west, Airport West 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."
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