What flies at Essendon Airport?
In the last 30 days the receiver networks CatchFlights uses saw 112 different aircraft types taking off and landing at Essendon Airport (MEB / YMEN), from 0 different aircraft. Seen most often: Beech 200 Super King Air (556), Cessna 172 Skyhawk (451), and Agusta AW-139 (328). Rare visitors included the Riley 65, Fairchild (1) SA-227AC Metro, Aero (1) Commander 500, North American Rockwell 685 Commander 685, and Agustawestland AW-169. These are movements the receivers saw — a lower bound, not the airport's full traffic.
Rare visitors
Types CatchFlights rates rare or better that were seen here in the last 30 days.
- Jetprop DLX
- Riley 65
- Discovery XL-2
- Pacific Aerospace CT-4 Airtrainer
- Lake LA-4
- Fairchild (1) SA-227AC Metro
- Aero (1) Commander 500
- North American Rockwell 685 Commander 685
- Agustawestland AW-169
- Cessna 560 Citation 5
- Beech 95 Travel Air
- Hawker Hurricane
- Tecnam P-2012 Traveller
- Cessna 501 Citation 1SP
- Douglas DST
- Aerostar (1) 600
- Embraer EMB-545 Legacy 450
- North American Rockwell 690 Turbo Commander 690
- Beech 400 Beechjet
- Sikorsky S-70
- Iai 1125 Astra
- Cessna 700 Citation Longitude
- Fokker 100
- Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G150
- Gulfstream Aerospace G-8 Gulfstream G800
- Airplane Factory Sling 4
- Swearingen SA-226T Merlin 3
- Beech 1900
- Cessna 750 Citation 10
- Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy
- Piper PA-46-701TP M700 Fury
All 112 types seen
Movements are the takeoffs and landings at Essendon Airport that the receiver networks CatchFlights uses saw in the 30 days up to 8 October 2026. Where no receiver covers the runway, movements are missed, so the real numbers are higher and differ from airport to airport; the mix of types holds up better than the totals.
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