Melbourne Airport Master Plan 2018 Preliminary Draft

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Melbourne
Airport
Master Plan
2018
Preliminary
Draft
Melbourne Airport Master Plan 2018
Preliminary Draft
Please note
• Melbourne Airport is managed by Australia Pacific • Development strategies and scenarios in this
Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd (APAM), which is a Master Plan are based on certain assumptions
subsidiary of Australia Pacific Airports Corporation and forecasts that have been prepared by APAM
Limited (APAC). In this document, the term to assist in the strategic planning process, and to
‘Melbourne Airport’ is used to refer to both the discharge its obligations under the Act. Therefore,
airport site and to APAM as manager of the site (as the assumptions and forecasts should not be used or
the case may be). ‘Melbourne Airport’ is a trademark relied upon by any person for any other purpose. 
of APAM.
• This Master Plan is APAM’s statement of intent
• This Master Plan was prepared by APAM as part based on current data and insights and is subject to
of its internal strategic planning processes and change. Accordingly, the development strategies and
in accordance with the provisions of Part 5 of scenarios detailed in it are indicative only, and their
the Airports Act 1996 (the Airports Act), and the inclusion is not to be read as an assurance that any,
Regulations made under that Act, and should be or all of them, will occur. 
read in that context only.
• Significant changes to the Master Plan can only be
• This Master Plan is a revision of the previous Master approved by processing a replacement Master Plan
Plan that was approved by the Commonwealth or a minor variation. In addition, in accordance with
Minister in December 2013. The fundamental Section 83A or the Airports Act, the airport-lessee
philosophies of the previous Master Plan are company must take all reasonable steps to ensure
maintained in this version. that the Environment Strategy in the final Master
Plan is complied with. 
• This Master Plan incorporates the 2018 Melbourne
Airport Environment Strategy and the Melbourne
Airport Ground Transport Plan in accordance with
Part 5, Section 71 of the Airports Act.
Content s
Contents
Foreword ........................................................................................ii
Executive Summary ......................................................................iv
Melbourne Airport Master Plan 2018 ............................................ ix
Part A: Introduction 1
1.0
Introduction 3
1.1 Welcome to the Melbourne Airport Master Plan 2018 ..........................................................4
1.2 Purpose of the Master Plan....................................................................................................5
1.3 Structure of the Master Plan ..................................................................................................5
2.0
Vision and development objectives 7
2.1 Master Plan vision ..................................................................................................................8
2.2 2018 Master Plan development objectives ...........................................................................8
3.0
The master planning process 9
3.1 Master Plan preparation ......................................................................................................10
3.2 Legislative framework .........................................................................................................12
3.2.1 Airports Act 1996 ...................................................................................................................12
3.2.2 Environmental legislation ....................................................................................................13
3.2.3 Other Commonwealth legislation .......................................................................................13
3.2.4 Victorian and local government regulations .......................................................................13
3.3 Stakeholder and community engagement ........................................................................13
3.3.1 Communications and information ......................................................................................13
3.3.2 Stakeholder engagement.....................................................................................................13
3.3.3 Forums ..................................................................................................................................14
3.3.4 Community investment .......................................................................................................14
3.3.5 The Master Planning engagement process .........................................................................14
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Part B: Planning Context 15
4.0
Background 17
4.1 History of Melbourne Airport ...............................................................................................18
4.1.1 Early plans ............................................................................................................................18
4.1.2 Melbourne Airport Strategy 1990 ........................................................................................21
4.2 Airport ownership ................................................................................................................21
4.3 Previous Master Plans ..........................................................................................................21
4.4 Key achievements since the 2013 Master Plan ...................................................................23
4.4.1 Airside development ............................................................................................................23
4.4.2 Terminals and aviation development .................................................................................23
4.4.3 Non-aviation development ..................................................................................................24
4.4.4 Ground transport .................................................................................................................24
4.4.5 Utilities infrastructure ..........................................................................................................24
4.4.6 Environment Strategy ..........................................................................................................26
5.0
Melbourne Airport today 27
5.1 Location ................................................................................................................................28
5.2 Existing airside infrastructure and aviation facilities .........................................................31
5.2.1 Runways................................................................................................................................31
5.2.2 Supporting apron and taxiway system ...............................................................................33
5.2.3 Current airside capacity .......................................................................................................35
5.2.4 Terminals ..............................................................................................................................35
5.2.5 Air navigation facilities .........................................................................................................36
5.2.6 Aircraft maintenance facilities .............................................................................................36
5.3 Existing non-aviation development ....................................................................................36
5.3.1 Landside Main Precinct ........................................................................................................36
5.3.2 Landside Business Precinct .................................................................................................37
5.4 Existing ground transport ....................................................................................................39
5.4.1 External road network ..........................................................................................................40
5.4.2 Internal road network ..........................................................................................................40
5.4.3 Ground transport facilities ...................................................................................................40
5.4.4 Public transport ....................................................................................................................43
5.4.5 Active transport ....................................................................................................................45
5.5 Existing utilities infrastructure portfolio .............................................................................48
5.6 Cultural heritage and environmental context ....................................................................49
5.6.1 Cultural heritage and environmental attributes .................................................................51
5.6.2 Future challenges .................................................................................................................52
5.6.3 Environmental Management Framework ...........................................................................56
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6.0
Melbourne Airport in context 59
6.1 Aviation context ...................................................................................................................60
6.1.1 Passenger numbers ..............................................................................................................61
6.1.2 Aircraft movements ..............................................................................................................61
6.1.3 Drivers of aviation growth....................................................................................................61
6.1.4 Air freight ..............................................................................................................................62
6.1.5 Curfew-free status ................................................................................................................62
6.2 Economic and social significance of the airport ................................................................63
6.2.1 Economic contribution .......................................................................................................63
6.2.2 Social value  ..........................................................................................................................64
6.3 Planning context for Melbourne Airport .............................................................................67
6.3.1 Australian Infrastructure Plan ..............................................................................................67
6.3.2 Victoria’s 30-Year Infrastructure Strategy ............................................................................67
6.3.3 Victorian Infrastructure Plan ................................................................................................67
6.3.4 Plan Melbourne 2017–2050 .................................................................................................67
6.3.5 Melbourne Airport Environs Strategy Plan ..........................................................................69
6.3.6 Urban growth boundary and green wedges .......................................................................69
6.3.7 Hume Planning Scheme ......................................................................................................69
Part C: The Plan 73
7.0
Airport growth forecasts 75
7.1 Aviation forecasting context ................................................................................................76
7.2 Passengers ............................................................................................................................77
7.2.1 International passengers .........................................................................................................77
7.2.2 Domestic passengers ...............................................................................................................77
7.2.3 Passenger forecast scenarios .................................................................................................77
7.3 Air freight ..............................................................................................................................79
7.4 Aircraft movements ..............................................................................................................80
7.5 Vehicle traffic ........................................................................................................................81
8.0
Development concept plans 83
8.1 2023 Development Concept Plan ........................................................................................85
8.1.1 Runway Development Program ..............................................................................................85
8.2 2038 Development Concept Plan ........................................................................................87
8.3 Long Term Development Concept Plan ..............................................................................89
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9.0
Aircraft noise and flight paths 91
9.1 Background ..........................................................................................................................92
9.2 Noise forecast .......................................................................................................................93
9.2.1 Australian Noise Exposure Index .........................................................................................93
9.2.2 Australian Noise Exposure Concepts ...................................................................................93
9.2.3 Australian Noise Exposure Forecast ....................................................................................93
9.2.4 F orecast major operational stages of Melbourne Airport and the
Runway Development Program ..........................................................................................94
9.2.5 Flight paths and rules for the safe operation of parallel runways .....................................96
9.2.6 Airport operating modes, runway usage and noise abatement procedures .....................97
9.2.7 Rules for the safe operation of parallel runways .............................................................104
9.2.8 Changes to flight paths since the 2013 Master Plan .........................................................104
9.2.9 Other changes to noise forecasts since the 2013 Master Plan .........................................105
9.2.10 Comparison with 2013 Master Plan ......................................................................................106
9.2.11 Number-above contours ....................................................................................................114
9.3 Flight paths .........................................................................................................................117
9.4 Short-term noise forecasts ................................................................................................126
Part D: Planning Response 129
10.0
Airport Land Use Plan 131
10.1 Overview and objectives ...................................................................................................132
10.2 Land Use Strategy ..............................................................................................................134
10.3 Land use precincts .............................................................................................................134
10.3.1 Airside Operations Precinct ...............................................................................................134
10.3.2 Airport Expansion Precinct ................................................................................................136
10.3.3 Terminals Precinct .............................................................................................................136
10.3.4 Landside Main Precinct ......................................................................................................136
10.3.5 Landside Business Precinct ...............................................................................................137
10.4 Planning zones ...................................................................................................................137
10.4.1 Activity Centre Zone ...........................................................................................................137
10.4.2 Road Zone ...........................................................................................................................137
10.4.3 Special Use Zone ................................................................................................................137
10.4.4 Industrial 3 Zone ................................................................................................................139
10.4.5 Public Use Zone .................................................................................................................139
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10.5 Overlays ..............................................................................................................................139
10.5.1 Environmental Significance Overlay .................................................................................139
10.5.2 Heritage Overlay .................................................................................................................139
10.6 Sensitive developments ....................................................................................................139
10.7 Pre-existing interests .........................................................................................................141
10.8 Consistency with Victorian planning schemes .................................................................141
10.9 Development approval process ........................................................................................141
11.0
Airside Development Plan 144
11.1 Overview.............................................................................................................................145
11.2 Runway enhancements .....................................................................................................146
11.2.1 Runway Development Program ..........................................................................................146
11.2.2 Further runway enhancements ...........................................................................................155
11.3 Apron and taxiway infrastructure enhancements ............................................................155
11.3.2 Taxiway Yankee ...................................................................................................................158
11.4 Air traffic control operational enhancements ..................................................................158
11.5 Apron capacity enhancements ..........................................................................................159
11.5.1 Pier Foxtrot apron works ....................................................................................................159
11.5.2 Apron infill north of Taxiway Tango ...................................................................................159
11.5.3 Existing Terminals Precinct apron expansion ...................................................................161
11.5.4 Southern Terminal apron expansion.................................................................................161
11.5.5 Midfield apron ....................................................................................................................161
11.5.6 Southern freight apron ......................................................................................................161
11.6 Long-term four-runway airside configuration ..................................................................162
11.7 Future navigation facilities and services ..........................................................................162
11.7.1 Air Traffic Service Centre ....................................................................................................162
12.0
Terminals and Aviation Development Plan 163
12.1 Overview.............................................................................................................................164
12.2 International terminal .......................................................................................................166
12.3 Domestic terminals ............................................................................................................167
12.4 Freight terminal .................................................................................................................168
12.5 General aviation facilities ..................................................................................................168
12.6 Aircraft maintenance facilities ...........................................................................................169
12.7 Other aviation support facilities........................................................................................169
12.8 Aviation fuel facilities ..........................................................................................................169
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13.0
Non-Aviation Development Plan 170
13.1 Overview and objectives ...................................................................................................171
13.2 Landside Main Precinct .....................................................................................................172
13.2.1 The Forefront (previously known as Gowrie Park) ...........................................................172
13.2.2 The Hive (previously known as The Square) .....................................................................172
13.2.3 Car rental back-up area ......................................................................................................172
13.3 Landside Business Precinct ...............................................................................................172
13.3.1 Melbourne Airport Business Park ......................................................................................172
13.3.2 Elite Park (previously known as the Gateway site) ...........................................................174
13.4 Impacts of non-aviation development .............................................................................174
14.0
Ground Transport Development Plan 175
14.1 Overview.............................................................................................................................176
14.2 2023 Ground Transport Plan .............................................................................................177
14.2.1 External road network ........................................................................................................177
14.2.2 Internal road network ........................................................................................................177
14.2.3 Ground transport facilities .................................................................................................179
14.2.4 Public transport ..................................................................................................................181
14.2.5 Active transport ..................................................................................................................184
14.2.6 Travel demand management ............................................................................................184
14.3 Transport system capacity and demand ..........................................................................185
14.4 Working with state and local authorities ..........................................................................185
14.5 20-year ground transport strategy ....................................................................................185
14.5.1 External road network ........................................................................................................186
14.5.2 Internal road network ........................................................................................................186
14.5.3 Ground transport facilities .................................................................................................188
14.5.4 Public transport ..................................................................................................................188
14.5.5 Active transport ..................................................................................................................188
14.6 Market disruptors and technological innovation .............................................................189
15.0
Utilities Infrastructure Development Plan 191
15.1 Overview.............................................................................................................................192
15.2 Energy network ..................................................................................................................195
15.2.1 High-voltage electricity network .......................................................................................195
15.2.2 Thermal energy network ...................................................................................................195
15.2.3 Gas supply network ............................................................................................................195
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15.3 Water network ....................................................................................................................199
15.3.1 Potable water .....................................................................................................................199
15.3.2 Stormwater drainage .........................................................................................................199
15.3.3 Sewerage ............................................................................................................................199
16.0
Environment Strategy 203
16.1 Overview and objectives ...................................................................................................204
16.1.1 Melbourne Airport’s legislative obligations and environment policy ..............................205
16.2 Environment strategy context ...........................................................................................207
16.2.1 Our operating context in relation to this strategy .............................................................207
16.2.2 Building on past strategies and stakeholder consultation ...............................................213
16.2.3 Stakeholder consultation ...................................................................................................213
16.2.4 Risks and opportunities .....................................................................................................214
16.2.5 Strategy structure ...............................................................................................................215
16.2.6 Targets ................................................................................................................................217
16.3 Implementing the strategy ................................................................................................219
16.3.1 Environment Management Framework ............................................................................219
16.3.2 Environmental Management System ................................................................................221
16.3.3 Environmental awareness and training ............................................................................223
16.4 Action plans ........................................................................................................................225
16.4.1 Environmental management .............................................................................................225
16.4.2 Sustainability in planning and design ...............................................................................227
16.4.3 Energy and carbon .............................................................................................................231
16.4.4 Hazardous materials ..........................................................................................................235
16.4.5 Cultural heritage .................................................................................................................237
16.4.6 Land and water management ...........................................................................................243
16.4.7 Biodiversity and conservation ...........................................................................................248
16.4.8 Air quality and ground-based noise ..................................................................................253
16.4.9 Waste management ...........................................................................................................255
17.0
Safeguarding Melbourne Airport 259
17.1 Overview and objectives ...................................................................................................260
17.2 National Airports Safeguarding Framework .....................................................................261
17.3 Melbourne Airport policies and processes .......................................................................261
17.4 State government planning policies .................................................................................263
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17.5 Managing the impacts of aircraft noise .............................................................................263
17.5.1 Australian Noise Exposure Forecast ..................................................................................263
17.5.2 Melbourne Airport Environs Overlay .................................................................................263
17.5.3 Limitations of the Australian Noise Exposure Forecast system .......................................264
17.5.4 Number-above contours ....................................................................................................264
17.5.5 Noise monitoring systems .................................................................................................264
17.5.6 Noise abatement procedures ............................................................................................264
17.5.7 New flight procedures and technologies ..........................................................................265
17.5.8 Noise Abatement Committee ............................................................................................267
17.5.9 Online noise tool ................................................................................................................267
17.6 Managing building-generated windshear .........................................................................267
17.7 Managing the risk of wildlife strikes ..................................................................................269
17.8 Managing the risk of wind turbine farms ..........................................................................271
17.9 Managing the risk of lighting distractions ........................................................................271
17.10 Managing the risk of airspace intrusions ..........................................................................273
17.10.1 Prescribed Airspace regulations ........................................................................................273
17.10.2 Melbourne Airport’s Prescribed Airspace ..........................................................................273
17.10.3 Other airspace protection regulations ..............................................................................273
17.10.4 Off-airport planning controls .............................................................................................276
17.11 Protecting aviation facilities ...........................................................................................276
17.12 Public Safety Zones .........................................................................................................277
17.13 Summary .........................................................................................................................284
18.0
Implementation plan 285
18.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................287
18.2 Five-year staging and implementation program (to 2023) ..............................................287
18.3 20-year staging and implementation program (to 2038) .................................................293
18.3.1 Potential future key developments – 20-year planning horizon .....................................293