Airport West
Traffic Intelligence Profile

SCATS-based vehicle movement profile generated from the Melbourne SCATS Intelligence Platform. Historical signalised-intersection movement analysis covering 2014–2026.
Generated: 20 May 2026
Suburb rank: #222
SCATS sites: 5
Postcode(s): 3042
I’m your local mate with a few trailers right next to The West Gate Freeway!

Suburb Map

This map provides geographic context for the suburb profile and the surrounding road network. For individual SCATS sensor locations, use the map links in the Top SCATS Sites and Sensor Inventory tables.

Airport West suburb map
The embedded Google suburb map is not loaded automatically, to keep this public traffic intelligence archive fast and lightweight.
Open Airport West in Google Maps

Google Maps suburb link. Open full map in Google Maps. This page avoids loading embedded Google maps until a visitor explicitly opens or loads one.

Executive Snapshot

Airport West contains 5 mapped SCATS traffic sites in this suburb-level profile. Across the historical dataset, these sites account for 670,810,643 vehicle movements, or approximately 670.8M.

The busiest mapped SCATS location in Airport West is Melrose / Mascoma / Westfield, with 212,532,006 recorded movements across the historical period.

670.8MTotal mapped vehicle movements
5Mapped SCATS sites
#222Melbourne suburb movement rank
134,162,128Average movements per site
Interpretation: This profile should be read as a suburb-level movement exposure report based on mapped SCATS sensor locations. It is useful for local traffic reporting, OOH exposure review, planning discussion, business-location context and public-interest transport analysis.

Top SCATS Sites in Airport West

On mobile, swipe the table sideways to view all columns.

#SCATS IDLocationTotal movementsMillionsRankMap
1 2866 Melrose / Mascoma / Westfield
MELROSE/ MASCOMA/WESTFIELD		 212,532,006 212.5M 597 Map
2 2864 Tullamarine / English / Matthews
TULLAMARINE/ENGLISH/MATTHEWS		 205,172,060 205.2M 667 Map
3 2865 Melrose / Matthews / Dromana
MELROSE/MATTHEWS/DROMANA		 138,736,848 138.7M 1476 Map
4 2723 Fullarton / Moorna / Calder Freeway
FULLARTON/MOORNA/CALDER FWY		 58,391,304 58.4M 3340 Map
5 2890 MATTHEWS near FULLARTON
MATTHEWS NR FULLARTON		 55,978,425 56.0M 3397 Map
Note: SCATS locations are assigned to suburbs using the latitude/longitude of each site. Boundary roads may influence nearby suburbs even when assigned to one suburb for repeatable reporting.

SCATS Sensor Map

This map shows the location of each mapped SCATS sensor associated with Airport West. Circle colours match the main full-network SCATS map. Click any circle to view the site name, movement total and a direct Google Maps link.

Interactive SCATS Sensor Map

To protect the public platform from unnecessary Google Maps API usage, this interactive map loads only when requested. The report tables and direct Google Maps links work without loading the embedded map.

Interactive SCATS sensor map is ready to load.
Click the button above to load Google Maps and display the mapped SCATS sites for Airport West.
Traffic intensity circles
Red — Top 5% busiest Melbourne-wide
Orange — Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide
Yellow — Middle-volume Melbourne-wide
Green — Lower-volume mapped site
Circle colours are based on each SCATS site's Melbourne-wide rank across the cleaned archive, not just its rank within this suburb. Circle size is scaled lightly by traffic intensity.

Provider: Google Maps circle overlays · Sensors plotted: 5. For PDF export, you will usually get a better result by replacing this live map with a static PNG screenshot.

Mapped SCATS sensors

  1. 1
    2866 — Melrose / Mascoma / Westfield
    MELROSE/ MASCOMA/WESTFIELD
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #597
    -37.711859, 144.888651
    Open in Google Maps
  2. 2
    2864 — Tullamarine / English / Matthews
    TULLAMARINE/ENGLISH/MATTHEWS
    Top 20% busiest Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #667
    -37.725702, 144.890746
    Open in Google Maps
  3. 3
    2865 — Melrose / Matthews / Dromana
    MELROSE/MATTHEWS/DROMANA
    Middle-volume Melbourne-wide · Melbourne rank #1476
    -37.713519, 144.890064
    Open in Google Maps
  4. 4
    2723 — Fullarton / Moorna / Calder Freeway
    FULLARTON/MOORNA/CALDER FWY
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3340
    -37.728704, 144.869779
    Open in Google Maps
  5. 5
    2890 — MATTHEWS near FULLARTON
    MATTHEWS NR FULLARTON
    Lower-volume mapped site · Melbourne rank #3397
    -37.732748, 144.889596
    Open in Google Maps

Local Movement Context

Busiest Local Site

Melrose / Mascoma / Westfield
212,532,006 vehicle movements
Open busiest site in Google Maps

Suburb Rank

Airport West ranks #222 among mapped Melbourne suburbs/localities by total SCATS movement volume in this generated suburb summary.

Likely Dominant Corridors

OOH and media relevance: Suburbs with concentrated SCATS movement corridors can be useful for billboard exposure review, local traffic journalism, corridor analysis and business-location intelligence.

SCATS Sensor Inventory

On mobile, swipe the table sideways to view all columns.

SCATS IDFriendly nameOfficial nameTotal movementsPostcodeMap
2866 Melrose / Mascoma / Westfield MELROSE/ MASCOMA/WESTFIELD 212,532,006 3042 Open
2864 Tullamarine / English / Matthews TULLAMARINE/ENGLISH/MATTHEWS 205,172,060 3042 Open
2865 Melrose / Matthews / Dromana MELROSE/MATTHEWS/DROMANA 138,736,848 3042 Open
2723 Fullarton / Moorna / Calder Freeway FULLARTON/MOORNA/CALDER FWY 58,391,304 3042 Open
2890 MATTHEWS near FULLARTON MATTHEWS NR FULLARTON 55,978,425 3042 Open

Methodology and Platform Context

This suburb profile is one local report generated from the wider Melbourne SCATS Intelligence platform. The platform converts more than 12 years of Melbourne traffic signal data into a public-facing transport intelligence layer covering historical movement totals, site rankings, corridor behaviour, suburb profiles, OOH exposure review, and reproducible data-quality evidence.

37,877,000,000Cleaned 15-minute SCATS observations
539,021,000,000Total cleaned vehicle movements analysed platform-wide
148/148Expected months processed in the reporting window
2014–2026Historical coverage window
How to read this suburb report: the suburb total shown earlier in this profile is this suburb’s portion of the mapped SCATS movement layer. The Melbourne-wide figures above describe the scale of the full platform, not this suburb alone. The suburb profile layer turns the city-wide dataset into 517 suburb/locality reports using 4,427 mapped SCATS sites.
Boundary caution: Some SCATS sensors sit on arterial roads, freeway interfaces or suburb boundaries. For repeatable reporting, each sensor is assigned to one suburb based on its coordinate. This makes the profiles reproducible, but nearby suburbs may still be affected by the same corridor.

Open-source project: https://github.com/clarketowson/melbourne-scats-intelligence

Generated by Melbourne SCATS Intelligence Platform · Clarke Towson, BCMS · Spotswood Trailers