Arrival and tracking – from the east via GMH (General Motors Holden)

At GMH, call ATC on 118.1, the eastern frequency. GMH can be difficult to identify. It is an old industrial complex with a dark, sawtooth roof, approx. 7 nm east of Moorabbin and just south of the junction of the Monash and South Gippsland freeways.

For approaches to RWY 31R, 35R or a downwind join to RWY 13L, you will often be requested to report at Parkmore Shopping Centre and/or crossing Springvale Road (a major north-south road), which is just inside the 3 nm CTR boundary. Approaches to RWY 17L will often track via Sandown Racecourse to join a left base.

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A visual terminal chart of Moorabbin airspace, showing an airplane marked in red arriving from the east, tracking via Springvale Road crossing
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Aerial view of GMH from the east
GMH inbound from the east
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Aerial view of Parkmore shopping centre from the east
Parkmore inbound from the east
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Aerial view of Sandown Racecourse, from the east
Sandown inbound from the east
Published date: 31 May 2023
Online version available at: https://www.casa.gov.au//resources-and-education/publications-and-resources/industry-guides-and-publications/pilot-guides/stay-ontrack-series/stay-ontrack-flying-melbourne-region/arrival-and-tracking-east-gmh-general-motors-holden
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