Navigation setup and speed limits
Use QNH and ML VOR/DME, 114.1 MHz. DME is required; GNSS may be used instead of DME with ML VOR as the reference waypoint. Holding is as advised by ATC. Aircraft may be radar-vectored to an initial approach fix.
Maximum indicated airspeed at NUDVA is 185 kt. The chart lists ATC approach-speed ranges of 160–185 kt at NUDVA and 150–160 kt at 5 NM from the threshold.
Initial approach and final course
The chart provides two initial fixes on the 11 NM ML DME arc:
From DUDAB, follow the arc towards the east; from BOLTY, follow it towards the west. Intercept the 346° inbound final course via NUDVA, at 11 NM ML DME. The final approach fix is 6.5 NM ML DME.
Descent profile
All distances are to ML DME, not the runway threshold. The profile gives a 3° descent path.
Runway 34 threshold elevation is 330 ft. The source does not provide a threshold-distance conversion for every DME check.
Three-degree descent checks
Straight-in and special alternate minima
For categories A–D, the VOR/DME minimum descent altitude is 760 ft above mean sea level, a 430 ft height above threshold, with 2.4 km visibility.
The chart also prints special alternate minima of 700 ft / 2.5 km. These are separate from the standard alternate entries below; the sheet does not state the conditions for using special alternate minima. Those applicability conditions remain to be added to this draft.
Missed approach
At the missed-approach point, track 346° and climb to 4,000 ft, or as directed by ATC.
Circling and alternate minima
Circling altitudes are feet above mean sea level; the accompanying heights are above the 434 ft aerodrome elevation. Visibility is kilometres.
Frequencies
All frequencies are MHz.
Sector altitudes and map reference
The 10 NM minimum sector altitude is 3,300 ft. The 25 NM MSA, centred on ML VOR, is 4,500 ft in the northern sector and 3,700 ft in the southern sector. Boundaries are labelled R-260° on the west side and R-080° on the east side.
Bearings are magnetic, with 12° east variation. Elevations are feet above mean sea level. The map scale is 1:500,000, with a 0–5 NM scale bar. It covers labelled grid lines 37°30′–37°50′ S and 144°40′–145°00′ E. YMEN is Essendon Airport, south-east of Melbourne.
The map prints these terrain and obstacle elevations, in feet: 2,195; 1,604; 1,598; 1,600; 1,468; 949; 1,021; 830; 920; 687; 655; 1,224; 1,171; 906; 948; 945; 1,007; 935; 808; 775; 706; 691; 526; 564; 552; 573; 1,041; 772; 1,096; 657. Their geographic positions have not yet been fully transcribed into this text.
Chart MMLVO03-186, revised 19 March 2026, from the fixed publication cycle effective 3 September 2026.
Source: © Airservices Australia, Departure and Approach Procedures, MMLVO03-186.Last modified on October 30, 2026
