Albacete Airport

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Aeropuerto de Albacete-Los Llanos
Base Aérea de Los Llanos
Aeropuerto Los Llanos exterior.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code LEAB
IATA code ABC
Coordinates

38 ° 56 '56 "  N , 1 ° 51' 44"  W Coordinates: 38 ° 56 '56 "  N , 1 ° 51' 44"  W.
Height above MSL 702 m (2303  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 6 km south of Albacete
Street A30 N301  CM-3203 
Local transport taxi
Basic data
opening 1928
operator Aena
Terminals 1
Passengers 1,295 (2018)
Air freight 0 t (2018)
Flight
movements 		423 (2018)
Capacity
( PAX per year) 		300,000
Start-and runway
09/27 2700 m × 60 m asphalt

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The Albacete Airport ( Spanish Aeropuerto de Albacete-Los Llanos ) is an airport on the Base Aérea de Los Llanos, a military airfield of the Spanish Air Force about six kilometers south of Albacete , Spain . The airport can be reached via the Autovía A-30 and Carretera Nacional N-301 or the CM-3203.

history

In 1928 the Compañía Española de Aviación established a flight school for the training of civil and military pilots in Los Llanos, which was officially opened the following year.

At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War , the airfield was requisitioned by the Republic's air forces. From then on , it served the Aviación Republicana as an important base until the government troops surrendered. The square was handed over to the Aviación Nacional on March 29, 1939.

From the summer of 1939 Los Llanos was initially the home base of American Martin bombers, which initially formed part of the 13th Squadron, from which the 13th Regiment in 1943 and finally the 26th Squadron (Ala 26) emerged in 1943 , still a unit lighter Bomber.

As a result, the bombers were used in the Ifni War in the Spanish enclave of the same name in southern Morocco before it was transferred in August as Ala 37 to a transport squadron equipped with DC-3 . The squadron, temporarily referred to as Grupo 37 between 1967 and 1971 , moved to Villanubla in 1973 .

Mirage F1CE, Ala 14

Los Llanos was then the home base with Mirage F1 newly formed Ala 14, the first machine arrived in 1975 and after 16 years of flight operations 100,000 flight hours had been flown in 1991. The unit hosted the normally annual NATO Tiger Meet in 1992 and first took part in the Cope Thunder maneuver in Alaska in 2002 . The squadron also received royal visits from King Juan Carlos I and Crown Prince Felipe VI over the years . In 2006 the squadron also participated in the Air Policing Baltic States .

In the first decade of the 21st century, there was an expansion of use with the addition of civil aviation in 2003, the establishment of a Eurocopter production facility in 2007 and the relocation of the Tactical Leadership Program ( TLP ) from Florennes in Belgium in 2009. Due to the better weather in Spain and the narrow air space in Central Europe moved to Spain.

The 14th squadron was converted to the Eurofighter Typhoon in July 2012 for the 142nd Squadron, with the first Typhoons already being used a few months earlier as part of the TLP, and the Mirage F1 was also retired from the 141st Squadron at the end of June 2013.

On January 26, 2015, as part of a NATO maneuver on the military part of the airport, a serious accident occurred when a Greek F-16 fighter jet crashed into an aircraft parking area while taking off. The two Greek pilots and nine French soldiers died.

Military use

The base is currently (2013) used as follows:

  • Ala 14 (14th Squadron ) with two squadrons of tactical multipurpose combat aircraft Eurofighter Typhoon , the Escuadróns 141 and 142, since 2012
  • Tactical Leadership Program (TLP), a high-quality training program for combat aircraft crews. Several times a year, various NATO air forces move various types of aircraft to Albacete for several weeks.

Civil use

Inside view of the terminal

Civil flights have been operating since July 1, 2003. The first flight was operated by Hola Airlines to the Balearic Islands . Albacete and Ciudad Real Airport (which has been closed since 2012) are the only civil airports in Castile-La Mancha .

In November 2005 the new terminal with an area of ​​2200 square meters was inaugurated and the approach procedure for runway RWY 27/09 was supplemented by ILS approach system of category I.

The airport was served as scheduled by Iberia (through its partner Air Nostrum ) from Barcelona and by Private Wings (through Welcome Air ) from Augsburg and Marseille.

Iberia's air traffic has been suspended for two years.

The former Eurocopter and today's Airbus Helicopters has been operating a helicopter manufacturing plant on the edge of the airport since 2007.

Traffic figures

Source: Aena
Aeropuerto de Albacete traffic figures 2003-2018
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons ) Flight movements
2018 1,295 0.000 423
2017 1,380 0.000 430
2016 1,277 0.000 408
2015 1,353 0.000 411
2014 1,411 8,500 540
2013 1,211 0.000 476
2012 3,916 0.000 799
2011 8,415 0.000 937
2010 11,293 0.000 1,243
2009 15,127 0.000 1,419
2008 19,254 8,924 2.113
2007 19,881 0.010 1,856
2006 17,516 0.007 1,347
2005 15,992 0.000 1,185
2004 15,055 0.000 1,309
2003 4,666 0.000 257

Web links

Commons : Albacete Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Introduction. Aena.es , accessed January 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 24, 2019 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ [1]
  4. ^ Accident report on the F-16D crash in Albacete
  5. ↑ Greek fighter-jet crash death toll rises theguardian.com, January 27, 2015
  6. ↑ a b Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 24, 2019 (Spanish).