Salamanca Airport

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Aeropuerto de Salamanca-Matacán
Base Aérea de Matacán
LESA SLM 023.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code LESA
IATA code SLM
Coordinates

40 ° 57 '7 "  N , 5 ° 30' 7"  W Coordinates: 40 ° 57 '7 "  N , 5 ° 30' 7"  W.
Height above MSL 791 m (2595  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 14 km east of Salamanca
Street A50 N501
Basic data
opening 1937
operator Aena
Terminals 1
Passengers 14,646 (2018)
Air freight 0 t (2018)
Flight
movements 		9,586 (2018)
Capacity
( PAX per year) 		300,000
Runways
03/21 2513 m × 60 m asphalt
08/26 1866 m × 122 m grass

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The Salamanca-Matacán Airport ( Spanish Aeropuerto de Salamanca , IATA code : SLM , ICAO : LESA ) is an international airport in the province of Salamanca in Spain . The airport is located about 14 kilometers east of the city of Salamanca on the site of the former Matacán fortress. The Spanish air forces use the place as Base Aérea de Matacán .

history

The current airport location is the third after San Fernando and Arauzo, both of which have been abandoned today. During the first year of the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and the end of March, they also served as a base for the Junkers Ju 52 / 3m of Kampfgruppe 88 (K / 88) of the German Condor Legion , before they were moved to Burgos .

After the outbreak of the Battle of Brunete was in the north lying Battle Group 88 , which is now the modern Heinkel He 111 began, moved in July 1937 on the new base at the present site Matacán. In the middle of the war, the first Iberia flight to Tetuán in what was then the Spanish part of Morocco started from here in the summer of 1937 . To resume flight operations, Iberia received Ju 52 / 3m from Lufthansa . In May 1939, Iberia relocated to Madrid-Barajas Airport, which still serves as its home base today .

After the war, the Spanish Air Force stationed a Ju 52 / 3m equipped blind flight school in Matacán, the Escuela de Vuelo sin Visibilidad, from which the Escuela Superior de Vuelo , which existed until the beginning of the 1950s and trained the elite of the Spanish air forces, emerged in 1946 . This school was relocated to Jerez and in 1954 Salamanca became its home base for the flight school for advanced training in instrument flight. Starting in 1964, it also carried out training courses in propulsion and engine technology, before this branch of training was transferred to the civilian Escuela Nacional de Aeronáutica (ENA) ten years later .

The civil joint use began in 1946 and in 1954 the runway 04/22 was opened. The ENA mentioned in the previous paragraph was created in 1974 and a new terminal was opened in 2005.

Military use

Today, the Grupo de Esuelas de Matacán (GRUEMA), which has the CASA C-101 Aviojet and Airbus Military CN-235M-100 in its portfolio, is based at the Base Aérea Salamanca / Matacán .

Airlines and Destinations

Seasonal scheduled connections to Salamanca are offered by Air Europa and Air Nostrum under the Regional brand for Iberia .

Traffic figures

Source: Aena
Traffic figures for the Aeropuerto de Salamanca 2000–2018
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons ) Flight movements
2018 14,646 0.000 9,586
2017 15,030 0.000 10.110
2016 15,525 0.114 9,292
2015 23.052 0.000 8,076
2014 18,349 0.000 5,486
2013 15,830 0.000 6,907
2012 22,718 0.000 9,116
2011 37,257 0.000 12,538
2010 43,179 0.000 12,244
2009 53,088 0.000 12,832
2008 60.103 0.000 12,450
2007 65,216 0.000 10,355
2006 29,308 0.000 8,658
2005 23,456 2,490 8,930
2004 21,553 0.500 9,979
2003 22,650 0.000 11,417
2002 23,045 0.800 13,781
2001 32,056 0.215 11.002
2000 41,136 0.380 11,481

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History. Aena.es , accessed on January 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Introduction. Aena.es , accessed November 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 5, 2019 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ Airlines. Aena.es , accessed November 5, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 22, 2019 (Spanish).