Asturias airport

Aeropuerto de Asturias
Characteristics
ICAO code	LEAS
IATA code	OVD
Coordinates	43 ° 33 '49 "  N , 6 ° 2' 4"  W Coordinates: 43 ° 33 '49 "  N , 6 ° 2' 4"  W.
Height above MSL	127 m (417  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	27 km northwest of Oviedo , 9 km west of Avilés
Street
Local transport	bus connections
Basic data
opening	June 11, 1968
operator	Aena
Terminals	1
Passengers	1,400,438 (2018)
Air freight	33 t (2018)
Flight movements	12,444 (2018)
Start-and runway
11/29	2200 m × 45 m asphalt

The Asturias Airport ( Spanish Aeropuerto de Asturias ) is an international commercial airport on the Costa Verde in the province of Asturias in northern Spain .

The airport was inaugurated on June 11, 1968 as a replacement for the old La Morgal military airfield , which for technical reasons was not suitable for scheduled services.

Location and transport links

The airport is located directly on the Bay of Biscay nine kilometers west of the city of Avilés in the Castrillón area in the Santiago del Monte municipality. The capital of Asturias Oviedo is around 27 kilometers away.

• Bus : Bus connections from the Alsa public transport company .
• By car : The airport is on the Autovía del Cantábrico A-8 ( E 70 ).

Airlines and Destinations

Airlines	Cities
Air Europa	Madrid-Barajas , North Tenerife
Evelop Airlines	Tenerife north
Iberia	Madrid-Barajas
Volotea	Alicante , Málaga , Palma de Mallorca , Seville , Tenerife South , Valencia
Vueling	Alicante, Barcelona , Gran Canaria , Lanzarote , London-Gatwick , Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Tenerife North

Traffic figures

Source: Aena

Traffic figures for the Aeropuerto de Asturias 2000–2018

year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons )	Flight movements
2018	1,400,438	33	12,444
2017	1,407,217	33	13.005
2016	1,281,979	54	11,928
2015	1,119,273	64	10,758
2014	1,065,176	71	11,715
2013	1,039,406	94	10,407
2012	1,309,770	102	13,252
2011	1,339,010	137	15,348
2010	1,355,364	111	16,538
2009	1,316,212	113	16,033
2008	1,530,245	139	18,371
2007	1,560,830	197	19,149
2006	1,353,030	199	17,987
2005	1,251,495	230	17,535
2004	943.992	420	14,198
2003	839.814	484	12,867
2002	774.317	577	12,036
2001	816.087	641	12,526
2000	817.497	598	13.131

Web links

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

• Official airport website (English, Spanish)
• Official website of the operator (English, Spanish)
• alsa.es (public bus connections of the Alsa transport company to / from Asturias airport, span./engl.)
• sellpage.de (flight connections from Germany to Asturias, German.)
• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} History. Aena.es , accessed December 30, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Introduction. Aena.es , accessed October 28, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed October 28, 2019 (Spanish). 
4. ↑ Airport destinations. Aena.es , accessed October 28, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed December 30, 2018 (Spanish).