La Gomera Airport

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Aeropuerto de La Gomera
Aeropuertodelagomera.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code GCGM
IATA code GMZ
Coordinates

28 ° 1 '47 "  N , 17 ° 12' 53"  W Coordinates: 28 ° 1 '47 "  N , 17 ° 12' 53"  W.
Height above MSL 219 m (719  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 12 km southwest of San Sebastián de La Gomera
Local transport bus
Basic data
opening June 1999
operator Aena
Terminals 1
Passengers 61,943 (2018)
Air freight 1.804 t (2018)
Flight
movements 		2,673 (2018)
Capacity
( PAX per year) 		300 thousand
Start-and runway
09/27 1500 m × 30 m asphalt

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The La Gomera Airport ( Spanish Aeropuerto de La Gomera ; IATA Code : GMZ , ICAO code : GCGM ) is the airport of to Spain belonging Canary Island of La Gomera . Located in the municipality of Alajeró , it is twelve kilometers (as the crow flies ) from the island's capital, San Sebastián de La Gomera . The shortest road connection, however, is 33 kilometers long.

history

In the 1950s, the private airport El Revolcadero was built on La Gomera . It was located south of Alajero at an altitude of 170 meters above sea level and only 300 meters from the coast, had a runway with the direction 09-27. It was released on July 15, 1959 for the private air traffic of its owner and used as an emergency airfield and as a base for pest control. In 1962, because of the problematic medical care on the island, the possibility of building a new airport was considered. It stayed that way for a long time. Since there was a new high-speed ferry in the 1970s and Tenerife South Airport began its service, the project was finally abandoned.

On July 27, 1987, an agreement was signed between Spain and the government of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, which made it possible to build an airport. The rather impassable and mountainous island and the protection of the Garajonay National Park made it difficult to find a suitable airport area. The project development and the determination of the location on a plateau in the island community of Alajeró , two kilometers from the old El Revolcadero airport, lasted until the end of 1990. Four years later, work on the runway and the apron was completed. In April 1995 the operating company AENA S.A. completed the construction work. The construction contract for the terminal, which was inaugurated in 1999, was awarded. The architecture of the two-story airport building has typical Canarian features. The main entrance is a replica of the door of the Asunción Church , which is located in the island's capital, San Sebastián .

Opened in June 1999, La Gomera airport is the youngest in the Canary Islands.

Airlines and Destinations

The airport operates domestic flights mainly to the neighboring island of Tenerife ; mostly handled by the regional airlines Binter Canarias . The routes are unprofitable and only maintained due to political pressure.

The runway is too short for international flights, so travelers mostly land on Tenerife. Most tourists arrive at Tenerife's southern airport , but the flight connection to La Gomera is handled via Tenerife's northern airport . It is therefore closer, cheaper and usually quicker to get to La Gomera via the port of Los Cristianos by ferry or fast ferry.

Traffic figures

Source: Aena
Traffic figures for the Aeropuerto de La Gomera 2000–2018
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons ) Flight movements
2018 61,943 1.804 2,673
2017 48,711 2.193 1,854
2016 38.043 1.166 1,840
2015 34,954 1.121 1,818
2014 28,925 0.808 1,718
2013 24,446 0.458 1,704
2012 19,707 1.712 1,839
2011 32,713 8,239 1,769
2010 32,488 9.248 1,776
2009 34,605 10,577 1.917
2008 41,890 7,863 3,393
2007 40,569 0.638 3,466
2006 38,852 4,593 3,385
2005 34,496 6,192 3,396
2004 30,774 3.293 3,346
2003 28,588 2.739 3,372
2002 24,612 44.153 2,960
2001 23,404 19,318 2,609
2000 15,501 0.296 2,179

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History. Aena.es , accessed January 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Introduction. Aena.es , accessed November 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 1, 2019 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ Airport destinations. Aena.es , accessed November 1, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 18, 2019 (Spanish).