León Airport

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Aeropuerto de León
Aeródromo Militar de León
Aeropuerto Leon.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code LELN
IATA code LEN
Coordinates

42 ° 35 ′ 20 ″  N , 5 ° 39 ′ 20 ″  W Coordinates: 42 ° 35 ′ 20 ″  N , 5 ° 39 ′ 20 ″  W
Height above MSL 916 m (3005  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 6 km west of León
Street A66 AP71 LE30 N120
Local transport bus
Basic data
opening 1920
operator Aena
Terminals 1
Passengers 55,756 (2018)
Air freight 0 t (2018)
Flight
movements 		2,604 (2018)
Capacity
( PAX per year) 		600 thousand
Runways
05/23 3000 m × 45 m asphalt
06/24 1034 m × 100 m

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The airport León ( Spanish Aeropuerto de León ; IATA code : LEN , ICAO code : LELN ) is a regional airport in Leon in the northwest of Spain . The airport also serves as the military aerodrome of the Spanish Air Force , which calls the facility the Aeródromo Militar de León .

Location and transport links

The airport is six kilometers away from León and has only a road connection:

  • Bus : Bus connections from the León transport company
  • Car : The airport is on the LE 20 / AP 66 / N 120 motorway .

history

In March 1920, the construction of the Leon airfield was announced by a ministerial resolution. Originally the Base aérea de León or Base aérea de La Virgen Del Camino was designed for purely military use, as a stopover on the Asturias - Madrid route . As early as 1929, the military airport was provisionally authorized to provide commercial air navigation services.

During the Spanish Civil War , the airfield was the headquarters of several air force units of the army and the German Condor Legion supporting them . Parts of the German fighter squadron flew missions from La Virgen del Camino in October 1936, even before the actual Condor Legion was set up. In November 1936 the 1st squadron of Jagdgruppe 88 (1.J / 88) was set up here and from September 1937 the place served as a logistics and maintenance base for the Germans, after the operating companies Air Vehicle Group and Air Park (P / 88) to Virgen del Camino had been relocated. The official farewell to the Condor Legion by the leadership of the Ejercito del Aire also took place on May 22, 1939 on this airfield.

After the war he was classified in Class A. In the 1940s a flight school was set up, which after a few years was converted into a training facility for the Air Force special units.

In 1964, Leon Airport was opened to commercial air traffic. The possibility was created to land from two sides. The aeronautical restrictions were published in 1967 and remained unmodified until 1988. In 1990 the regional administrations decided to sponsor an airport infrastructure project that would encourage air traffic in the province. Permission for civil use was granted in 1991 by the Spanish Ministry of Defense.

The Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , who comes from Leon, announced the third expansion of the airfield in 2007 with the start of construction in 2008. This includes a new terminal that has meanwhile been completed , 300 car parking spaces and an expansion of the aircraft hangars with an investment volume of 22.3 million euros.

Airlines and Destinations

León is currently served mainly by Air Nostrum on behalf of Iberia with scheduled flights. The destinations are Barcelona and Málaga .

Traffic figures

Source: Aena
Traffic figures for the Aeropuerto de León 2000–2018
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons ) Flight movements
2018 55,756 0.000 2,604
2017 44,254 0.176 2,236
2016 36.503 0.000 1,816
2015 38,707 0.000 1,885
2014 23,133 0.000 1,397
2013 30,890 0.462 1,962
2012 51,061 0.814 2,631
2011 85,725 6.697 4,461
2010 93,373 3,927 4,773
2009 95.189 3.711 4,773
2008 123.183 15.979 5,705
2007 161,705 0.341 7,333
2006 126,650 0.554 6,305
2005 80,894 0.352 5,279
2004 65,187 0.033 5,241
2003 31,607 0.009 3,148
2002 23,972 0.000 2,951
2001 24,816 0.110 2,793
2000 21,218 0.113 2,605

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History. Aena.es , accessed January 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Introduction. Aena.es , accessed on November 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 2, 2019 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ Airport destinations. Aena.es , accessed on November 2, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 19, 2019 (Spanish).