León Airport
Aeropuerto de León Aeródromo Militar de León |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | LELN |
IATA code | LEN |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 916 m (3005 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 6 km west of León |
Street | |
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 |
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
year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) | Flight movements |
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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
- Official airport website (English, Spanish)
- Official website of the operator (English, Spanish)
- Airfield data sheet (AENA) (PDF file; 47 kB)
- Airport data on World Aero Data
Individual evidence
- ^ History. Aena.es , accessed January 19, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Introduction. Aena.es , accessed on November 2, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 2, 2019 (Spanish).
- ↑ Airport destinations. Aena.es , accessed on November 2, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 19, 2019 (Spanish).