Logroño airport

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Aeropuerto de Logroño-Agoncillo
Base de Agoncillo
Aeropuerto de Logroño.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code LERJ
IATA code RJL
Coordinates

42 ° 27 '37 "  N , 2 ° 19' 30"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 27 '37 "  N , 2 ° 19' 30"  W.
Height above MSL 352 m (1155  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 10 km east of Logroño
Street AP68 N232 E804
Basic data
opening 1928
operator Aena
Terminals 1
Passengers 21,381 (2018)
Air freight 0 t (2018)
Flight
movements 		1,376 (2018)
Capacity
( PAX per year) 		300,000
Start-and runway
11/29 2201 m × 45 m asphalt

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The airport Logroño-Agoncillo ( Spanish Aeropuerto de Logroño-Agoncillo ; IATA code : RJL , ICAO code : LERJ ) is a civil-military airport in the autonomous community of La Rioja in Spain . The airport is located approximately ten kilometers east of the city of Logroño . The Spanish army uses the place as Base de Agoncillo or Héroes del Revellín barracks.

history

The origins of today's airport on the territory of the municipality of Agoncillo go back to the Aeródromo de Recajo in the 1920s. The airfield of the secondary military airfield ( Base Aérea secundaria ) built between 1924 and 1928 was around 1000 m long and 600 m wide. The first aircraft of the Spanish Air Force stationed here were reconnaissance aircraft from the British company de Havilland . The facility, known as Aeródromo de Agoncillo since 1932 , was also used by units of the German Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War . The Ejército del Aire opened a maintenance facility in the middle of the war in 1938, which lasted until the 1950s.

The airfield, which has been expanded in the meantime, was released for civilian use in 1946, but never played a major role in air traffic. Later flying units of the Guardia Civil and the Spanish Army Aviation ( FAMET ) were stationed here, which led to the operation being transferred from the air to the land forces in 1994.

In 1996 the government of La Rioja decided to convert the airfield into an airport. The expansion project started two years later and after five years the new airport was inaugurated in 2003.

Military use

Base de Agoncillo, looking west from the N232, 2011

Since 1974 the Base de Agoncillo of the Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra has been home to the 3rd Helicopter Regiment , Battalón de Helicópteres de Manobra III (BHELMA III) .

Since 1991, the regiment has been operationally deployed many times abroad and at the beginning of 2011 the 100,000 flight hours were completed at the current location. The first HT-27 Cougars arrived on the base in 1998 and have been in use for over two decades. HT-29 Caimán has been running as the Cougar successor since 2016 .

A second military user is the Guardia Civil , which is also stationed here and is also assigned to the Ministry of Defense.

Airlines and Destinations

The airport has also been used for civil and commercial purposes since May 2003, but it is one of the least frequented airports in the country. The only scheduled flight is a daily connection with Air Nostrum in codeshare with Iberia to Madrid-Barajas . In the middle of the 1st decade of the 21st century, the airport had over 50,000 passengers.

Traffic figures

Source: Aena
Traffic figures for the Aeropuerto de Logroño-Agoncillo 2003–2018
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons ) Flight movements
2018 21,381 0.000 1,376
2017 20.008 0.000 1,447
2016 17,367 0.000 1,305
2015 14,981 0.000 1,359
2014 12,237 0.000 1,221
2013 10,598 0.000 1,201
2012 19,263 0.000 2,630
2011 17,877 0.000 2,734
2010 24,527 0.000 3,638
2009 35,663 0.000 5,023
2008 47,896 0.000 3,903
2007 56,371 0.000 3,705
2006 55,469 0.000 3,334
2005 39,150 0.000 3,064
2004 38,385 0.008 2,509
2003 20,222 0.118 1,624

Web links

Commons : Aeropuerto de Logroño  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History. Aena.es , accessed January 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Introduction. Aena.es , accessed on November 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f 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).