Reus airport
Aeropuerto de Reus Aeroport de Reus |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | LERS |
IATA code | REU |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 71 m (233 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 4 km southeast of Reus , 89 km southwest of Barcelona |
Street | A-7 / AP-7 / T-11 / N-420 / C-14 / E 15 |
Basic data | |
opening | 1935 |
operator | Aena |
Terminals | 1 |
Passengers | 1,037,765 (2018) |
Air freight | 0 t (2018) |
Flight movements |
16,855 (2018) |
Capacity ( PAX per year) |
1.6 million |
Runways | |
07/25 | 2459 m × 45 m asphalt |
12/30 (closed) |
950 m × 35 m grass |
The Reus Airport ( IATA : REU , ICAO : LERS ; . Katal Aeroport de Reus , . Span Aeropuerto de Reus ) is the commercial airport of the Catalan town of Reus on the Costa Daurada , about 89 kilometers southwest of Barcelona .
Location and transport links
Reus Airport is located four kilometers southeast of Reus , nine kilometers northwest of Tarragona and about 80 kilometers southwest of Barcelona Airport . It offers good connections to Cambrils and Salou .
- Bus : Buses run several times a day between the airport and Sants train station in Barcelona , which is about a 90-minute drive away . There are also bus connections to Reus, Cambrils and Tarragona.
- Car : From Barcelona you can reach the airport after about 110 kilometers via the E 15 and N 420 (exit 34 towards Tarragona).
Airlines and Destinations
In the summer Reus Airport is used almost exclusively by low-cost and charter airlines such as Ryanair , Jet2.com , TUI Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines to bring travelers from other European countries to the Costa Dorada or Barcelona . In winter only Ryanair uses the airport and operates flights to London-Stansted .
In June 2011 Ryanair announced that it would liquidate its base previously operated in Reus and discontinue 28 flight connections operated from here. This finally took place at the end of October 2011 at the start of the new flight plan. In the period from November 2011 to April 2012, the airport will be closed for the first time seasonally, as there is no longer sufficient air traffic in the winter months.
Traffic figures
year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) | Flight movements |
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2018 | 1,037,765 | 0.000 | 16,855 |
2017 | 1,018,889 | 0.000 | 16,023 |
2016 | 817.765 | 0.000 | 14,473 |
2015 | 705.038 | 0.010 | 13,533 |
2014 | 850.492 | 0.700 | 15,986 |
2013 | 971.020 | 0.060 | 16,977 |
2012 | 937.341 | 15.186 | 16,112 |
2011 | 1,362,683 | 34.818 | 21,494 |
2010 | 1,419,851 | 246,045 | 26,520 |
2009 | 1,706,615 | 9.602 | 30,946 |
2008 | 1,278,074 | 119.848 | 26,676 |
2007 | 1,306,785 | 11.213 | 25,701 |
2006 | 1,380,267 | 5.931 | 24,896 |
2005 | 1,382,257 | 17.027 | 24,481 |
2004 | 1,138,009 | 11,348 | 21,608 |
2003 | 846.731 | 4.205 | 19,654 |
2002 | 764.742 | 8.298 | 15,612 |
2001 | 744.096 | 6.703 | 13,399 |
2000 | 728.221 | 15.326 | 13.198 |
Incidents
- On July 20, 1970, a collided Boeing 737-130 of the Condor ( air vehicle registration D-ABEL ) approaching the Spanish airport Reus near Tarragona with a Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee (EC-BRU) , with all three occupants of the Piper killed Life came. The Boeing was repaired (see also Condor flight 316 ) .
Web links
- Official website of the airport (English, Catalan, Spanish)
- Official website of the operator (English, Spanish)
- Airport data on World Aero Data
Individual evidence
- ^ History. Aena.es , accessed January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Introduction. Aena.es , accessed November 4, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 4, 2019 (Spanish).
- ↑ Public transport. Aena.es , accessed January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Airlines. Aena.es , accessed November 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Airport destinations. Aena.es , accessed January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ elpais.com - Ryanair abandonará Reus (Spanish) June 29, 2011
- ↑ More staff than passengers. Welt.de , November 2, 2011, accessed on January 6, 2019 (German).
- ↑ a b Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 6, 2019 (Spanish).
- ^ Accident report B-737-100 D-ABEL , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 28, 2017.
- ^ Accident report PA-28-140 EC-BRU , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase (English), accessed on March 5, 2019.