San Sebastian Airport
Aeropuerto de San Sebastian | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | LESO |
IATA code | EAS |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 5 m (16 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 16 km northeast of San Sebastian , 2 km north of Irun |
Street | N-638 |
Local transport | bus |
Basic data | |
opening | 1955 |
operator | Aena |
Terminals | 1 |
Passengers | 289,440 (2018) |
Air freight | 6.697 t (2018) |
Flight movements |
6,415 (2018) |
Capacity ( PAX per year) |
700 thousand |
Start-and runway | |
04/22 | 1754 m × 45 m asphalt |
The San Sebastian Airport ( Spanish Aeropuerto de San Sebastián ; IATA code : EAS , ICAO code : LESO ) is an international commercial airport in the north of the Iberian Peninsula in to Spain belonging to the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country . It is located in Hondarribia directly on the Bidasoa River , which forms the border between Spain and France there. The city of Donostia-San Sebastián is about 16 kilometers to the southwest.
Airlines and Destinations
There are no direct flights to it from German-speaking countries. Madrid-Barajas and Barcelona are the only destinations on the scheduled flight schedule and are served by Air Nostrum and Vueling Airlines, respectively .
Traffic figures
year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) | Flight movements |
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2018 | 289,440 | 6.697 | 6,415 |
2017 | 281,859 | 3.244 | 6,925 |
2016 | 264,422 | 4,559 | 6,954 |
2015 | 255.077 | 3.313 | 6,807 |
2014 | 245.422 | 30.735 | 6,057 |
2013 | 245.003 | 20,440 | 6.235 |
2012 | 262,783 | 35,589 | 9,015 |
2011 | 248.050 | 32,031 | 9,560 |
2010 | 286.077 | 18.809 | 9,581 |
2009 | 315.294 | 31,083 | 9,743 |
2008 | 403.191 | 63.791 | 12,282 |
2007 | 466.457 | 245.872 | 12,736 |
2006 | 368.002 | 282.202 | 12,077 |
2005 | 308.775 | 415.186 | 11.007 |
2004 | 295,533 | 325.183 | 9,107 |
2003 | 283,843 | 96,556 | 8,879 |
2002 | 271.224 | 127.067 | 8,265 |
2001 | 281.059 | 154.087 | 7,975 |
2000 | 283,830 | 176.069 | 7,808 |
Incidents
- On October 26, 1957, the pilots of a De Havilland Heron 2D of the Aviaco ( EC-AOA ) coming from Madrid-Barajas landed at San Sebastián Airport. Due to a leak in the brake system, it was not possible to stop the machine before the runway end. It rolled over into the morass in the estuary of the Bidasoa River. All 22 occupants, 17 passengers and the 5 crew members survived this accident. The plane was destroyed.
Web links
Commons : San Sebastián Airport - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website of the airport (Basque, English, Spanish)
- Official website of the operator (English, Spanish)
- Airport data on World Aero Data
Individual evidence
- ^ History. Aena.es , accessed January 12, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Introduction. Aena.es , accessed November 5, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 5, 2019 (Spanish).
- ↑ Airport destinations. Aena.es , accessed November 5, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 12, 2019 (Spanish).
- ↑ Accident report Heron 2D EC-AOA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 9, 2017.