Valencia Airport
Aeropuerto de Valencia |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | LEVC |
IATA code | VLC |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 69 m (226 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 8 km west of Valencia |
Street | |
Local transport |
Bus Metro : Metro Valencia Lines 3 and 5 |
Basic data | |
opening | March 1933 |
operator | Aena |
Terminals | 1 |
Passengers | 7,769,804 (2018) |
Air freight | 14,500 t (2018) |
Flight movements |
75,837 (2018) |
Capacity ( PAX per year) |
10.5 million |
Start-and runway | |
12/30 | 3200 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Valencia Airport ( Valencian Aeroport de Valencia , Spanish Aeropuerto de Valencia , also Aeroport de Manises or Aeropuerto de Manises called) is the international passenger airport of the Spanish city of Valencia , the capital of the autonomous community and the eponymous province .
Location and transport links
The airport is located in the city of Manises , around eight kilometers west of the city center of Valencia on the Autovia del Este (Autovia de Valencia) A-3. It can be reached from the north and south via the Autovia del Mediterráneo A-7 or Autopista del Mediterráneo AP-7 (toll road). The metro lines 3 and 5 connects the airport in a short cycle sequence with the city.
history
Today's airport opened in 1933 and the first scheduled flight to Madrid took place in 1934. Before the Spanish Civil War, it was home to the “Aero Club de Valencia” and after the outbreak of the civil war in the summer of 1936 served the government of the Spanish Republic as the main base of their air forces in the Levant, which were deployed on the Teruel Front, among others. At the end of the war there were Polikarpov I-15 aircraft lying here .
On July 27, 1939, passenger air traffic was resumed. The Air Force Base Aérea de Manises was founded in 1944 and the first paved runway was built in 1946, with two more following in the late 1940s.
The military base became the first home base of Spanish F-86 (C.5) fighters, which formed the 11th Squadron ( Ala 11 ) from 1955 , and the original runway was expanded in late 1950.
Ala 11 converted to the Mirage III E (C.11) between 1970 and 1972 , and a new civilian terminal was inaugurated in 1983. The Mirage III should first be modernized two decades later. However, this program was discontinued in favor of the procurement of further, this time used, Mirage F1 (C.14), which were taken over by Qatar in 1992. Five years later, the Spanish government made the decision to abandon the Manises base as a fighter aircraft base for the Air Force, and Manises was closed in the summer of 1999, with the name of the Ala 11 being transferred to the squadron in Morón and the aircraft being relocated to Los Llanos base. The military or paramilitary use continues, however.
In connection with the America's Cup in 2007 , the airport was modernized and expanded again, including a new terminal building.
In 2018, around 7.8 million passengers were handled, which corresponds to an increase of 15.2% compared to 2017.
(Para-) military use
Today Manises is only used by the Civil Guard and the Coast Guard Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Marítima (SASEMAR).
- Unidad Aérea de Valencia of the Guardia Civil, equipped with various types of Airbus helicopters .
- Centro de Coordinación de Salvamento (CCS Valencia) of SASEMAR, equipped with CN235-300 patrol aircraft and AW139 helicopters
Airlines and Destinations
Manises Airport is served by scheduled airlines such as B. Iberia Express , Air France , Swiss and Lufthansa as well as Eurowings , as well as low-cost airlines such as Ryanair , which has named the airport as the fourth Spanish base. Currently (2019) around 40 destinations can be reached with Ryanair alone, including the German airports Berlin-Schönefeld , Weeze and Frankfurt-Hahn .
Traffic figures
year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) | Flight movements |
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2018 | 7,769,804 | 14,500 | 75,837 |
2017 | 6,745,231 | 13,126 | 68,042 |
2016 | 5,798,853 | 12,581 | 62,804 |
2015 | 5,055,127 | 13,540 | 59.007 |
2014 | 4,597,095 | 12,640 | 56,438 |
2013 | 4,618,072 | 11,679 | 57.161 |
2012 | 4,752,020 | 11,126 | 59,828 |
2011 | 4,979,511 | 10,509 | 70,397 |
2010 | 4,934,268 | 11,428 | 77,806 |
2009 | 4,748,997 | 9,792 | 81.126 |
2008 | 5,779,343 | 13,326 | 96,795 |
2007 | 5,933,424 | 13,335 | 96,616 |
2006 | 4,969,120 | 13,068 | 87,920 |
2005 | 4,639,314 | 12,218 | 87,045 |
2004 | 3,111,951 | 12,169 | 72,679 |
2003 | 2,432,126 | 11,770 | 65,548 |
2002 | 2,138,926 | 11,835 | 67.213 |
2001 | 2,301,191 | 11,078 | 69,597 |
2000 | 2,261,943 | 10,906 | 64,075 |
Incidents
- On April 19, 1962, a Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.31E of the Spanish Aviaco ( aircraft registration EC-AHJ ) was irreparably damaged at Valencia Airport for reasons that are not currently available. People were not harmed.
Web links
- Official airport website (English, Spanish, Valencian)
- Official website of the operator (English, Spanish)
- Public transport to the airport of the Valencia Metro (Spanish / English)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ^ History. Aena.es , accessed November 7, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Introduction. Aena.es , accessed November 7, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 7, 2019 (Spanish).
- ↑ Airlines. Aena.es , accessed November 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Airport destinations. Aena.es , accessed November 7, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed December 22, 2018 .
- ^ Accident report Bristol 170 EC-AHJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 11, 2018.
- ^ Derek A. King: The Bristol 170 . Air-Britain (Historians), Staplefield, 2011, ISBN 978 0 85130 405 2 , p. 243.