Vigo airport

Aeropuerto de Vigo ; Aeroporto de Vigo ; Aeropuerto de Peinador
Characteristics
ICAO code	LEVX
IATA code	VGO
Coordinates	42 ° 13 '54 " N , 8 ° 37' 36" W Coordinates: 42 ° 13 '54 " N , 8 ° 37' 36" W.
Height above MSL	261 m (856 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	8 km east of Vigo
Street
Local transport	bus
Basic data
opening	1954
operator	Aena
Terminals	1
Passengers	1,129,865 (2018)
Air freight	1,061 t (2018)
Flight ; movements	12,526 (2018)
Capacity ; ( PAX per year)	2 million
Start-and runway
01/19	2385 m × 45 m asphalt

The Vigo Airport ( IATA code VGO , ICAO code LEVX , gal. Aeroporto de Vigo , span. Aeropuerto de Vigo ) is a commercial airport in Galicia (Spain) in the extreme northwest of the Iberian Peninsula . It used to be called Aeropuerto de Vigo-Peinador or Aeropuerto de Peinador for short .

Location and transport links

The airport is eight kilometers east of Vigo's city center, near the municipalities of Redondela and Mos Vigo.

The airport can be reached quickly from the border with Portugal in the south, 25 km away, via the Autovia del Atlantico (A-55) and Autopista del Atlantico (AP-9), which goes further north towards Pontevedra . From Ourense in the east comes the Autovia de las Rias Baixas (A-52), which continues to Vigos city center. The new VG-20 bypass motorway in the south of Vigo is faster to get to the west of the city. The Autopista do Val Miñor (AG-57) runs a piece of the same route with the VG-20 towards the southwest (Nigrán, Gondomar).

The airport is also integrated into local public transport by buses .

Airlines and Destinations

Boeing 737-800 of Air Europa at the start

The main airlines for Vigo Airport are Iberia , Air Europa , Ryanair and Vueling Airlines .

From the airport there are connections to Madrid and Barcelona . There are also flights to other Spanish destinations ( Bilbao , Gran Canaria , Tenerife North , Valencia ).

Traffic figures

Source: Aena

Traffic figures for the Aeropuerto de Vigo 2000–2018
year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons )	Flight movements
2018	1,129,865	1,061	12,526
2017	1,065,595	771	12,479
2016	954.006	476	11,557
2015	713,567	537	9,580
2014	680.387	436	9,914
2013	678.720	448	10,636
2012	828.725	571	11,184
2011	976.152	1,114	14,130
2010	1,093,576	901	14,941
2009	1,103,285	797	15,698
2008	1,278,762	1,482	17,934
2007	1,405,968	1.953	19,999
2006	1,188,046	1,252	19,655
2005	1,108,720	1,363	18,855
2004	911,974	1,030	15,458
2003	840.013	1,134	13,453
2002	778.861	1,153	12,958
2001	790.540	1,699	13,546
2000	721.608	3,294	14,500

Web links

Commons : Vigo airport - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official airport website (English, Galician, Spanish)
Official website of the operator (English, Spanish)
Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )

Individual evidence

^ History. Aena.es , accessed January 4, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Introduction. Aena.es , accessed November 8, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 8, 2019 (Spanish).
↑ Public transport. Aena.es , accessed January 4, 2019 .
↑ Airport destinations. Aena.es , accessed November 8, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 4, 2018 (Spanish).

[history-1] History. Aena.es , accessed January 4, 2019 .

[introduction-2] Introduction. Aena.es , accessed November 8, 2019 .

[estadísticas-3] Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 8, 2019 (Spanish).

[transport-4] Public transport. Aena.es , accessed January 4, 2019 .

[destinations-5] Airport destinations. Aena.es , accessed November 8, 2019 .

[wayback-6] Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 4, 2018 (Spanish).