Vitoria airport
Gasteiz-Foronda aireportua Aeropuerto de Vitoria |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | LEVT |
IATA code | VIT |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 513 m (1683 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 6 km northwest of Vitoria |
Street |
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Local transport | bus |
Basic data | |
opening | 1980 |
operator | Aena |
Terminals | 1 |
Passengers | 140.903 (2018) |
Air freight | 62,145 t (2018) |
Flight movements |
9,755 (2018) |
Capacity ( PAX per year) |
700 thousand |
Start-and runway | |
04/22 | 3500 m × 45 m concrete |
The Vitoria Airport ( Spanish Aeropuerto de Vitoria , Basque Gasteiz-Foronda aireportua ; IATA Code : VIT , ICAO code : LEVT ) is the commercial airport in Vitoria , in the Basque Autonomous Community in northern Spain .
Location and transport links
The airport is close to the city in the northwest in the Foronda district and is directly connected to the motorway network.
history
Today's airport is the third location of an airfield in Vitorias. The first airfield had been in Lacua since the 1920s, where there were various flying days and Spain's first flying school was also located, initiated by the French aviation pioneer Leonce Garnier. A new airport in Zalburu was built shortly before the Spanish Civil War in 1935 in the northeast of the city center, it was named after José Martínez Aragón. In 1937 the airfield became the new end point of the Tetuán-Seville-Cáceres-Salamanca-Burgos route served by Iberia , all of these cities were already part of the territory conquered by the nationalists.
During the war, both sites were also used by the German Condor Legion for a time. Aircraft stationed in Vitoria were also used in the air raid on Gernika . This was u. a. around Bf-109 of the 2nd squadron of Jagdgruppe 88 (2 / J88), which operated from Vitoria between March and early July 1937. In addition , the operating companies Aircraft Group and Air Park (P / 88) were stationed in Vitoria from spring to late summer 1937 , coming from Ávila . The rest of the war they lived in Virgen del Camino .
After the war, the airport was named after General Mola , but it was not until 1946 that civil flights began to operate again. The airport was closed to civilian flights for two years shortly afterwards, again between 1957 and 1966.
Around 1970, considerations began to take up regular flight connections. Since the infrastructure in Zalburu did not seem suitable for this, it was decided in 1972 to move to another location. Construction at the Foranda site began four years later and the new airport opened on February 16, 1980. Just six weeks later, Iberia opened the route to Madrid on April 6, 1980.
It positioned itself early on as a cargo airport, which, thanks to its longest and best-equipped runway in the Basque Country, can be approached by the largest cargo aircraft.
Airlines and Destinations
Ryanair currently serves Seville and Tenerife South from Vitoria , and Milan-Bergamo is also served seasonally. There are also some cargo airlines, especially those of the well-known logistics companies .
Air Nostrum also temporarily offered passenger services to Vitoria under the Iberia Regional brand for Iberia . However, Air Nostrum suspended its flights in 2011.
Traffic figures
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year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) | Flight movements |
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2018 | 140.903 | 62,145 | 9,755 |
2017 | 84,261 | 60,479 | 8,435 |
2016 | 36,902 | 52,136 | 6,693 |
2015 | 11,182 | 46,372 | 6,840 |
2014 | 7,073 | 42.161 | 5,890 |
2013 | 6,912 | 37,482 | 5,395 |
2012 | 24,389 | 34,648 | 6,858 |
2011 | 28,211 | 34,692 | 7,582 |
2010 | 42,073 | 27,961 | 6,742 |
2009 | 39,933 | 27,388 | 9,490 |
2008 | 67,818 | 34,990 | 12,225 |
2007 | 173.878 | 31,359 | 12,266 |
2006 | 173.605 | 31,576 | 12,351 |
2005 | 91,594 | 34,786 | 11,578 |
2004 | 95.094 | 43,683 | 12,927 |
2003 | 102,328 | 40.156 | 13,291 |
2002 | 98,962 | 42,425 | 13,568 |
2001 | 129.102 | 36,309 | 14,873 |
2000 | 124.941 | 35,610 | 15,909 |
Web links
- Official website of the airport (Basque, English, Spanish)
- Official website of the operator (English, Spanish)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b History. Aena.es , accessed on January 16, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Introduction. Aena.es , accessed November 8, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 8, 2019 (Spanish).
- ↑ Airport destinations. Aena.es , accessed November 8, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 16, 2019 (Spanish).