Vitoria airport

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Gasteiz-Foronda aireportua
Aeropuerto de Vitoria
Foronda aireportua antonov.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code LEVT
IATA code VIT
Coordinates

42 ° 52 '58 "  N , 2 ° 43' 28"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 52 '58 "  N , 2 ° 43' 28"  W.
Height above MSL 513 m (1683  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 6 km northwest of Vitoria
Street A1 AP1
N622 N624 E5
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

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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

Source: Aena
Traffic figures for the Aeropuerto de Vitoria 2000–2018
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons ) Flight movements
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

Commons : Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History. Aena.es , accessed on January 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Introduction. Aena.es , accessed November 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 8, 2019 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ Airport destinations. Aena.es , accessed November 8, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 16, 2019 (Spanish).