Santander Airport

Aeropuerto de Santander-Seve Ballesteros
Characteristics
ICAO code	LEXJ
IATA code	SDR
Coordinates	43 ° 25 '37 " N , 3 ° 49' 12" W Coordinates: 43 ° 25 '37 " N , 3 ° 49' 12" W.
Height above MSL	5 m (16 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	4 km south of Santander
Street
Local transport	bus
Basic data
opening	September 25, 1953
operator	Aena
Terminals	1
Passengers	1,103,353 (2018)
Air freight	0 t (2018)
Flight ; movements	11,258 (2018)
Capacity ; ( PAX per year)	1.5 million
Start-and runway
11/29	2320 m × 45 m asphalt

The Santander airport "Seve Ballesteros" ( IATA : SDR , ICAO : LEXJ ; span. : Aeropuerto de Santander-Seve Ballesteros or Aeropuerto de Parayas ) is a commercial airport at Santander in the province of Cantabria in northern Spain .

Location and transport links

The airport is located on the Bay of Santander, south of the Santander cargo port, about four kilometers south of the city center in the area of the municipality of Maliaño .

Omnibuses run every half hour between the city center and the airport from morning to late evening.

The S-10 expressway leads north from the airport to Autovía A-67 , which leads west and south, and further north into the city, in the opposite direction it leads in the south-east onto European route 70 to the east.

history

Santander's first airport was in the La Albericia district. It received its greatest importance during the Spanish Civil War , after the city was conquered by the National, it was also used as a location for the German Condor Legion . The Heinkel He 111 of Kampfgruppe 88 flew most of their attacks on Gijón from here in September 1937 . The civil flight operations that were subsequently started were discontinued in 1948.

During the civil war, a second military airfield existed southeast of the bay of Santander between Pontejos and Rubayo.

A new airport was built in 1947 on the site of today's airport, which opened in 1953 and was classified as an international airport from 1957. The facility was closed between 1974 and 1977 and was extensively rebuilt; it reopened in 1977.

On April 16, 2015, the airport was named after the Cantabrian professional golfer Seve Ballesteros .

Airlines and Destinations

Internationally, Ryanair and since March 31, 2017 Wizz Air fly to and from Santander. Ryanair also flies domestic routes to and from Santander. And from Madrid flying Air Nostrum and Iberia , and from Barcelona-El Prat flies Vueling Airlines . In 2018 seven major airlines (more than 5,000 passengers per year) flew to the airport.

Traffic figures

Source: Aena

Traffic figures for the Aeropuerto de Santander-Seve Ballesteros 2000–2018
year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons )	Flight movements
2018	1,103,353	0.000	11,258
2017	937,643	3.244	10,989
2016	778.318	0.625	9,822
2015	875.920	0.318	10,796
2014	815,636	0.280	10,333
2013	974.043	1,828	12,263
2012	1,117,630	1.076	15,148
2011	1,116,398	1.055	17,072
2010	919.871	2.207	16,667
2009	958.157	11.076	18,756
2008	856.606	37,482	19.198
2007	761.780	1.473	16,998
2006	649,447	3.119	15,195
2005	644,662	343,835	16,148
2004	342,559	27.274	11,643
2003	253.756	39.817	11,326
2002	262.070	39.298	11,243
2001	272,383	100.832	9,868
2000	260,767	235.897	9,605

Web links

Commons : Santander Airport - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b History. Aena.es , accessed January 8, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Introduction. Aena.es , accessed November 5, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 5, 2019 (Spanish).
↑ Public transport. Aena.es , accessed January 8, 2019 .
↑ http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/cantabria/201504/16/parayas-llama-oficialmente-aeropuerto-20150416104406.html
↑ http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/20140423/local/cantabria-general/psoe-proponen-aeropuerto-parayas-201404231641.html
^ Wizz Air welcomes three new European airports to its network. anna.aero, April 4, 2017, accessed January 8, 2019 .
↑ Airport destinations. Aena.es , accessed November 5, 2019 .
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[introduction-2] Introduction. Aena.es , accessed November 5, 2019 .

[estadísticas-3] Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed November 5, 2019 (Spanish).

[transport-4] Public transport. Aena.es , accessed January 8, 2019 .

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[6] ttp://www.eldiariomontanes.es/20140423/local/cantabria-general/psoe-proponen-aeropuerto-parayas-201404231641.html

[7] Wizz Air welcomes three new European airports to its network. anna.aero, April 4, 2017, accessed January 8, 2019 .

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

[wayback-9] Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo. Aena.es , accessed January 8, 2019 (Spanish).