Valencia Airport
Valencia Airport | |||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||
| Operator | Aena | ||||||||||||
| Serves | Valencia | ||||||||||||
| Location | Manises | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 73 m / 240 ft | ||||||||||||
| Website | aena-aeropuertos.es | ||||||||||||
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Valencia Airport in Manises (IATA: VLC, ICAO: LEVC), also known as Manises Airport,[3] is the 8th busiest Spanish airport in terms of passengers[4] and second in the region after Alicante. It is situated 8 km (5.0 mi) west[2] of the city of Valencia. The airport has flight connections to about 15 European countries and 4.98 million passengers passed through the airport in 2011.[1] The airport has one terminal and one runway. The former runway 04/22 is not in use and has no ILS but has a helipad at the southwestern end.
Overview
Valencia airport is situated adjacent to the Autovía A-3 highway which connects Valencia with Madrid and is also close to the Autovía A-7 coastal route to Barcelona. It is connected to Valencia by a regular bus line (MetroBus) which takes 45 minutes, while the shuttle service (Aerobus) to city centre takes 20 minutes. The metro network (lines 3 and 5) also connect the airport to the city centre (15 minutes), the Railway Station and the Port.
A new regional terminal, expanded car parking facilities and apron area have been recently constructed in time for the 2007 America's Cup. The runway has been also lengthened by 50 m (160 ft).
It is the main base of Iberia’s regional carrier Air Nostrum. Irish low-cost airline Ryanair used the airport as a hub since 2007 but decided to close it in November 2008 following a row over subsidies by the airport authorities.[5] Since then the airline has continued to operate out of Valencia but as a relatively large destination airport, and not a base. Ryanair later announced on 23 June 2010 that it would re-open its Valencia base with 2 based aircraft and 10 new destinations from November 2010.
Airlines and destinations
References
- ^ a b AENA passenger statistics and aircraft movements
- ^ a b Spanish AIP (AENA)
- ^ "Sales Offices in Spain." Spanair. Retrieved on 6 May 2009.
- ^ AENA passenger and aircraft movements for 2008
- ^ Valencia Loses 750,000 Passengers and 750 Jobs as Ryanair Closes Base
- ^ http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/ryanair-announces-brussels-zaventem-base-from-feb-2014
- ^ "Timatable". Wizz Air. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
