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Alicante Airport

Control tower, Alicante Airport
Airport information
IATAALC
ICAOLEAL
Airport typePublic
OwnerAena
OperatorAena
ServesAlicante, Spain
LocationEl Altet (Elche)
Hub
Elevation43 m (141 ft)
Statistics2009
Passengers9139607
Passenger growth 08-09(-)4.6%
Operations74281
Operations growth 08-09(-)8.4%

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Alicante Airport ( ), , originally named El Altet, is the sixth busiest airport in Spain, and the main airport for the Province of Alicante and the Region of Murcia.

The airport is situated 9 km (5.6 mi) southwest of Alicante and 11 km (6.8 mi) to city center of Elche in your municipaly on Mediterranean coast. Up to eighty percent of all passenger flights are international. The largest numbers of passengers arrive from the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands. Popular domestic destinations are Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and Barcelona. Both, international and domestic passenger traffic has been increasing significantly in the last decade.

In 2009, Alicante Airport handled 9,139,607 passengers, 74,281 flight operations and 3,199 tonnes of cargo, making it the sixth busiest airport by passenger numbers in Spain, and one of the 50 busiest in Europe. Furthermore, it is the busiest airport in the Valencian Community. The airport is the fourth largest base for low-cost giant Ryanair with 59 destinations served by the airline. The largest number of passengers is carried by Ryanair (2,345,687 passengers in 2009), followed by EasyJet (1,461,647). Air Berlin (691,663) is the distant third.

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Serving the people - Rundtownnews.co.uk Tweet this news
Rundtownnews.co.uk---...- visitors a year - including 4.2 million passengers annually passing through Alicante's -El Altet Airport-, and 1 million arriving at Murcia airport. ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:32:13 GMT+00:00
Áreas expands its Spanish footprint at Alicante International Airport - MoodieReport Tweet this news
MoodieReport--Áreas will employ over 150 people and will provide service to passengers at -El Altet Airport- across a total of 3542sq m (3285sq m in restaurants and 257sq m ... - Date : Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:05:33 GMT+00:00
Áreas wins Alicante retail contract - DFNIonline.com Tweet this news
DFNIonline.com--Spanish travel retailer Áreas has been awarded the contract to run three stores and nine restaurants at Alicante -El Altet- International -airport- after ... - Date : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:03:47 GMT+00:00
SSP wins contract to run Burger King outlets at Alicante Airport - MoodieReport Tweet this news
MoodieReport--Serving over nine million passengers a year, Alicante -El Altet airport- is regarded as 'the gateway to the Costa Blanca' and is Spain's sixth-busiest airport ... - Date : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:01:04 GMT+00:00
Opposition party pushes for airport link - Rundtownnews.co.uk Tweet this news
Rundtownnews.co.uk--The spokesman said: “The isolation of Torrevieja and its neighbouring municipalities from the -Airport- at -El Altet- contrasts starkly with that of the ... - Date : Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:54:31 GMT+00:00
Profits to take off - Rundtownnews.co.uk Tweet this news
Rundtownnews.co.uk--The designers of the new building at -El Altet- have borrowed from the marketing strategy used at British airports, a concept already in use at Madrid and ... - Date : Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:07:29 GMT+00:00
INCREASE IN ALICANTE AIR TRAFFIC - The Leader Newspaper Online Tweet this news
The Leader Newspaper Online--With the summer now getting into full swing Alicante's -El Altet airport- is expecting to consolidate it's recovery with it's passenger traffic increasing by ... - Date : Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:23:17 GMT+00:00
British man abandons mother in Torrevieja hospital - Think Spain Tweet this news
Think Spain--However it now appears that the son has left an air ticket and the taxi fare between Torrevieja and -El Altet Airport- with the British Consulate in Alicante.--- - Date : Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:18:47 GMT+00:00
AENA has dedicated an investment of 770 000 euros to the installation of metal ... - Euro Weekly News Tweet this news
Euro Weekly News---...- eighteen X-ray machines, which are designed to guarantee the security of passengers and their luggage as they pass through the new terminal of -El Altet-. ... - Date : Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:09:43 GMT+00:00
Weighty matters - Rundtownnews.co.uk Tweet this news
Rundtownnews.co.uk--Angry travellers using Alicante's busy -El Altet Airport- believe airline officials at check-in are stooping to sharp practice to boost income. ... - Date : Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:45:53 GMT+00:00

Airlines Destinations
3rdcoltitle=Terminal
Aer LingusBelfast-International [seasonal], Cork [seasonal], Dublin
Air AlgérieOran
Air BerlinBerlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Nuremberg [seasonal], Paderborn/Lippstadt [seasonal], Palma de Mallorca, Stuttgart [seasonal], Zürich
Air EuropaMinorca [seasonal], Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Tenerife-South
Air FinlandHelsinki [seasonal]
BmibabyBirmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands
BA CityflyerGlasgow-International [seasonal]
Bulgaria AirSofia [seasonal]
Cimber SterlingCopenhagen [seasonal]
City AirlineGothenburg-Landvetter
EasyJetBelfast-International, Bristol, Edinburgh [seasonal], Glasgow-International, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton [ends 1 November], London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
EasyJet SwitzerlandBasel/Mulhouse, Geneva
FlybeExeter, Southampton
Iberia AirlinesIberia
Iberia regional operated by Air NostrumBilbao, Ibiza, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Minorca [seasonal], Oveido, Seville, Tenerife-North [seasonal]
IberworldTenerife-South
Iceland ExpressReykjavík-Keflavík [seasonal]
Jet2.comBlackpool, East Midlands [begins 12 May], Glasgow-International [begins 31 March], Leeds/Bradford, Manchester [seasonal], Newcastle upon Tyne [begins 1 April]
JetairflyBrussels, Liège, Ostend
Monarch AirlinesBirmingham, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester
My WINGSFriedrichshafen
Norwegian Air ShuttleBergen, Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Oslo-Rygge, Oslo-Torp [begins 6 November], Stavanger, Stockholm-Arlanda, Trondheim
RyanairAarhus [seasonal], Altenburg [ends 27 October], Billund, Birmingham, Bologna [seasonal], Bournemouth [seasonal], Bratislava, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels South-Charleroi, Cork [seasonal], Derry [seasonal], Doncaster Sheffield [seasonal], Dublin, Durham [seasonal], Edinburgh, East Midlands, Eindhoven, Fez, Gdańsk, Glasgow-Prestwick, Gothenburg-City, Hahn, Haugesund, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Kerry [seasonal], Knock [seasonal], Kraków, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Lübeck [seasonal], Maastricht/Aachen, Madrid, Marrakech, Memmingen, Milan-Orio al Serio, Newquay [seasonal], Norrköping, Oslo-Rygge, Oslo-Torp, Palma de Mallorca [seasonal], Paris-Beauvais, Pisa, Poznań, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Stockholm-Skavsta, Stockholm-Västerås, Valladolid, Venice-Treviso, Weeze, Wrocław, Zaragoza
Scandinavian AirlinesBergen, Kristiansand [seasonal], Oslo-Gardermoen, Stavanger, Trondheim
SpanairAlgiers, Arrecife [seasonal], Barcelona, Madrid, Oran, Tenerife-South [seasonal]
S7 AirlinesMoscow-Domodedovo
Thomas Cook AirlinesBelfast-International [seasonal], Birmingham, Durham Tees Valley [seasonal], East Midlands [seasonal] Glasgow-International, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomas Cook Airlines BelgiumBrussels
Thomson AirwaysBirmingham, Bristol [seasonal], Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Durham Tees Valley, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
TransaeroMoscow-Domodedovo [seasonal]
Transavia.comTransavia
TunisairTunis [seasonal]
Viking AirlinesGlasgow-International [seasonal]
VIM AirlinesMoscow-Domodedovo [seasonal]
VuelingBarcelona, Ibiza [seasonal], Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Wizz AirCluj-Napoca

Airlines Destinations
3rdcoltitle=Terminal
DHLVitoria

Airport Runways
DirectionLength ft(m)Surface
10/289,842 (3,000)Asphalt

Cargo flights :
Means of transport Available Carrier Line Destination Website
Yes Subús Alcoyana C-6 Alicante www.subus.es
    Subús Moyá 1A Elche www.subus.es
    Subús Moyá 1B Elche www.subus.es
    ALSA -------- Benidorm www.alsa.es
    ALSA -------- Murcia www.alsa.es
No -------- -------- -------- www.renfe.es
No -------- -------- -------- www.fgvalicante.com
Yes Radio Taxi Elche -------- various www.radiotaxielche.com

Airports of Spain ES

A Coruña Airport * Albacete Airport * Alicante Airport * Almería Airport * Asturias Airport * Badajoz Airport * Barcelona: El Prat Airport * Bilbao Airport * Burgos: Villafría Airport * Ceuta Heliport * Ciudad Real: Don Quijote Airport * Córdoba Airport * El Hierro Airport * Fuerteventura Airport * Girona: Costa Brava Airport * Granada: Federico García Lorca Airport * Huesca: Pirineos Airport * Ibiza Airport * Jerez Airport * La Gomera Airport * La Palma Airport * La Seu d'Urgell Airport * Arrecife: Lanzarote Airport * Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Gran Canaria Airport * León Airport * Lleida: Alguaire Airport * Logroño: Agoncillo Airport * Madrid: Barajas Airport * Madrid: Cuatro Vientos Airport * Madrid: Torrejón Airport * Málaga: Pablo Ruiz Picasso Airport * Melilla Airport * Menorca Airport * Murcia: San Javier Airport * Palma de Mallorca Airport * Palma de Mallorca: Son Bonet Aerodrome * Pamplona: Nóain Airport * Reus Airport * Sabadell Airport * Salamanca: Matacán Airport * San Sebastián: Fuenterrabia Airport * Santander Airport * Santiago de Compostela Airport * Seville: San Pablo Airport * Tenerife North: Los Rodeos Airport * Tenerife South: Reina Sofia Airport * Valencia Airport * Valladolid Airport * Vigo-Peinador Airport * Vitoria Airport * Zaragoza Airport



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