Santander Airport
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IATA: SDR – ICAO: LEXJ
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA) | ||
| Location | Maliaño, Cantabria, Spain | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 16 ft / 5 m | ||
| Coordinates | 43°25′37″N 03°49′12″W / 43.42694°N 3.82°W | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 11/29 | 7,874 | 2,400 | Asphalt |
Santander Airport (Parayas) (IATA: SDR, ICAO: LEXJ) is an international airport near Santander, Spain and the only airport in Cantabria. The airport has been extended and refurbished in the last couple of years. In 2009 the airport handled 958,157 passengers and 18,753 flights, far more than in 1995 when it handled only 180,000 passengers. Currently, Ryanair is the only low-cost airline operating at the airport however Air Nostrum operates a wide variety of flights throughout Spain and Iberia will resume its services to the airport in October 2011.
Santander hopes to attract more European airlines, both low-cost and non-low-cost in the future. The airport has 8 check-in desks, 3 baggage carousels and 5 boarding gates.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum | Barcelona, Gran Canaria, Madrid, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Tenerife-North, Valencia |
| Ryanair | Barcelona, Brussels-Charleroi, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, London-Stansted, Madrid, Málaga, Milan-Orio al Serio, Paris-Beauvais, Rome-Ciampino, Seville, Tenerife-South Seasonal: Alicante, Dublin, Frankfurt-Hahn, Pisa |
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