San Pablo Airport

Seville Airport Aeropuerto de Sevilla
IATA: SVQ – ICAO: LEZL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aena
Serves		Seville
Hub for		Ryanair Vueling
Elevation AMSL		34 m / 112 ft
Coordinates		37°25′05″N 005°53′56″W
Website		aena-aeropuertos.es
Map
SVQ Location within Andalusia
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
09/27	3,360	11,024	Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers			4,287,488
Source: AIP at EUROCONTROL

Seville Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Sevilla) (IATA: SVQ, ICAO: LEZL) is the main airport for Seville in southern Spain. The airport handled 4,051,392 passengers and just under 5,000 tonnes of cargo in 2009. It has one terminal and one runway and serves as base for the low cost carriers Vueling and Ryanair.

History

View of the main terminal

View of the departure area

A Volotea Boeing 717 in Seville

A Air Europa Boeing 737 in Seville

In 1914, the first plane flying between the peninsula and Morocco landed at the improvised aerodrome of Tablada, which had been fitted out the previous year for an air festival. Following this, the municipal government of Seville handed over a plot of land measuring 240,000 m² (2,600,000 sq ft) to the Military Aeronautical Society for the construction of an aerodrome. Work on the aerodrome began in 1915 and that same year it began to be used for training pilots and observers.

In 1919 the first commercial flights were operated between Seville and Madrid. The following year, an air postal service was established between Seville and Larache and in 1921, the first Spanish commercial service between Seville and Larache was set up. In 1923, various facilities such as hangars, workshops and premises were opened and approval was given for the construction of a municipal airport in Tablada at one end of the military aerodrome airfield, measuring 750 by 500 m (2,460 by 1,600 ft).

In April 1927, Unión Aérea Española established the air service Madrid-Seville-Lisbon. In February 1929, the Seville airport project was approved and in March, the Tablada aerodrome was opened to flights and air traffic. It was decided that this service would cease once the planned airport was constructed.

In 1929 the first flight was operated between Madrid and Seville and in 1930, this was extended to the Canary Islands. In February 1931, the service between Berlin and Barcelona was extended to Seville. In December 1933, the LAPE airline began a service between Seville and the Canary Islands.

During the Spanish civil war, Seville became the arrival point for African troops, whilst Iberia served air transport with flights between Tetuán-Seville-Vitoria, Seville-Salamanca and Seville-Larache-Las Palmas.

In September 1945, works began on the Seville transoceanic airport, with the construction of runways 05/23, 02/20 and 09/27. One year later, it was classified as a customs point and runways 05/23 and 02/20 were asphalted. In 1948, a goniometer was installed, the runway lighting was completed, and the runways became known as 04/22, 18/36 and 09/27. In 1956, runway 09/27 was extended and runway 18/36 became a taxiway.

In 1957, works were carried out on the terminal building and the control tower. Seville Airport was then included in the Hispanic American Agreement for the installation of a supplies base. The facilities were developed near the threshold of 04, rendering the runway out of service.

In 1965 an Instrument Landing System was installed. Between 1971 and 1975, the terminal area was renovated, the apron was extended, a new terminal building was constructed and new access roads were developed.

In 1989, with a focus on the Seville Expo '92, the apron was extended, and a new access from the national motorway N-IV was opened; a new terminal building and a new control tower to the south of the runway were also built. On 31 July, the new installations were inaugurated.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Berlin	Palma de Mallorca
Air Europa	Gran Canaria, Tenerife-North Seasonal: Palma, Lanzarote
Air France	Toulouse
easyJet	London-Gatwick
easyJet Switzerland	Geneva
Air Mediterranée	Charter: Lyon
Europe Airpost	Paris Charles de Gaulle
Freebird Airlines	Charter: Istanbul-Atatürk
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Almeria, Toulouse, Valencia, Madrid
Iberia Express	Madrid
Ryanair	Barcelona, Beauvais, Bologna, Bordeaux, Brussels-Charleroi, Eindhoven, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Marrakech, Marseille, Milan-Bergamo, Palma, Rome-Ciampino, Santander, Tenerife-South, Valencia, Weeze Seasonal: Dublin, Bari, Malta, Palermo, Santiago de Compostela
TAP Portugal operated by Portugália	Lisbon
Transavia.com	Amsterdam
Transavia.com France	Paris-Orly Seasonal: Nantes, Lyon
Vueling	A Coruña, Barcelona, Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Paris-Orly, Tenerife-North Seasonal: Amsterdam, Ibiza, Menorca (begins 22 June 2013)

Statistics

Passenger numbers (in thousands) and operations since 2000:

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Passengers (thousands)	2,116	2,205	2,042	2,270	2,679	3,521	3,872	4,507	4,392	4,051	4,224	4,959	4,287
Operations	38,086	38,848	36,124	38,483	44,231	55,423	58,576	65,087	65,067	55,601	54.499	56.021	48,501

Ground transportation

Seville Airport is situated on the A4 motorway (known as E05 in the International E-road network) which connects Seville with Madrid. The motorways around Seville provide relatively easy access to Jerez, Málaga, Cádiz, Huelva and into Portugal. It is served by half-hourly buses to the centre of Seville, stopping at Santa Justa railway station and Puerta de Jerez, which take about 40 minutes. The buses run from 04:30 to 01:15.

External links

• Official website (English) (Spanish)
• Aeropuerto de Sevilla Seville Airport (Spanish)
• Current weather for LEZL at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for SVQ at Aviation Safety Network