Valencia Airport
| Valencia Airport | |||
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| IATA: VLC – ICAO: LEVC | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Aena | ||
| Serves | Valencia | ||
| Location | Manises | ||
| Hub for | |||
| Elevation AMSL | 73 m / 240 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 39°29′22″N 00°28′54″W / 39.48944°N 0.48167°WCoordinates: 39°29′22″N 00°28′54″W / 39.48944°N 0.48167°W | ||
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 VLC
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 12/30 | 3,215 | 10,548 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 4,934,272 | ||
| Passenger change 09-10 |  3.9% |
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| Aircraft Movements | 77,802 | ||
| Movements change 09-10 |  4.1% |
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| Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[1] Spanish AIP, AENA[2] |
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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 4.9 million passengers passed through the airport in 2010.[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.
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 also well served by public transport. It is connected to Valencia by a regular bus line (MetroBus) which takes 45 minutes, while the shuttle service (Aerobus) to city centre takes only 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 since announced on 23 June 2010, that it would re-open its Valencia base with 2 based aircraft and 10 new destinations from November 2010.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Berlin | Palma de Mallorca |
| Air Europa | Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Alitalia | Rome-Fiumicino |
| Blue Air | Bucharest-Băneasa |
| Delta Air Lines | Seasonal: New York-JFK |
| EasyJet | London-Gatwick |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum |
A Coruña [ends 29 April 2012], Asturias, Bilbao, Ibiza, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, León, Madrid, Málaga, Melilla, Minorca, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Tenerife-North, Valladolid, Vigo [ends 24 March 2012] Seasonal: Dubrovnik, Funchal, Jerez, Lisbon, Marrakech |
| Lufthansa | Berlin-Brandenburg[begins 3 June 2012], Munich [begins 31 March 2012] |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings |
Düsseldorf |
| Niki | Palma de Mallorca, Vienna |
| Orbest Orizonia Airlines | Seasonal: Lanzarote, Minorca, Tenerife South |
| Royal Air Maroc operated by RAM Express |
Casablanca |
| Ryanair | Bari, Beauvais-Tillé, Bologna, Brussels South-Charleroi, Cagliari, East Midlands, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Hahn, Ibiza, Lanzarote, London-Stansted, Malaga, Malta, Milan-Orio al Serio, Marrakech, Marseille, Memmingen, Oslo-Rygge, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Porto, Rome-Ciampino, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Tenerife-South, Trieste, Trapani, Venice-Treviso, Weeze Seasonal: Bristol, Dublin, Manchester [begins 1 April 2012] |
| S7 Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo [begins 2 June 2012][6] |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Zürich |
| TAP Portugal operated by Portugália | Lisbon |
| Transavia.com | Amsterdam, Eindhoven [begins 20 February 2012] |
| Travel Service Airlines operated by Smart Wings |
Seasonal: Prague |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| Vueling Airlines | Amsterdam, Brussels, Ibiza, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino |
| Wizz Air | Bucharest-Băneasa, Cluj-Napoca, Sofia, Timişoara |
| Wizz Air Ukraine | Kyiv-Zhulyany |
[edit] 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.s7.ru/en/about_us/news/2011/12/2011_12_14_S7_Airlines_new_flight_to_Valencia.html
[edit] External links
- Aena.es Valencia Information Official Airport Website (in English)
- [1] Flightaware
- [2] Flight tracker
- Current weather for LEVC at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for VLC at Aviation Safety Network
