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==History== |
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Before the El Matorral Airport was built, there was an airport in Los Estancos, near Puerto del Rosario, simply called Fuerteventura Airport. When the new airport was under construction in the 60's, the Los Estancos airport closed down, but it is still there as a tourist attraction which you can still visit today. |
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The airport was opened officially on 14 September 1969. The first plane to touch down on the new runway was an [[Iberia (airline)|Iberia]] [[Fokker F27 Friendship|Fokker F27]], which flew the route [[Las Palmas]]-[[Fuerteventura]]-[[Lanzarote]]. |
The airport was opened officially on 14 September 1969. The first plane to touch down on the new runway was an [[Iberia (airline)|Iberia]] [[Fokker F27 Friendship|Fokker F27]], which flew the route [[Las Palmas]]-[[Fuerteventura]]-[[Lanzarote]]. |
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Fuerteventura Airport Aeropuerto de Fuerteventura | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Fuerteventura | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Puerto del Rosario | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 26 m / 86 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°27′10″N 013°51′50″W / 28.45278°N 13.86389°W | ||||||||||||||
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| Statistics (2013) | |||||||||||||||
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Fuerteventura Airport (IATA: FUE, ICAO: GCFV), also known as El Matorral Airport, is an airport serving the Spanish island of Fuerteventura. It is situated in El Matorral site, 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest[2] of the capital city Puerto del Rosario.
History
The airport was opened officially on 14 September 1969. The first plane to touch down on the new runway was an Iberia Fokker F27, which flew the route Las Palmas-Fuerteventura-Lanzarote.
In 1973 El Matorral Airport began to operate its first flights to European countries with the airline Condor, which linked the German city of Düsseldorf directly with Puerto del Rosario. In the following years, the airport experienced considerable growth in the number of operations, which resulted in a series of improvements, starting in 1978, to ensure that the working of the aerodrome continued to meet the needs of the passengers.
In 1992, the airport received more than 1,600,000 passengers, which made it necessary to carry out extensive refurbishment of the terminal and aircraft parking areas. In 1994, construction started on a new terminal building, an aircraft apron, a taxiway parallel to the runway, a power plant and a new access road. The works were completed with the extension of the car park and a detour on the Puerto de Rosario-Matorral, road adding some two kilometres, of which 1.5 are double lane.
With the new facilities it was possible to attend around five million passengers a year and manage around 3,100 passengers per hour during rush-hour periods.[3]
Airlines and destinations
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Statistics
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| Updated: 2 March 2014.[1] |
| Passengers | Aircraft movements | Cargo (tonnes) | |
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| 2000 | 3,467,614 | 31,663 | 4,487 |
| 2001 | 3,577,638 | 30,471 | 3,837 |
| 2002 | 3,620,576 | 32,520 | 3,712 |
| 2003 | 3,919,224 | 39,695 | 3,694 |
| 2004 | 3,917,109 | 39,865 | 3,639 |
| 2005 | 4,071,875 | 40,415 | 3,178 |
| 2006 | 4,458,711 | 44,044 | 3,196 |
| 2007 | 4,629,877 | 44,870 | 3,127 |
| 2008 | 4,492,003 | 44,552 | 2,722 |
| 2009 | 3,738,492 | 36,429 | 1,913 |
| 2010 | 4,173,686 | 39,437 | 1,710 |
| 2011 | 4,948,018 | 44,551 | 1,557 |
| 2012 | 4,399,023 | 37,772 | 1,214 |
| 2013 | 4,259,341 | 35,498 | 1,022 |
| Source: Aena Statistics[1] | |||
References
- ^ a b c AENA passenger statistics and aircraft movements
- ^ a b Spanish AIP (AENA) Cite error: The named reference "AIP" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Satellite/Aeropuerto-Fuerteventura/en/Page/1048858925027/
- ^ http://www.flygermania.de/download/file/Flugplaene/Flugplan.pdf
- ^ http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/manchester-airport-ryanair-today-announced-6509282 New Manchester route
- ^ http://www.flythomascook.com/Select.aspx
