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César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport

Aeropuerto de César Manrique-Lanzarote
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerENAIRE
OperatorAena
ServesLanzarote
LocationSan Bartolomé, Las Palmas
Elevation AMSL14 m / 47 ft
Coordinates28°56′44″N 13°36′19″W / 28.94556°N 13.60528°W / 28.94556; -13.60528
Websiteaena.es
Map
ACE is located in Canary Islands
ACE
ACE
Location in the Canary Islands
ACE is located in Lanzarote
ACE
ACE
ACE (Lanzarote)
ACE is located in Spain, Canary Islands
ACE
ACE
ACE (Spain, Canary Islands)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers7,292,720
Passenger change 18-19Decrease0.5%
Aircraft movements60,524
Movements change 18-19Decrease0.7%
Cargo (t)1,345
Sources: Spanish AIP;[1] AENA Passenger Traffic[2]

César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport[3] (IATA: ACE, ICAO: GCRR) (Template:Lang-es), commonly known as Lanzarote Airport and also known as Arrecife Airport, is the airport serving the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. The airport is located in San Bartolomé, Las Palmas, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of the island's capital, Arrecife.[1] It handles flights to many European airports, with hundreds of thousands of tourists each year, as well as internal flights to other Spanish airports. It handled 7,327,019 passengers in 2018.

History

Early years

The first passenger terminal (1946-1970). Now Aeronautical Museum.

In the 1930s a need for an aerodrome on the island became evident when connections were required with the other islands and the mainland, as well as a refuelling point for aircraft. Subsequently, an airfield was built at Llanos de Guacimeta. The first aircraft to land at the airport was a Junkers Ju 52 EC-DAM on 24 July 1941. The Spanish Air Force then saw a need for a permanent aerodrome for defence purposes, and this was constructed in Arrecife. In 1946 the airport provisionally accepted civil traffic. Improvements were carried out to the existing facilities, with a runway extension and additional ramp space provided.[4]

A new passenger terminal was constructed along with a control centre, and on 3 March 1970 international and domestic flights began using the airport. A centrepiece of the Gaucimeta terminal was the mural created by Caesar Manrique entitled Lanzarote.[4]

Development since the 1990s

The growing use of the airport called for the need of improved facilities. DME, ILS and VOR facilities were installed for Runway 03/21 along with additional holding points. New runway lighting and a fire station were also commissioned. In 1999 a new passenger terminal opened (Terminal 1), with a capacity of 6 million passengers per annum. Since then, the original passenger terminal has been revamped and is now used for inter-island flights (Terminal 2).[4]

In 2002, in response to interest from both tourists and local people about the island's aviation heritage, Aena decided to use the Guacimeta passenger terminal as an aviation museum. The museum provides a comprehensive and detailed insight into the history of aviation on the island. There are a number of audio-visual presentations.[4]

As a tribute to the legacy left behind by local artist César Manrique, the airport's official name was changed in 2019, coinciding with the centenary of the artist's birth.[5]

Airlines and destinations

Lanzarote Airport seen from the cockpit of an aircraft on approach
Terminal concourse
AirlinesDestinations
Aer Lingus Cork (resumes 14 December 2021),[6] Dublin
Air Europa Bilbao, Gran Canaria,[7] Madrid
Austrian Airlines Vienna
Binter Canarias Gran Canaria, La Palma,[8] Tenerife–North
British Airways London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[9]
Canaryfly Gran Canaria, Tenerife–North
Condor Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Hannover,[10] Nuremberg[11]
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, Bordeaux,[12] Bristol, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon,[13] Manchester, Milan–Malpensa[14]
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Belfast–International, Edinburgh, Hamburg
Edelweiss Air Zürich
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin[15]
Eurowings Düsseldorf
Iberia Express Madrid
Iberia Regional Seville, Valencia
Jet2.com Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol,[16] East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Luxair Luxembourg
Neos Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal charter: Bergen,[17] Oslo,[17]
Ryanair Barcelona,[18] Bergamo, Berlin, Birmingham, Bratislava (begins 6 November 2021),[19] Bristol, Charleroi, Cork (resumes 4 December 2021),[20] Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Lisbon, London–Stansted, Madrid, Manchester, Naples (begins 6 November 2021), Newcastle upon Tyne (begins 28 March 2022), Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Shannon, Treviso
Seasonal: Alicante,[21] Bologna, Glasgow–Prestwick, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–Luton, Marseille, Rome–Fiumicino, Turin, Weeze
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Oslo[22]
Smartwings Prague
Seasonal charter: Katowice,[23] Warsaw–Chopin[15]
Transavia Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Paris–Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague
Seasonal: Groningen
TUI Airways Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Seasonal: Belfast–International
Seasonal charter: Cork (begins 22 May 2022),[24] Dublin (resumes 5 May 2022),[24] Shannon (resumes 12 May 2022)[24]
TUI fly Belgium Brussels
TUI fly Deutschland Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart
TUI fly Netherlands Amsterdam, Eindhoven
Seasonal: Rotterdam/The Hague[25]
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: Dublin (begins 23 December 2021),[24] Gothenburg-Landvetter,[26] Stockholm–Arlanda,[26]
Volotea[27] Asturias
Seasonal: Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Strasbourg, Toulouse
Vueling Alicante,[28] Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Málaga, Paris–Orly, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Valencia, Zurich
Seasonal: Amsterdam (begins 5 November 2021),[29] Palma de Mallorca[30]
Wizz Air Doncaster/Sheffield, London–Gatwick,[31] Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Wrocław (begins 22 December 2021)[32]
Seasonal: Cardiff[33]

Ground transportation

There are four bus lines connecting Lanzarote Airport with the rest of the island. The airport is connected via bus lines 22 and 23 to the city of Arrecife, and via lines 161 and 261 to Playa Blanca and Puerto del Carmen.[34]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at ACE airport. See Wikidata query.
Year Passengers Aircraft movements Cargo (tonnes)
2000[citation needed] 5,002,551 44,814 6,403
2001[citation needed] 5,079,790 43,368 7,134
2002[citation needed] 5,123,574 45,050 7,201
2003[citation needed] 5,383,426 47,667 7,492
2004[35] 5,517,136 48,446 7,996
2005[36] 5,467,499 47,158 6,629
2006 5,626,087 50,172 6,113
2007 5,625,580 52,968 5,784
2008 5,438,178 53,375 5,429
2009 4,701,669 42,915 4,146
2010 4,938,632 46,668 3,787
2011 5,543,744 49,675 2,873
2012 5,168,775 44,787 2,108
2013 5,334,599 44,259 2,081
2014 5,883,039 49,575 2,050
2015 6,128,971 50,448 1,805
2016 6,684,564 54,632 1,776
2017 7,388,964 59,477 1,824
2018[37] 7,327,019 60,955 1,606
2019[38] 7,292,720 60,524 1,346
2020[39] 2,538,338 30,056 583
Source: Aena Statistics[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Spanish AIP". ENAIRE. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Aena Statistics".
  3. ^ César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport, airport operator (Aena) website.
  4. ^ a b c d "History of the Airport". Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Orden FOM/211/2019, de 27 de febrero, por la que se modifica la denominación oficial del Aeropuerto de Lanzarote Order FOM/211/2019, of 27 February, by which the official designation of Lanzarote Airport is modified" (in Spanish). 1 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Aer Lingus Timetable". aerlingus.com. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Iniciamos los vuelos interislas Canarias". Billete996.aireuropa.com. 2 October 2017.
  8. ^ Liu, Jim. "Binter expands Santa Cruz de la Palma service from July 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Brussels Airlines Grows Sun Destination Schedules This Winter". simpleflying.com. 28 August 2021.
  10. ^ Liu, Jim. "Corendon Airlines S20 Network expansion". Routesonline. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Flights to Nuremberg". corendonairlines.com.
  12. ^ "easyJet announces 4 new destinations for 2019". Bordeaux-Merignac Airport. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  13. ^ Liu, Jim. "easyJet further expands new routes in W19". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  14. ^ "easyJet Adds New Italian Routes in S16". Airlineroute.net.
  15. ^ a b "Charter flights". Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  16. ^ "Jet2's Bristol Airport base will bring 450,000-holiday seats". ukaviation.news. 11 November 2020.
  17. ^ a b https://www.tui.no/feriereiser/spania/lanzarote
  18. ^ "RYANAIR REFORZARÁ LA CONECTIVIDAD REGIONAL EN ESPAÑA CON 4 NUEVAS RUTAS DOMÉSTICAS | Ryanair's Corporate Website".
  19. ^ "Letiště v Košicích a Bratislavě získalo několik nových linek Ryanairu". 13 August 2021.
  20. ^ Collins, Frank. "Welcome Home to Cork this Christmas – Ryanair to Restore Cork Airport Base and Twenty Routes". The Irish Post.
  21. ^ "Ryanair Launches Biggest Ever Spanish Domestic Schedule | Ryanair's Corporate Website".
  22. ^ "Lanzarote, Kanariøyene | Bestill reise til Lanzarote | Apollo". apollo.no.
  23. ^ "air and charter tickets". Itaka.pl. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  24. ^ a b c d "Flight Timetable". TUI Airways. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  25. ^ "Nieuwe bestemmingen Tui Fly vanaf Rotterdam en Eindhoven". Upinthesky.nl. 13 December 2017.
  26. ^ a b "Only Flight". Tui.se.
  27. ^ volotea.com – Destinations retrieved 23 October 2021
  28. ^ Liu, Jim. "Vueling adds Alicante – Lanzarote service from April 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  29. ^ "Vueling start lijndiensten tussen Schiphol en de Canarische eilanden" [Vueling starts services between Schiphol and the Canary islands]. Luchtvaartnieuws (in Dutch). 24 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  30. ^ "Vueling conectará Palma con Almería y Lanzarote". Ultima Hora. 8 April 2021.
  31. ^ Mallinson, Harriet (18 August 2020). "Wizz Air expands to London Gatwick Airport as new Spain, Greece and Italy routes to launch". Express.co.uk.
  32. ^ "Lanzarote z Wrocławia – to nowa trasa Wizz Air | Mleczne Podróże, czyli najlepsze promocje lotnicze". 21 October 2021.
  33. ^ "Wizz Air announces further UK expansion with new base at Cardiff Airport". cardiff-airport.com.
  34. ^ "Lanzarote Airport – gettocenter.com". Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  35. ^ "Tráfico de pasajeros, operaciones y cargas en los aeropuertos españoles para 2004" [2004 figures for operations and passenger and freight traffic at Spanish airports] (PDF). AENA (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2021.
  36. ^ "Tráfico de pasajeros, operaciones y cargas en los aeropuertos españoles para 2005" [2005 figures for operations and passenger and freight traffic at Spanish airports] (PDF). AENA (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2021.
  37. ^ "Tráfico de pasajeros, operaciones y cargas en los aeropuertos españoles para 2018" [2018 figures for operations and passenger and freight traffic at Spanish airports] (PDF). AENA (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2021.
  38. ^ "Tráfico de pasajeros, operaciones y cargas en los aeropuertos españoles para 2019" [2019 figures for operations and passenger and freight traffic at Spanish airports] (PDF). AENA (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 14 May 2021 suggested (help)
  39. ^ "Tráfico de pasajeros, operaciones y cargas en los aeropuertos españoles para 2020" [2020 figures for operations and passenger and freight traffic at Spanish airports] (PDF). AENA (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2021.

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