Valencia Airport
Valencia Airport Aeropuerto de Valencia Aeroport de València | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | AENA | ||||||||||
| Serves | Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain | ||||||||||
| Location | Manises | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 73 m (240 ft) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°29′22″N 00°28′54″W / 39.48944°N 0.48167°W | ||||||||||
| Website | https://www.aena.es/en/valencia.html | ||||||||||
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| Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[3] Spanish AIP, AENA[4] | |||||||||||
Valencia Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Valencia, Valencian: Aeroport de València) (IATA: VLC, ICAO: LEVC), also known as Manises Airport, is the tenth-busiest Spanish airport in terms of passengers[5] and second in the Valencian Community after Alicante. It is situated 8 km (5.0 mi) west[4] of the city of Valencia, in Manises. In 2025, the airport served 140 routes across Europe, Canada, and North Africa, handling 11.8 million passengers, with 8.9 million of these travelling internationally.[6]
History
[edit source]2000s & 2010s
[edit source]The airport 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 dispute over subsidies by the airport authorities.[7] Since then the airline has continued to operate out of Valencia and reopened base in 2011.[8]
Delta Air Lines inaugurated a route to New York City, Valencia's first transatlantic service, in June 2009. It operated the flight with a Boeing 757.[9][10] The company initially planned to fly year-round to New York. A few weeks after the maiden flight, however, Delta decided to make the service seasonal due to low ticket sales.[11] It ultimately severed the link in September 2012 because of poor demand and rising fuel costs.[12][13]
2020s
[edit source]In June 2025, Air Transat began seasonal flights to Montreal.[14] This route was quickly extended to a year-round service.[15] Following the route's launch, the local government in Valencia continues efforts to establish new intercontinental connections, particularly to the United States.[16]
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air announced in July 2026 that it would base two aircraft in Valencia from the 26/27 winter season.[17] Part of the base opening are the commencement of five domestic routes, marking the entry of Wizz Air into the Spanish domestic market.[citation needed]
Later that month, it was announced that the airport terminal and infrastructure will be upgraded as part of Aena's DORA III 2027-2031 regulatory framework.[18] The terminal will expand from the current 66,000 square meters to 140,000 square meters.[19]
Facilities
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Terminal
[edit source]Valencia Airport consists of a single terminal that has been built in three stages which are directly connected to each other. The landside hall consists of three check-in areas: 1-12 is the newest one with the airport station beneath it, 13-42 is the oldest main building with a currently derelict upper floor, and 43-56 is the largest annex, housing most airlines. A single central security area leads to the airside with gates 1-22, with gates 1-4 being the newest area designated for non-Schengen flights. Gates 12-22 are located in a separate hall designated as a regional terminal that opened in time for the 2007 America's Cup which allows walk-boarding, mainly for flights by Iberia Regional and low-cost carriers. Some of the gates are equipped with jet bridges. The airside area features several food outlets and shops.
Runway and apron
[edit source]The sole operational runway has been also lengthened by 50 m (160 ft) by 2007. The former runway 04/22 is not in use and has no ILS but has a helipad at the southwestern end.
Airlines and destinations
[edit source]Passenger
[edit source]Cargo
[edit source]| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Swiftair[86] | Ibiza, Madrid |
| UPS Airlines[87] | Cologne/Bonn |
Statistics
[edit source]Busiest routes
[edit source]| Rank | Destination | Passengers | Change 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amsterdam | 559.245 | |
| 2 | Rome–Fiumicino | 523.487 | |
| 3 | Paris–Orly | 418.180 | |
| 4 | Milan-Malpensa | 294.226 | |
| 5 | Bergamo | 287.976 | |
| 6 | Frankfurt | 285.282 | |
| 7 | London-Gatwick | 279.963 | |
| 8 | Eindhoven | 258.292 | |
| 9 | London–Stansted | 250.362 | |
| 10 | Zurich | 229.558 | |
| 11 | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | 228.399 | |
| 12 | Istanbul | 227.313 | |
| 13 | Brussels | 210.085 | |
| 14 | Bologna | 193.825 | |
| 15 | Lisbon | 188.024 | |
| 16 | Porto | 175.370 | |
| 17 | Vienna | 173.837 | |
| 18 | Budapest | 171.083 | |
| 19 | Kraków | 158.028 | |
| 20 | Charleroi | 142.060 | |
| Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[88] | |||
| Rank | Destination | Passengers | Change 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marrakech | 123.448 | |
| 2 | Tangier | 84.446 | |
| 3 | Fez | 42.301 | |
| 4 | Casablanca | 33.342 | |
| 5 | Agadir | 17.141 | |
| Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[88] | |||
| Rank | Destination | Passengers | Change 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palma de Mallorca | 663.015 | |
| 2 | Madrid | 382.101 | |
| 3 | Ibiza | 318.577 | |
| 4 | Seville | 286.882 | |
| 5 | Bilbao | 204.625 | |
| 6 | Málaga | 202.120 | |
| 7 | Tenerife-North | 184.234 | |
| 8 | Gran Canaria | 162.406 | |
| 9 | Santiago de Compostela | 149.771 | |
| 10 | Menorca | 104.361 | |
| 11 | Asturias | 96.004 | |
| 12 | Tenerife-South | 48.913 | |
| 13 | Lanzarote | 47.287 | |
| 14 | Santander | 38.517 | |
| 15 | Barcelona | 31.600 | |
| 16 | A Coruña | 29.603 | |
| 17 | Vigo | 9.854 | |
| 18 | San Sebastián | 3.203 | |
| 19 | Badajoz | 1.736 | |
| 20 | León | 1.482 | |
| Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[88] | |||
Ground transport
[edit source]Road
[edit source]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 connected to the city of Valencia by a regular bus line operated by Fernanbus which takes between 30 and 35 minutes[89] and passes through Mislata, Quart de Poblet and Manises.[citation needed]
Rail
[edit source]The metro network Metrovalencia with lines 3 and 5 on the airport station connects the airport to the city centre (15 minutes), the main railway station of the city Estació del Nord (20 minutes) and the port of Valencia (30 minutes).[citation needed]
See also
[edit source]References
[edit source]- ↑ "Ryanair anuncia seis nuevas rutas desde València para este verano". Valencia Plaza. 9 February 2024.
- ↑ "Wizz Air to open Spanish bases, enter domestic ops in 4Q27". ch-aviation. 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "Estadsticas – Aeropuertos Espaoles y Navegacin Area – aena-aeropuertos.es". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Spanish AIP (AENA)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2017.
- ↑ "Pagina en mantenimiento" (PDF). Aena.es. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- ↑ "Business data on Valencia Airport". Aena.es. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "Welcome to Ryanair!". Ryanair.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ↑ Reals, K. (23 June 2010). "Ryanair to re-open Valencia base". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ Ricós, F. (7 June 2009). "Valencia estrena el vuelo sin escalas a Nueva York". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ↑ "Línea aérea directa entre Valencia y Nueva York". El País (in Spanish). 6 June 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ↑ "El vuelo Valencia-Nueva York se alarga a octubre". El País (in Spanish). 17 August 2011. ProQuest 883714695.
- ↑ "Delta resumes Kennedy-Valencia route". Travel Weekly. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ↑ "Delta Airlines suprime los vuelos entre Valencia y Nueva York durante el próximo año". Las Provincias (in Spanish). 18 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ↑ "Air Transat Unveils its Summer 2025 Flight Program". Newswire. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ↑ "Air Transat Extends Flights to Bordeaux and Valencia". TravelPulse Canada. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "Miami, Orlando o Dallas: las alternativas que maneja la Generalitat a Nueva York para retomar el vuelo directo de Valencia con Estados Unidos". La Razon. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "Wizz Air to open Spanish bases, enter domestic ops in 4Q27". ch-aviation. 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "Inside Aena's €12.9 Billion Spanish Airport Expansion Plan". nickpisters.com. 26 July 2026.
- ↑ "El aeropuerto de Valencia duplicará su superficie actual y contará con un nuevo edificio tras la ampliación". Las Provincias. 12 July 2026.
- ↑ "Aegean Airlines Adds Seven New International Destinations". Argophilia.com. 26 February 2019.
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- ↑ "Austrian goes Hollywood: Home Carrier startet mit Los Angeles in den Sommerflugplan" (in German). Archived from the original on 2 March 2022.
- ↑ "Brussels Airlines launches its holiday offer for summer 2021". press.brusselsairlines.com. 26 December 2020.
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- ↑ Orban, André (3 February 2026). "Romanian growth: DAN AIR doubles fleet capacity and adds six new routes". Aviation24.be. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
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- ↑ "Eurowings with new routes from Berlin, Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn". 7 December 2022.
- ↑ "Finnair introduces new destinations for summer 2026: Catania, Florence and Valencia; scheduled flights also to Kos". finnair. 27 August 2025.
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- ↑ "Air Nostrum vuelve a conectar Vigo con Valencia". 27 August 2024.
- ↑ "ITA Airways: in vendita i nuovi voli stagionali per Malaga, Valencia e Marsiglia" (PDF). ita-airways.com. 18 December 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2026. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "Luxembourg, Luxembourg". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 616–617. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
- ↑ "Luxair adds Valencia, another new summer route". 23 June 2020. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ↑ "New Birmingham Airport Ryanair routes announced - full list". 24 June 2023.
- ↑ "Cinque nuove rotte Ryanair. Tre contro Wizz Air". Italiavola.com (in Italian). 23 May 2026.
- ↑ "Ryanair will fly from Valencia to Berlin, Cologne, and Trieste starting this winter". El País (in Spanish). 14 May 2015.
- ↑ "Ryanair to add a third aircraft at Cork Airport, announces seven new routes". 17 February 2022.
- ↑ "New Ryanair summer routes from Memmingen". aerotelegraph.com (in German). 17 November 2022.
- ↑ "Ryanair to open fifth base in Morocco". LARA. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
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- ↑ "Ryanair announces summer flights from Pescara airport: new routes to Wroclaw, Cagliari, Malpensa, Kaunas and Valencia". the flight club. 16 January 2025.
- ↑ "Transavia offers five additional destinations from Rotterdam The Hague Airport". Aviation24. 2 February 2017.
- ↑ "transavia.com lanza nuevas rutas desde Madrid y Valencia". Expreso. 22 February 2013.
- ↑ "Winteraanbod Transavia mét vluchten vanaf Weeze en Maastricht 16 april te boeken". Luchtvaartnieuws. 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "Air France KLM Summer Schedule 2015".
- ↑ "Transavia offers five additional destinations from Rotterdam The Hague Airport". Aviation24. 2 February 2017.
- ↑ "Winteraanbod Transavia mét vluchten vanaf Weeze en Maastricht 16 april te boeken". Luchtvaartnieuws. 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "Volotea Launches New Route Between Valencia and Algiers Starting in November". Aviación al Día. 19 June 2026.
- ↑ "Asturias, Spain OVD". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 62–63. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718.
- ↑ "Bilbao, Spain BIO". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 141–142. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718.
- ↑ "Volotea Announces Direct Route Between Valencia and Lille Starting May 2026". Aviacion al Dia. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ "Lyon, France LYS". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 657–660. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718.
- ↑ "Volotea verbindet Berlin und Straßburg mit Florenz". aeroTELEGRAPH (in German). 6 November 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ↑ Día, Redacción-Aviación al (8 January 2026). "▶ Volotea Announces Two New Routes from Santander: Málaga and Valencia". Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- ↑ "Vueling recuperará en septiembre la ruta aérea entre Santiago y Valencia que Ryanair suprimió en marzo". La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
- ↑ "Asturias suma tres nuevas rutas aéreas con la llegada de Wizz Air: estos son los destinos". lavozdeasturias.es (in Spanish). 8 July 2026. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ "Wizz Air accelerates in Spain: new bases in Madrid and Valencia and more domestic routes". Hosteltur (in Spanish). 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Wizz Air accelerates in Spain: new bases in Madrid and Valencia and more domestic routes". Hosteltur (in Spanish). 8 July 2026.
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- ↑ "Budapest, Hungary BUD". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 186–188. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
- ↑ "Wizz Air : arriva a Catania il quarto aereo da dicembre. Poker di nuove rotte". Italiavola.com (in Italian). 18 May 2026.
- ↑ "Cluj, Romania CLJ". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 267–268. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
- ↑ "Wizz Air: 13 rute noi de la București, Cluj Napoca și Iași". 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Krakow, Poland KRK". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 557–559. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
- ↑ "3 nowe trasy Wizz Aira z Polski! Są Włochy, Hiszpania i... Absolutny debiut z południa kraju".
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- ↑ "Wizz Air lanza una nueva ruta entre Sevilla y Londres". 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "Milan, Italy MIL". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 728–737. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
- ↑ "Wizz Air Punta Forte Su Milano e Inaugura Sei Nuove Rotte a Malpensa". 27 June 2024.
- ↑ "Wizz Air apre due nuove rotte" [Wizz Air opens two new routes]. italiavola.com (in Italian). 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Wizz Air accelerates in Spain: new bases in Madrid and Valencia and more domestic routes". Hosteltur (in Spanish). 8 July 2026.
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- ↑ "I nuovi voli della base Wizz Air a Torino". 9 April 2026.
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External links
[edit source]- Official website (in English and Spanish)
- Valencia Airport guide
- "Current weather for LEVC". NOAA/NWS.
- Accident history for VLC at Aviation Safety Network