Valencia Airport

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Valencia Airport
IATA: VLC - ICAO: LEVC
Summary
Airport type public
Operator Aena
Serves Valencia (city in Spain)
Elevation AMSL 226 ft (69 m)
Coordinates 39°29′22″N, 00°28′54″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 8,858 2,700 Asphalt
22 5,544 1,690 Asphalt

Valencia Airport (IATA: VLC, ICAO: LEVC) is the main airport for business travellers to Valencia and summer travellers to the Costa del Azahar. It is situated 9km west of Valencia. The airport has flight connections to about 15 European countries and 4 million passengers and 12,000 tonnes of cargo passed through the airport in 2005. Projections indicate the airport will handle over 5 million passengers in 2006. The airport has one terminal and two runways, although the shorter runway 22 is rarely used as it has no ILS and has a helipad at the southwestern end, the reason why there is no runway 04.

Valencia airport is situated on the A3 highway which connects Valencia with Madrid, as well as being close to the A7, to Barcelona and into France. 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 (line 5) is currently being extended to Valencia’s airport.

A new regional terminal, expanded car parking facilities and apron area are all currently under construction in time for the 2007 America's Cup. The runway will also be lengthened by 700m.

It is the main base of Iberia’s regional carrier, Air Nostrum

[edit] Airlines & Destinations

In addition to those listed below, there are several charter flights during the summer from various European countries.

  • Air Berlin (Palma de Mallorca)
  • Air Europa (Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
  • Air Transat (Montréal) [seasonal, starts May 6, 2007]
  • Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
  • Blue Air (Bucharest-Baneasa, Arad, Targu Mures)
  • Clickair (Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino)
  • easyJet (London-Gatwick, London-Stansted)
  • Flybaboo (Geneva)
  • HLX.com (Cologne/Bonn)
  • Helvetic Airways (Zürich)
  • Iberia (Barcelona, London-Heathrow, Madrid)
    • Air Nostrum (Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Casablanca, Ibiza, Las Palmas, Lisbon, Madrid, Mahon, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Tenerife-North, Vigo)
  • Jet2.com (Leeds/Bradford [starts May 17, 2007], Manchester, Newcastle)
  • LagunAir (León, Valladolid)
  • LTU International (Dusseldorf)
  • Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo [starts April 14, 2007])
  • Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
  • Ryanair (Brussels-Charleroi, Dublin, Hahn, London-Stansted, Milan-Bergamo, Pisa, Rome-Ciampino)
  • Spanair (Arrecife, Barcelona, Las Palmas, Madrid, Munich, Tenerife-South)
  • Thomsonfly (Coventry, Doncaster/Sheffield)
  • Virgin Express (Brussels)
  • Vueling Airlines (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Seville)

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