Asturias Airport

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Asturias International Airport

IATA: OVD – ICAO: LEAS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aena
Location		Asturias
Elevation AMSL		226 ft / 127 m
Coordinates		43°33′49″N 06°02′05″W / 43.56361, -6.03472
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
11/29	7,218	2,200	Asphalt

Asturias Airport, (IATA: OVD, ICAO: LEAS) is the main airport of Asturias, a region in northern Spain, in Castrillón.

Asturias airport is located in Ranón, municipality of Castrillon, 15 km from Aviles, 40 km from Gijon and 47 km from Oviedo.

Traffic consists primarily of scheduled domestic flights. Most of these flights are to and from Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona, Tenerife Sur and Palma de Mallorca. As regards international traffic, most flights are to and from the United Kingdom, France and Belgium, as there are regular connecting flights to London-Stansted, Paris-Orly and Brussels.

In 2006, the airport reached 1,353,030 passengers, managed 17,987 operations and moved 199 tonnes of freight.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

airberlin (Palma de Mallorca)
Air Europa (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife-South)
Clickair (Barcelona)
easyJet (Geneva, London-Stansted, Madrid)
Iberia (Madrid)
- Iberia operated by Air Nostrum (Alicante, Barcelona, Brussels, Madrid, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Seville, Valencia)
Spanair (Barcelona, Madrid)

[edit] Getting there

Road - The airport may be reached both by the A-8 motorway and by the N-632 national highway.

There are exits for the airport duly signposted on the A-8 from both Oviedo and Gijon and from Aviles. On the N-632, going towards A Coruña, you must take the Carcedo-Airport turnoff.

Bus - Alsa offers service between the airport and the cities of Aviles, Gijon and Oviedo. Some of the lines also stop in Piedras Blancas and Salinas.
Taxi - The approximate prices to different towns are: Oviedo, €45; Gijon, €40; Aviles, €20; Piedras Blancas, €12. To all other destinations, €0.90 / km; at night (from 11:00 pm to 6:00 am) and holidays, €1.90 / km.