Asturias Airport

Asturias Airport
Aeropuerto de Asturias
IATA: OVDICAO: LEAS
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Aena
Serves Asturias, Spain
Opened June 11, 1968 (1968-06-11)
Elevation AMSL 226 ft / 127 m
Coordinates 43°33′49″N 06°02′05″W / 43.56361°N 6.03472°W / 43.56361; -6.03472Coordinates: 43°33′49″N 06°02′05″W / 43.56361°N 6.03472°W / 43.56361; -6.03472
Website aena-aeropuertos.es
Map
OVD

Location within Asturias

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 7,218 2,200 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 1,119,273
Air cargo 64,237 kg
Flight operations 10,758
Check-in hall
Terminal interior

Asturias Airport, (IATA: OVD, ICAO: LEAS) is the only international airport of Asturias, Spain, in Castrillón. Traffic consists primarily of scheduled domestic flights and some seasonal scheduled international flights. In 2012, the airport handled 1,309,640 passengers and managed 13,252 operations.

Asturias airport is located in the parish of Santiago del Monte, municipality of Castrillón, 15 km from Avilés, 40 km from Gijón and 47 km from the regional capital, Oviedo.

History

The airport first opened on 11 June 1968. The first commercial route was established with Madrid and soon after another route came into operation, which linked Santiago de Compostela with Barcelona via Asturias and Bilbao.

In 1980, the airport underwent its first major expansion in preparation for the 1982 football World Cup in Spain. In 1982, the aircraft parking platform doubled in size. An additional 5 check-in desks were added to the existing ones. 2 boarding gates and 2 arrival gates, a new cafeteria-restaurant and several shops were also new additions.

In 2003, a series of improvements were made to the airport, that would enable it to handle a higher volume of passengers and aircraft traffic. Construction work on adding a second floor to the airport, that was accessible to passengers, was completed, and 3 gangways were also installed, allowing passengers to embark directly from the terminal building onto the aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from Asturias:[1]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Europa Alicante, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Menorca, Tenerife-North
easyJet London-Stansted
easyJet Switzerland Seasonal: Geneva
IberiaMadrid
Iberia
operated by Air Nostrum
Palma de Mallorca
Seasonal: Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife–North
Iberia Express Tenerife–North
Seasonal: Gran Canaria (begins 21 June 2016)[2]
TAP Portugal
operated by Portugália
Lisbon
VoloteaSevilla, Valencia
Seasonal: Alicante, Ibiza, Málaga, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Venice-Marco Polo (begins 27 May 2016)[3]
Vueling Alicante, Barcelona, Lanzarote, Málaga, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Sevilla
Seasonal: Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca

Statistics

YearPassenger numbersAir cargo (kg.)Flight operations
2001816,087 (19th)641,241 (22nd)12,526 (27th)
2002774,317 (20th)577,235 (22nd)12,036 (27th)
2003839,814 (24th)484,441 (23rd)12,867 (27th)
2004943,992 (22nd)420,256 (24th)14,198 (26th)
20051,251,495 (21st)230,201 (28th)17,535 (21st)
20061,353,030 (21st)199,437 (25th)17,987 (26th)
20071,560,830 (20th)196,741 (26th)19,148 (28th)
20081,530,248 (19th)139,455 (25th)18,371 (26th)
20091,316,088 (20th)113,149 (24th)16,033 (27th)
2010[4]1,355,364 (19th)110,645 (25th)16,538 (25th)
20111,339,010 (19th)136,772 (23rd)15,349 (25th)
20121,309,640 (18th)101,782 (25th)13,252 (25th)
20131,039,409 (19th)94,361 (29th)10,407 (23rd)
20141,065,570 (19th)71,202 (24th)11,715 (24th)
20151,119,273 (18th)64,237 (26th)10,758 (27th)

Ground transport

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