Seville Airport

Seville Airport Aeropuerto de Sevilla
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IATA: SVQ – ICAO: LEZL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aena Aeropuertos
Serves	Seville, Spain
Focus city for	Ryanair Vueling
Elevation AMSL	34 m / 112 ft
Coordinates
Website	aena-aeropuertos.es/sevilla
Map
Seville Airport Location within Andalusia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 3,360 11,024 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 3,884,146 Passenger change 13–14 5.3% Aircraft movements 42.380 Movements change 13–14 1.9%
Source: Aena

Seville Airport (IATA: SVQ, ICAO: LEZL) (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Sevilla) is the sixth busiest inland airport in Spain. It is the main international airport serving Western Andalusia in southern Spain, and other neighbouring provinces. The airport has flight connections to over 45 destinations around Europe and Northern Africa, and handled 5.0 million passengers in 2011. It serves as base for the low cost carriers Vueling and Ryanair. It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of downtown Seville, and some 110 kilometres (68 mi) north-east of Costa de la Luz.

History

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Seville Airport in 1946

In 1914, the first plane flying between the peninsula and Morocco landed at the improvised aerodrome of Tablada, which had been fitted out the previous year for an air festival. Following this, the municipal government of Seville handed over a plot of land measuring 240,000 m² (2,600,000 sq ft) to the Military Aeronautical Society for the construction of an aerodrome. Work on the aerodrome began in 1915 and that same year it began to be used for training pilots and observers.

In 1919 the first commercial flights were operated between Seville and Madrid. The following year, an air postal service was established between Seville and Larache and in 1921, the first Spanish commercial service between Seville and Larache was set up. In 1923, various facilities such as hangars, workshops and premises were opened and approval was given for the construction of a municipal airport in Tablada at one end of the military aerodrome airfield, measuring 750 by 500 m (2,460 by 1,640 ft).

In April 1927, Unión Aérea Española established the air service Madrid-Seville-Lisbon. In February 1929, the Seville airport project was approved and in March, the Tablada aerodrome was opened to flights and air traffic. It was decided that this service would cease once the planned airport was constructed.

In 1929 the first flight was operated between Madrid and Seville and in 1930, this was extended to the Canary Islands. In February 1931, the service between Berlin and Barcelona was extended to Seville. In December 1933, the LAPE airline began a service between Seville and the Canary Islands.

During the Spanish civil war, Seville became the arrival point for African troops, whilst Iberia served air transport with flights between Tetuán-Seville-Vitoria, Seville-Salamanca and Seville-Larache-Las Palmas.

In September 1945, works began on the Seville transoceanic airport, with the construction of runways 05/23, 02/20 and 09/27. One year later, it was classified as a customs point and runways 05/23 and 02/20 were asphalted. In 1948, a goniometer was installed, the runway lighting was completed, and the runways became known as 04/22, 18/36 and 09/27. In 1956, runway 09/27 was extended and runway 18/36 became a taxiway.

In 1957, works were carried out on the terminal building and the control tower. Seville Airport was then included in the Hispanic American Agreement for the installation of a supplies base. The facilities were developed near the threshold of 04, rendering the runway out of service.

In 1965 an Instrument Landing System was installed. Between 1971 and 1975, the terminal area was renovated, the apron was extended, a new terminal building was constructed and new access roads were developed.

In 1989, with a focus on the Seville Expo '92, the apron was extended, and a new access from the national motorway N-IV was opened; a new terminal building and a new control tower to the south of the runway were also built. On 31 July, the new installations were inaugurated.

Facilities

Since its opening in 1991 Seville airport has undergone minor extension works. In 2013 opened the new car parking building of 5 floors. Seville Airport is capable of handling six million passengers a year. There are 23 stands (all of them are self-maneuvering) of which 16 are remote, with 42 check-in desks and 16 boarding gates.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air Europa	Tenerife–North Seasonal: Gran Canaria, Ibiza (begins 24 February 2016), Palma de Mallorca, Lanzarote
Air France	Seasonal: Toulouse
British Airways	London–Gatwick
Brussels Airlines	Seasonal: Brussels
easyJet	London–Gatwick, Toulouse
easyJet Switzerland	Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Almeria, Toulouse, Valencia Seasonal: Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Trieste (begins 11 June 2016), Vigo
Iberia Express	Madrid
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich
Ryanair	Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Bologna, Charleroi, Eindhoven, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Marrakesh, Marseille, Milan–Malpensa, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Bordeaux, Dublin
SmartWings operated by Travel Service	Seasonal: Prague
TAP Portugal operated by Portugália	Lisbon
Transavia	Amsterdam, Munich (begins 27 March 2016)
Transavia France	Paris–Orly Seasonal: Lyon, Nantes
Volotea	Asturias
Vueling	A Coruña, Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome–Fiumicino, Tenerife–North, Valencia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Asturias, Fuerteventura, Lyon, Minorca, Nantes

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
DHL Aviation	Vitoria
TNT Airways	Liège

Statistics

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Check-in area

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Gate area

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Cargo Terminal

Busiest routes

Rank	Country	City	Passengers (2013)	Passengers (2014)	Change	Carriers
1	Spain	Barcelona	787,402	808,888	02.7%	Ryanair, Vueling
2	France	Paris	336,458	351,623	04.5%	Ryanair, Transavia France, Vueling
3	Spain	Madrid	241,069	244,619	01.5%	Iberia Express
4	Spain	Majorca	198,564	239,423	020.6%	Air Berlin, Air Europa, Ryanair, Vueling
5	United Kingdom	London	195,480	236,250	020.9%	easyJet, Ryanair
6	Spain	Tenerife	190,044	185,756	02.3%	Air Europa, Ryanair, Vueling
7	Spain	Gran Canaria	177,580	177,977	00.2%	Air Europa, Ryanair, Vueling
8	Spain	Bilbao	149,691	144,249	03.6%	Vueling
9	Italy	Rome	104,877	138,749	032.3%	Ryanair, Vueling
10	Belgium	Brussels	98,758	133,004	034.7%	Brussels Airlines, Ryanair
11	Italy	Milan	110,534	119,299	07.9%	Ryanair
12	Netherlands	Amsterdam	70,095	94,482	034.8%	Transavia Holland, Vueling
13	Spain	Valencia	143,915	93,652	034.9%	Air Nostrum, Vueling
14	Spain	A Coruña	70,177	70,431	00.4%	Vueling
15	Italy	Bologna	65,503	64,912	00.9%	Ryanair
16	France	Toulouse	50,658	46,930	07.4%	Air France, Air Nostrum
17	Spain	Lanzarote	43,874	46,900	06.9%	Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Ryanair
18	France	Marseille	42,785	46,134	07.8%	Ryanair
19	Portugal	Lisbon	27,252	43,041	057.9%	TAP Portugal
20	Spain	Santiago	64,329	42,295	034.3%	Ryanair

Passengers and movements

	Number of passengers	Number of movements	Seville Airport passenger totals 1997–2014 (millions)
1997	1,542,761	19,992
1998	1,595,692	21,911
1999	1,688,539	23,275
2000	2,037,353	25,701
2001	2,205,117	38,848
2002	2,042,068	36,124
2003	2,269,565	38,483
2004	2,678,595	44,231
2005	3,521,112	55,423
2006	3,871,785	58,576
2007	4,507,264	65,092
2008	4,392,148	65,067
2009	4,051,392	55,601
2010	4,224,718	54,499
2011	4,959,359	56,021
2012	4,292,020	48,520
2013	3,687,714	41,591
2014	3,884,146	42,380
Source: AENA

Ground transportation

Public transport

Urban Transport Line of Seville Airport Airport Express connects the bus station Plaza de Armas, in the center of the city with the airport. It has intermediate stops at strategic points of the city, including the AVE train station of 19px Santa Justa. The whole trip takes approximately 40 minutes. Buses run from 04.30 till 00.45.

Incidents and accidents

• The 2015 Seville A400M crash took place near to the airport.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (English) (Spanish)
• Current weather for LEZL at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for SVQ at Aviation Safety Network