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Asturias Airport

Coordinates: 43°33′49″N 06°02′05″W / 43.56361°N 6.03472°W / 43.56361; -6.03472
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Asturias Airport

Aeropuerto de Asturias
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAena
ServesAsturias, Spain
OpenedJune 11, 1968 (1968-06-11)
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL127 m / 416 ft
Coordinates43°33′49″N 06°02′05″W / 43.56361°N 6.03472°W / 43.56361; -6.03472
Websiteaena-aeropuertos.es
Map
OVD is located in Asturias
OVD
OVD
Location within Asturias
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 2,200 7,218 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers1,400,481
Passengers change 17–18Decrease0,5%
Movements12,444
Movements change 17-18Decrease 4,5%
Cargo (t)33
Sources: AENA[1]

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. The airport is located in Anzu, 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

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The airport first opened on 11 June 1968.[2] 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 FIFA 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.[citation needed]

Further improvements occurred in 1994 and 2000 which included upgrading of the building and expansion of the apron.[citation needed]

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 jet bridges were also installed, allowing passengers to embark directly from the terminal building onto the aircraft. [3][4]

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from Asturias:[5]

AirlinesDestinations
Binter Canarias Gran Canaria, Tenerife–North
Iberia Madrid,[6] Palma de Mallorca
Seasonal: Gran Canaria, Tenerife–North
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt,[7] Munich[7]
Ryanair[8][9] Charleroi,[10] London–Stansted, Rome–Fiumicino, Weeze
Volotea Alicante, Barcelona,[11] Bergamo,[12] Lisbon,[13] Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Tenerife–South, Valencia
Seasonal: Castellón (begins 21 December 2024),[14] Fuerteventura, Granada,[15] Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Menorca, Murcia, Venice[16]
Vueling Amsterdam,[17] Barcelona, Gran Canaria, London–Gatwick,[18] Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Orly,[19] Seville, Tenerife–North[20]
Seasonal: Ibiza[21]

Statistics

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Check-in hall
Terminal interior
Year Passenger numbers Air cargo (kg.) Flight operations
2001 816,087 (19th) 641,241 (22nd) 12,526 (27th)
2002 774,317 (20th) 577,235 (22nd) 12,036 (27th)
2003 839,814 (24th) 484,441 (23rd) 12,867 (27th)
2004 943,992 (22nd) 420,256 (24th) 14,198 (26th)
2005 1,251,495 (21st) 230,201 (28th) 17,535 (21st)
2006 1,353,030 (21st) 199,437 (25th) 17,987 (26th)
2007 1,560,830 (20th) 196,741 (26th) 19,148 (28th)
2008 1,530,248 (19th) 139,455 (25th) 18,371 (26th)
2009 1,316,088 (20th) 113,149 (24th) 16,033 (27th)
2010[22] 1,355,364 (19th) 110,645 (25th) 16,538 (25th)
2011 1,339,010 (19th) 136,772 (23rd) 15,349 (25th)
2012 1,309,640 (18th) 101,782 (25th) 13,252 (25th)
2013 1,039,409 (19th) 94,361 (29th) 10,407 (23rd)
2014 1,065,570 (19th) 71,202 (24th) 11,715 (24th)
2015 1,119,273 (18th) 64,237 (26th) 10,758 (27th)
2016 1,281,979 (18th) 53,638 (24th) 11,928 (25th)
2017 1,407,217 (18th) 32,860 (25th) 13,005 (24th)
2018 1,400,481 (19th) 33,038 (26th) 12,444 (26th)
2019 1,417,433 (19th) 28,538 (26th) 13,406 (25th)
2020 498,950 (18th) 19,733 (25th) 6,196 (31st)
2021 831,793 (17th) 7,305 (25th) 8,064 (32nd)
2022 1,454,763 (17th) 9,404 (25th) 12,189 (30th)
2023[23] 1,974,850 (17th) 11,494 (25th) 15,289 (27th)

Busiest routes

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Busiest international routes from OVD (2023)
Rank Destination Passengers Change 2022 / 23
1 London-Gatwick 61,530 Increase 47%
2 Rome-Fiumicino 45,718 Increase 630%
3 London-Stansted 42,344 Increase 546%
4 Paris-Orly 39,834 Increase 41%
5 Charleroi 33,294 Increase 470%
6 Bergamo 32,020 Steady New route
7 Lisbon 31,099 Steady New route
8 Weeze 30,468 Increase 505%
9 Amsterdam 28,979 Increase 515%
10 Dublin 26,439 Increase 465%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[24]
Busiest domestic routes from OVD (2023)
Rank Destination Passengers Change 2022 / 23
1 Madrid 394,572 Increase 21%
2 Barcelona 373,819 Increase 51%
3 Málaga 112,280 Increase 7%
4 Alicante 106,110 Decrease 1%
5 Palma de Mallorca 94,303 Decrease 6%
6 Gran Canaria 93,693 Increase 25%
7 Seville 90,060 Decrease 23%
8 Tenerife-North 89,194 Increase 12%
9 Valencia 70,132 Increase 19%
10 Lanzarote 41,435 Increase 10%
11 Menorca 23,243 Decrease 16%
12 Granada 17,606 Steady New route
13 Tenerife-South 15,932 Decrease 22%
14 Ibiza 13,328 Decrease 40%
15 Murcia 10,695 Increase 13%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[24]

Ground transport

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  • Road - The airport may be reached by both the A-8 motorway and the N-632 national road.
  • Bus - Alsa coach company offers a service between the airport and the cities of Avilés, Gijón and Oviedo. Some routes also stop in Piedras Blancas and Salinas.
  • Taxis - These are available at the airport.
  • Car Rental Services - Avis and Hello Rent a Car.

References

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  1. ^ "Presentación".
  2. ^ "Anecdotario de la visita del Jefe del Estado" (in Spanish). El Comercio hemerotec. 19 June 1968. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. ^ "History | Asturias Airport | Aena". www.aena.es. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  4. ^ "Asturias Airport". airports-worldwide.
  5. ^ Airlines and destinations
  6. ^ "IBERIA NW24 Madrid – Europe Frequency Changes – 26MAY24". Aeroroutes.
  7. ^ a b "Lufthansa: Offering 5.200 weekly flights to 205 destinations in summer 2023". 14 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Asturias tendrá dos rutas internacionales más de las previstas (Y los billetes baratos ya están a la venta)". 22 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Ryanair NW22 Network Additions Summary – 09DEC22". Aeroroutes.
  10. ^ "Ryanair NW22 Network Additions Summary – 09DEC22". Aeroroutes.
  11. ^ "Volotea incorpora una nueva ruta aérea entre Asturias y Barcelona para marzo de 2023". 23 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Volotea inicia la venta de billetes en Asturias para Lisboa y Milán". 13 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Volotea inicia la venta de billetes en Asturias para Lisboa y Milán". 13 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Volotea NW24 Network Additions – 11AUG24". AeroRoutes. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Barbón: «Estamos ante la Asturias mejor conectada de la historia»". 28 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Barbón: «Estamos ante la Asturias mejor conectada de la historia»". 28 March 2023.
  17. ^ "Vuelos directos de Asturias a Ámsterdam desde 50 euros". 27 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Vuelos desde Asturias: Ryanair viajará a Düsseldorf, Bruselas y Roma; Vueling a París y Amsterdam y Volotea a Milán". 2 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Vueling will connect Asturias with Paris from November". elcomercio.es. 30 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Vueling expands Tenerife North network in S19".
  21. ^ "Vueling anuncia rutas rutas desde Asturias a Ibiza y Menorca". 8 April 2021.
  22. ^ La Nueva España, ed. (14 January 2011). "El aeropuerto asturiano gana viajeros en 2010 tras dos años de pérdidas" (in Spanish).
  23. ^ "El Aeropuerto de Asturias marca un hito en cifra de viajeros y roza los dos millones de pasajeros" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 15 January 2024.
  24. ^ a b "Inicio". aena.es. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
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