Valencia Airport

Valencia Airport
IATA: VLC – ICAO: LEVC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aena
Serves	Valencia, Spain
Location	Manises
Hub for	Air Nostrum
Elevation AMSL	73 m / 240 ft
Coordinates	39°29′22″N 00°28′54″W / 39.48944°N 0.48167°WCoordinates: 39°29′22″N 00°28′54″W / 39.48944°N 0.48167°W
Website	aena-aeropuertos.es
Map
VLC Location within Spain
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 3,215 10,548 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 5,051,871 Passenger change 14-15 9.9%
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[1] Spanish AIP, AENA[2]

Valencia Airport in Manises (IATA: VLC, ICAO: LEVC), also known as Manises Airport,^[3] is the eighth busiest Spanish airport in terms of passengers^[4] and second in the region after Alicante. It is situated 8 km (5.0 mi) west^[2] of the city of Valencia. The airport has flight connections to about 15 European countries and 4.98 million passengers passed through the airport in 2011.^[1]

Interior view of Terminal 1

Valencia Airport metro station

Facilities

A new regional terminal, expanded car parking facilities and apron area have been recently constructed in time for the 2007 America's Cup. The runway has been also lengthened by 50 m (160 ft). The airport has one terminal and one runway. The former runway 04/22 is not in use and has no ILS but has a helipad at the southwestern end.

It is the main base of Iberia's regional carrier Air Nostrum. Irish low-cost airline Ryanair used the airport as a hub since 2007 but decided to close it in November 2008 following a row over subsidies by the airport authorities.^[5] Since then the airline has continued to operate out of Valencia but as a relatively large destination airport, and not a base. Ryanair later announced on 23 June 2010 that it would re-open its Valencia base with 2 based aircraft and 10 new destinations from November 2010.

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Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo (begins 1 June 2016)[6]
Air Europa	Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle Seasonal: Ibiza (begins 12 July 2016),[7] Málaga,[8] Menorca, Tenerife–South
Alitalia	Rome–Fiumicino
Blue Air	Bucharest
British Airways	London–Gatwick[9]
Etihad Regional operated by Austrian Airlines	Geneva
easyJet	London–Gatwick
Eurowings	Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Vienna
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Madrid, Málaga, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Tenerife–North Seasonal: Arrecife, Asturias, Fuerteventura
KLM	Amsterdam
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich
Niki	Seasonal: Vienna
Royal Air Maroc operated by Royal Air Maroc Express	Casablanca
Ryanair	Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin–Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Bologna, Brussels, Charleroi, Craiova (begins 3 November 2016),[10] Frankfurt–Hahn, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, London–Stansted, Malta (begins 30 October 2016),[11] Pisa, Porto,[12] Rome–Ciampino, Santiago de Compostela, Tenerife–South, Treviso, Warsaw-Modlin (begins 31 October 2016),[13] Weeze Seasonal: Bari, Bristol, Dublin, East Midlands, Manchester, Marseille, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Santander, Trieste, Turin[14]
S7 Airlines	Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo
SmartWings operated by Travel Service Airlines	Seasonal: Prague
Sun D'Or operated by El Al	Seasonal: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich
Swiss International Air Lines operated by Austrian Airlines	Geneva
TAP Portugal operated by Portugália	Lisbon
TAROM	Bucharest
Transavia	Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam Seasonal: Munich (begins 30 May 2016)[15]
Transavia France	Lyon (begins 16 May 2016), Paris–Orly
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul–Atatürk
Ukraine International Airlines	Seasonal: Ivano-Frankivsk (begins 25 June 2016)[16]
Volotea	Asturias Seasonal: Bordeaux, Nantes, Vigo
Vueling	Algiers, Amsterdam, A Coruña, Bilbao, Brussels, Málaga, Paris–Orly, Rome–Fiumicino, Seville Seasonal: Ibiza, Milan–Malpensa, Santiago de Compostela, Tenerife-South (begins 25 June 2016)[17]
Wizz Air	Bucharest, Cluj–Napoca, Sofia, Timişoara
Windrose Airlines	Seasonal Charter: Kiev

Cargo

Airline	Destinations
Ukraine Air Alliance	Belgrade
UPS Airlines	Barcelona, Cologne/Bonn

Ground transport

Valencia airport is situated adjacent to the Autovía A-3 highway which connects Valencia with Madrid and is also close to the Autovía A-7 coastal route to Barcelona.

It is connected to Valencia by a regular bus line (MetroBus) which takes 45 minutes, while the shuttle service (Aerobus) to city centre takes 20 minutes. The metro network (lines 3 and 5) also connect the airport to the city centre (15 minutes), the Railway Station and the Port.

Public Metrovalencia subway network allows connection via Xàtiva metro station with the city center and link to the main Estació del Nord train station within 20 minutes.^[18]

References

1. "Estadsticas - Aeropuertos Espaoles y Navegacin Area - aena-aeropuertos.es". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
2. Spanish AIP (AENA)
3. "Sales Offices in Spain." Spanair. Retrieved on 6 May 2009.
4. AENA passenger and aircraft movements for 2008
5. "Welcome to Ryanair!". Ryanair.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
6. L, J (22 January 2016). "AEROFLOT Adds Valencia Service from June 2016". Airline Route. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
7. http://airlineroute.net/2016/04/26/ux-ibz-jul16/
8. http://airlineroute.net/2015/12/10/ux-agp-feb16/
9. "British Airways Adds London Gatwick – Valencia / Porto Service in W15". Airline Route. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
10. Ryanair's website
11. http://airlineroute.net/2016/04/14/fr-mla-w16/
12. http://airlineroute.net/2016/04/26/fr-opo-w16/
13. http://airlineroute.net/2016/04/28/fr-poland-w16/
14. Ryanair's website
15. Transavia Opens Munich Base from late-March 2016
16. "Ukraine International Adds Ivano-Frankivsk – Spain Routes in S16". airlineroute. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
17. http://airlineroute.net/2016/03/14/vy-tfs-s16/
18. metrovalencia.es - Timetable

External links

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