Lleida–Alguaire Airport (Catalan: ''Aeroport de Lleida-Alguaire'', Spanish: ''Aeropuerto de Lérida-Alguaire'') is an
airport
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located in
Alguaire
Alguaire is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Segrià in Catalonia
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,
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
,
Spain
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, i ...
; about from the centre of
Lleida
Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida.
Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...
and about from the centre of
Barcelona
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.
History
Lleida–Alguaire was designed as a
regional airport to provide both passenger and cargo transport to Western Catalonia (the
Ponent
Ponent, Lleida or Terres de Lleida is one of the seven territories defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia. It is not clear what name will have, being all of them traditionally accepted names for the region.
It is located in the westernmost par ...
region and
Catalan Pyrenees),
Andorra
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and some counties (comarques) in
La Franja.
The airport construction project had a budget of 130 million
euro
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and it was the first airport built and owned by the
Generalitat of Catalonia
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, via its public-capital company
Aeroports de Catalunya. It is also one of the few Spanish airports not owned by
Aena.
The airport was inaugurated on 17 January 2010.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
The following table shows total passenger numbers at Lleida–Alguaire Airport from 2010 to date.
Ground transportation
Two new highways, the
Autovías
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and
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Vehicles
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, provide road access to the airport.
References
External links
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Lleida–Alguaire Airportat Architecture News Plus
Airports established in 2010
Airports in Catalonia
Transport in Lleida
Transport in Segrià
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