Valencia Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de Valencia, ca-valencia, Aeroport de València) , also known as ''Manises Airport'', is the tenth-busiest

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in terms of passengers and second in the region after

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. It is situated west of the city of

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, in

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. The airport has flight connections to about 20 European countries and 8.53 million passengers passed through the airport in 2019.

History

The airport is the main base of

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's regional carrier

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. Irish low-cost airline

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used the airport as a hub since 2007 but decided to close it in November 2008 following a dispute over subsidies by the airport authorities. Since then the airline has continued to operate out of Valencia but as a relatively large destination airport, and not a base. Valencia's first transatlantic flight, a

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Boeing 757 from New York City's JFK Airport, landed in June 2009. The route operated every summer until Delta announced in late 2012 that it would withdraw from the Spanish city the following year; the airline attributed its decision to the flight's poor financial performance and to rising fuel costs.

Facilities

Nueva Terminal T2 Aeropuerto de Valencia

Terminal Regional Aeropuerto de Valencia

Valencia (- Manises) (VLC - LEVC) AN2190043

Terminal

Valencia Airport consists of a single terminal that has been built in three stages which are directly connected to each other. The landside hall consists of three check-in areas: ''1-12'' is the newest one with the airport station beneath it, ''13-42'' is the oldest main building with a currently derelict upper floor, ''43-56'' is the largest annex housing most airlines. A single central security area leads to the airside with gates 1-22, with gates 1-4 being the newest area designated for non-Schengen flights. Gates 12-22 are located in a separate hall designated as a regional terminal that opened in time for the

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which allows walk-boarding, mainly for flights by

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and low-cost carriers. Some of the gates are equipped with

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s. The airside area features several food outlets and shops, however

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and

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have been closed for good in the wake of the

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Runway and apron

The sole operational runway has been also lengthened by by 2007. The former runway 04/22 is not in use and has no ILS but has a

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at the southwestern end.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Statistics

Ground transport

Road

Valencia airport is situated adjacent to the

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highway which connects

with

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and is also close to the

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coastal route to

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. It is connected to the city of Valencia by a regular bus line operated by Fernanbus which takes between 30 and 35 minutes and passes through

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and

Rail

The metro network

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with lines 3 and 5 on the

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connect the airport to the city centre (15 minutes), the main Railway Station of the city Estació del Nord (20 minutes) and the

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(30 minutes).

References

External links

Official website
* * {{authority control Airports in the Valencian Community Buildings and structures in Manises

Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

Airports established in 1930