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and 28 km from the centre of

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(the capital of this province), and is situated in the municipalities of

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History

By 1927, the Spanish Government became aware of the necessity of having a customs airport in Galicia. Initially, the harbour of Vigo was equipped for seaplanes and a "maritime airport" was built and started operations at nearby Cesantes beach in March 1929; meanwhile the construction of a larger inland airport at Peinador was initiated. After years of bureaucratic struggle and negotiations from the local government, the then called Ministerio del Aire fully took on the project and restarted construction in 1947. Following completion of the airport by 1952, operations started in earnest on 20 April 1954 with a 1,500-meter runway. The initial route to Madrid was operated by Iberia flying a

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aircraft but after a few months Iberia handed the route to Aviaco. During the 1970s, as traffic at the airport grew, a further development plan was initiated. This involved the construction of a new control tower in 1973, a new passenger terminal in 1974, an independent power plant in 1975 and an expansion of the apron and widening of the taxiways completed in 1976. A few years after, the runway was lengthened so

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series aircraft were able to use the airport. As a result, in November 1981, the airport had its first international flight to

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. In preparation for future air traffic demands, Aena published an airport development project. In late May 2007, the Board of Aena awarded the construction of the "Vehicle Parking Building, Construction and Technical Block of Vigo airport" to

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SA for an amount of €38,266,145 and an execution period of 28 months. After meeting in the summer of 2008, it was decided to expand Vigo Airport's terminal. However, it took more than a year of delays and conflicting information before a plan was finalised and, on 24 February 2010, the Board of Directors approved the expansion. The expansion is planned to add 11,200 square meters to the current terminal of 8,200 square meters and also involves the total refurbishment of the existing terminal building. The renovation and extension will raise the annual capacity of the airport to four million users. In 2021, 549,094 passengers and 805 tonnes of goods passed through the airport.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Vigo–Peinador Airport:

Statistics

Ground transportation

Vigo Airport is connected to Galicia and

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by different transportation networks. The city public company of transport is Vitrasa, and its 9A line works near the arrival's hall at the terminal. The single fare is €1,35.

Train

Vigo-Urzáiz railway station is connected to the airport directly by bus line A every 30 minutes at Urzaiz (Muro estación) switch (journey time from the airport to Vigo-Urzaiz railway station: 25 minutes). It provides high speed connectivity to

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is connected to the airport by bus lines 8, 16 and 24 in connection with bus line A at Urzáiz 13 switch. It provides connectivity to

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. Optionally, direct line A from maritime station is close enough, getting off at García Barbón, 16 switch (15 minutes walking approximately).

Bus

Vigo bus station is connected to the airport by Vitrasa bus lines 4C and 23 in connection with line 9A at Travesia de Vigo 7 switch (journey time from the airport to Travesia de Vigo, 7 switch: 22 minutes). It provides connectivity to the rest of

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cities as

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. Urban transit service Vitrasa connects the airport with the city center with the line 9A every 30 minutes.

Car

A close access exists from AP-9 motorway near Puxeiros road junction, connecting to the downtown, the rest of Galicia and Portugal. Travel time to the

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center is around 20 minutes.

Catchment area

airport is located in the center of the Galicia–North Portugal Euroregion. This situation together with the fact of being a well communicated

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provides it the largest

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of Galician airports for all

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, being the second one in the

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after

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. Besides the city of

, the airport catchment area includes some touristic destinations like

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and

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vigo-Peinador Airport Airports in Galicia (Spain) Province of Pontevedra Airports established in 1952