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Leon Airport
Airport Directory » Spain » Leon » Leon AirportLeón Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de León), (Aeropuertu de Llión, in Leonese linguistic communication) (IATA: LEN, ICAO: LELN) is an international airport turn up 6 klicks (4 mi) from Léon, Spain. In 2007, the airport dealt 161,705 riders, 7,328 functioning and 300 kg of freight.
History
In March 1920, a ministerial proviso on territorial statistical distribution and organization of armed forces pressures and services denominated Leon as a place for 1 of the air stations constituted under the proviso. In 1924, works were clear to accommodate the air station so that Leon airport is able to be used for way station by aircraft on the routes that connected Madrid and Asturias. In 1929 the armed forces airport was provisionally clear to furnish commercial air piloting services.
The airport was turn up 1 klick northward of the small town of Virgen del Camino and 7 klicks southward of the town of Leon, an area of difficult flat district committed to pastureland, and its piloting helps consisted a marking in the center of the field and a wind sock. It had 4 depots to house and restore aircraft, as good as fuel, oil, water and phone company. At that clip the station was the military headquarters of Number One Squadron's 21st Inspection Unit, within the Northwest Regional Fleet.
During the Spanish Civil War, the Leon airport was the military headquarters of numerous airborne units and at the finish of the battle it was named as family A. At that clip it had wireless and phone installations, a radiogoniometer and nighttime visible radiation.
In the 1940s an air power school was set up in the installations, where the 1st airplane pilots graduated at the General Aviation School. When this was closed it was replaced by the Apprentices School and afterwards by the Airforce Specialists School.
In 1964 Leon Airport was opened to commercial traffic. It currently had an landing field with facilities for districting in 2 ways. The aeronautic limitations were print in 1967 and stay unmodified until 1988. In 1990, the local and regional authorities make up one's mind to patronize an airport base labor that would further aeronautic action in the district. For this aim, Leon's Provincial Council called for authority from the Spanish Ministry of Defence to set up polite installations on the district of the armed forces air station, with permission being allowed in 1991.
In 1994 the 1st level of Leon's polite airport labor was straighten up and a landing track, a link up route and an aircraft parking area were made and kick off in 1995. The programmes for the 2nd level of the labor were straighten up in 1997 and a depot and service construction were made, the works completing in January 1999. On two June 1999, Leon's polite airport was officially kick off, coming after which Iberia constitute scheduled voyage paths to Madrid and Barcelona.
In 2003 a new Rescue and Fire Fighting Services Building was made, with its fit germinated and landscaped area , as good as a proficient block and an kicked upstairs cistern. In October 2005, the landing track and aircraft parkland aprox extensions were set into service and an instrument districting system (ILS/I) was set up.
In 2007 a 3000 m new landing track was kick off. Nowadays, León Airport previsons state that in a short term the airport shall be up to deal 500,000 riders each year with national and international voyages.
Future programmes
The new Terminal construction was okayed by Spanish Government in January, 2009. It will take 16 calendar month.
Statistics
| Año | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers | 21,218 | 24,816 | 23,972 | 31,607 | 65,187 | 80,894 | 126,650 | 161,705 |
| Operations | 2,605 | 2,605 | 2,793 | 2,951 | 5,241 | 5,279 | 6,296 | 7,328 |
| Variation go across | - | +17.0% | -3.4% | +31.8% | +106.2% | +24.1% | +56.6% | +27.7% |
| Variation ops | - | +95,0% | +7,2% | +5,7% | +66,5% | +0,7% | +19,3% | +16,2% |
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