Alicante Airport

	IATA	ALC
	ICAO	LEAL
	Type	Public
	Run By	Aena
	Opened	1967
	Closest Town	Alicante, Spain
	Elevation Ft	142
	Elevation M	43

	Runway Angle	10/28
	Runway Length F	9,842
	Runway Length M	3,000
	Runway Surface	Asphalt

Alicante International Airport or '''''Aeropuerto Internacional de Alicante''''', , originally named '''El Altet''', is the main airport for the regions of Alicante and Murcia in Spain . It is located in the city of Elx (Elche), 9 km southwest of the city of Alicante .

El Altet opened on 1967 - 05-04 , replacing the older airdrome La Rabassa that had served Alicante since 1936. The airport took its name from a part of the city of Elx.

Alicante is the major airport on Costa Blanca , so 80% traffic is international .

In 2005, the airport carried 8,796,321 passengers.

A new Terminal is under construction to be finished in 2009.

AIRLINES AND DESTINATIONS

Aer Lingus (Cork, Dublin)

Air Algerie (Oran)

Air Berlin (Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Muenster, Paderborn)

Air Europa (Bilbao, Paris Orly, Santiago de Compostela)

Air Finland (Helsinki)

Avianca (Bogota)

Bmi British Midland (London-Heathrow)

Bmibaby (Birmingham, Cardiff, Durham Tees valley, Manchester, Nottingham)

British Airways operated by GB Airways (London-Gatwick)

Easyjet (Basel, Belfast, Bristol, Dortmund, Edinburgh, Geneva, Glasgow, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Newcastle )

Flybe (Birmingham, Exeter, Norwich, Southampton)

Flyglobespan (Edinburgh, Glasgow)

Helvetic Airways (Zurich)

Iberia (Barcelona, Madrid)

Iberia operated by Air Nostrum (Asturias, Bilbao, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Vigo)

Jet2 (Leeds Bradford, Manchester)

LTU (Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)

Monarch (Birmingham, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester)

SAS AB (Bergen, Kristiansand, Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim)

Spanair (Barcelona, Gran Canaria, Madrid, Tenerife Sur)

Sterling Airlines (Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo, Stockholm)

Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium) (Brussels)

Thomsonfly (Bournemouth, Coventry, Doncaster-Sheffield, Manchester)

Transavia (Amsterdam, Rotterdam)

EXTERNAL LINKS

Aena.es - Airport ALC - official page, including gallery and history

Tips on Alicante Airport from a Frequent Flyer - information from the author of alicante-spain.com]

Aerial View

New Terminal Render

Information About

Alicante Airport