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Subsequently, an airfield was built at Llanos de Guacimeta. The first aircraft to land at the airport was a Junkers Ju 52 EC-DAM on 24 July 1941. The Spanish Air Force then saw a need for a permanent aerodrome for defence purposes, and this was constructed in Arrecife. In 1946, the airport provisionally accepted civil traffic.
Airport name Public airports A Coruña: Galicia: LECO LCG A Coruña Airport (Alvedro Airport) Algeciras: Andalusia: LEAG Algeciras Heliport: Albacete: Castile-La Mancha: LEAB ABC Albacete Airport (Los Llanos Air Base) Alicante: Valencia: LEAL ALC Alicante-Elche Airport (formerly El Altet Airport) Almería: Andalusia: LEAM LEI Almería Airport ...
Arrecife (/ ˌ æ r ə ˈ s iː f eɪ /; Spanish: ⓘ; locally) is the capital city and a municipality of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It was made the island's capital in 1852. The city owes its name to the rock reef ("arrecife" being Spanish for "reef") which covers its local beach. It also gives its name to the nearby Arrecife Airport.
Lanzarote (UK: / ˌ l æ n z ə ˈ r ɒ t i /, [3] [4] Spanish: [lanθaˈɾote] ⓘ, locally [lansaˈɾote]) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, 125 kilometres (80 miles) off the north coast of Africa and 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) from the Iberian Peninsula.
Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (IATA: TFN, ICAO: GCXO), formerly Los Rodeos Airport, is the smaller of the two international airports on the island of Tenerife, Spain. It is located in San Cristóbal de La Laguna , 11 km (7 mi) by road from Santa Cruz and at an elevation of 633 metres (2,077 ft).
The Port of Arrecife is the main port facility for Lanzarote and the second busiest in the Canary Islands in terms of passengers. [4] It handles passenger ferries , cruise ships and ro-ro cargo, but also bulk , breakbulk , containers , liquid bulk , and has a large fishing port.
The largest airport is the Gran Canaria Airport. Tenerife has two airports, Tenerife North Airport and Tenerife South Airport. [153] The island of Tenerife gathers the highest passenger movement of all the Canary Islands through its two airports. [154] The two main islands (Tenerife and Gran Canaria) receive the greatest number of passengers. [155]
Las Palmas is served by Gran Canaria Airport, also called Las Palmas Airport (IATA: LPA, ICAO: GCLP). The airport is located in the eastern part of the island, about 18 km (11 mi) from Las Palmas city centre. In 2008, it handled 10,212,106 passengers and 33,695,248 kg (74,285,306 lb) of cargo, and is the fourth busiest in Spain. [70]