Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport
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Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, Valencian: Aeroport d'Alacant-Elx Miguel Hernández), (IATA: ALC, ICAO: LEAL), is an international airport located about 9 km (5.6 mi) southwest of the city of Alicante and about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) east of the city of Elche in Spain. Alicante–Elche is the busiest airport in south-eastern Spain and serves both the southern part of the Valencian Community and the Region of Murcia.
Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport[1] Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Aeroport d'Alacant-Elx Miguel Hernández | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Aena | ||||||||||
Serves | Alicante, Elche, Costa Blanca, Murcia and Albacete | ||||||||||
Location | Elche (Province of Alicante) | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 43 m / 141 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°16′56″N 00°33′29″W | ||||||||||
Website | aena.es | ||||||||||
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Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA;[2] |
The airport is a base for Air Nostrum, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair and Vueling. Passenger traffic increased significantly in the 2010s, beating its own yearly record from 2013 to 2019; in 2019 it set a record at 15 million passengers. It is the largest airport in the Valencian Community (well ahead of Valencia and Castellón),[3] one of the 50 busiest in Europe and was Spain's fifth busiest airport in 2019.[4] Up to 80% of all passenger flights are international.[4] The largest numbers of passengers arrive from the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Sweden.[5] Popular domestic destinations are Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and Barcelona.