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I think it's this one.....
Castellón?Costa Azahar Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Castellón?Costa Azahar Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ciudad Real Central Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lots of intetesting stuff on the net about it, and the corruption surrounding its development and subsequent collapse. Says a lot about Spanish profligacy.
Lots of intetesting stuff on the net about it, and the corruption surrounding its development and subsequent collapse. Says a lot about Spanish profligacy.
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And what five are those airports - I only know of two - Ciudad Real and Castellon, maybe you could enlighten us please.
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And what five are those airports - I only know of two - Ciudad Real and Castellon
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Sorry to disappoint but Huesca is alive and operational although only light aircraft and the occasional executive aircraft use it at the present time. Rather a nice little airport on the edge of the Pyrenees. It handled 1,200 fare paying passengers in 2012 mainly on ski flights which included Monarch.
Corvera has been ready to open for some time but has not yet had its required certificates from the authorities and nobody seems to know when this will occur!
Corvera has been ready to open for some time but has not yet had its required certificates from the authorities and nobody seems to know when this will occur!
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Should have been more precise - without significant passenger activities. If the figure of 1200 pax is correct, that is less than 1% of the designed terminal capacity. Which makes it a useless investment which I had the "pleasure" of visiting.
This might prove helpful
List of the busiest airports in Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apart from Corvera, Castellon and Ciudad Real, there were quite a few airports in Spain with a runway over 2,000 metres but few passengers in 2012
Huesca - 1,313 passengers
Cordoba - 9,835 passengers
Logrono - 19,263 passengers
Burgos - 21,057 passengers
Salamanca - 22,716 passengers
Leon - 50,835 passengers
As a comparison for those in the UK, Plymouth airport in 2010 managed 96,498 terminal (i.e. non-transit) passengers, before the airport closed in December 2011.
List of the busiest airports in Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apart from Corvera, Castellon and Ciudad Real, there were quite a few airports in Spain with a runway over 2,000 metres but few passengers in 2012
Huesca - 1,313 passengers
Cordoba - 9,835 passengers
Logrono - 19,263 passengers
Burgos - 21,057 passengers
Salamanca - 22,716 passengers
Leon - 50,835 passengers
As a comparison for those in the UK, Plymouth airport in 2010 managed 96,498 terminal (i.e. non-transit) passengers, before the airport closed in December 2011.
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Lots of places for Ryanair to go to then when they fall out with current crop 
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I am very surprised that Ryanair have not operated from Salamanca seeing how much of a tourist destination it is along with having a large university, it can be fairly difficult to get too from Madrid involving a lenghty train ride.
I did have my tongue firmly in my chubby cheeks when I posted! However 1200 passengers in a year is, obviously, 100 per month, which in my opinion is ridiculous. If it is near the Pyenees I guess most of them are during the ski season so rest of the year nada!
So if Corvera has not received its certification yet it still counts as one of the airports that have not been used does it not?
So if Corvera has not received its certification yet it still counts as one of the airports that have not been used does it not?
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The really stupid thing about Corvera, is that it is less than 30km from San Javier, where a second runway was being constructed at the same time as Corvera was being built.
Of course, this being Spain, the owners of the land purchased for Corvera have still not been paid!
Of course, this being Spain, the owners of the land purchased for Corvera have still not been paid!
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This is all to do with the size of the Juntas balls, I.e. ego
One question is the new runway at Malaga actually being used the days? I am aware it's operational, but in all my visits I have never seen an aircraft us it, and I fly out of it regularly.
One question is the new runway at Malaga actually being used the days? I am aware it's operational, but in all my visits I have never seen an aircraft us it, and I fly out of it regularly.
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The really stupid thing about Corvera, is that it is less than 30km from San Javier
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