LERL - Ciudad Real (Closed?)

[I-AINC]

Goodnight folks,

any news about Ciudad Real airport? I've heard a rumor that the aiport is closed or will be closed soon.

Thanks a lot.

NC :zzz:

[rasenjie]

The Ciudad Real airport LERL was closed the last month! :(


:ugh::ugh:

[zondaracer]

Sad. One of many ghost airports of Spain, expect more to follow...
Castellon - hasn't even opened
Huesca
Lerida
Ciudad Real - Closed
Teruel - destined to be an airplane storage center, so it might work with all those airlines going bust
Murcia
Seu d'Urgell - at least this one has always been a GA airport
and more

Airports for everyone | In english | EL PAÍS (http://elpais.com/elpais/2011/05/10/inenglish/1305004841_850210.html)

Out of 48 regional airports in Spain, only 11 make a profit.

It is a real shame

[plikee]

Really sad .. i was in LERL last year during my training . I made LPVL-LERL via ZMR TLD in a C172 . It is a huge airport with great great great conditions .. The runway is so long and when i was there, there were no signs of tyre marks in the touchdown zone from the bigger jets .

it is sad, since i made many cross-country flights over Spain, it was probably the best airport i ever been

[djfwells]

Ciudad Real Airport is back in use !! (Although not quite as originally intended....)
Ciudad Real Airport back in use (http://www.tumbit.com/news/articles/6218-ciudad-real-airport-back-in-use.html)

[Capetonian]

Ciudad Real's ?1bn abandoned airport: in pictures - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/10229022/Ciudad-Reals-1bn-abandoned-airport-in-pictures.html?frame=2638136)

Ciudad Real's ?1bn abandoned airport: in pictures - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/10229022/Ciudad-Reals-1bn-abandoned-airport-in-pictures.html?frame=2638111)

Marvellous, some gato gordo is enjoying the kickbacks he got from the construction of this white elephant. In this respect, Spain is little better than Africa.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02638/Airport3_2638111k.jpg

[djfwells]

"Ciudad Real 6th Most Visited Location in the World in 2013"

Spain's Ciudad Real Airport 6th Most Visited in World 2013 | Tumbit News Story (http://www.tumbit.com/news/articles/8429-spains-ciudad-real-airport-6th-most-visited-in-world-2013.html)