A Coruña Airport
A Coruña Airport
A Coruña Airport (IATA: LCG,
ICAO: LECO) formerly known as Alvedro Airport, is the airport serving the
Galician city of A Coruña in northwestern Spain. The airport is located in the
municipality of Culleredo, approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the city
center. It is a part of the network of airports managed by Aena, a Spanish
state-owned company responsible for airport management. Air traffic control is
provided by Ferronats. In 2014, 988,834 passengers used the airport.
Early years
On 11 September 1953, the Council
of Ministers of Spain ordered the urgent construction of an airport to serve
the city of A Coruña. This was the first airport to serve the area, as the
hilly topography and meteorological conditions in the region made construction
difficult. At the time, the only air service to the province of Galicia was
through the Lavacolla Airport in Santiago de Compostela, which opened in 1935.
The first airport was built on
the Alvedro meseta in the municipality of Culleredo. The original air field was
very sparse; subsequent projects included the construction of parking
facilities and a terminal.
In 1961, radio, and electric
monitoring facilities were constructed. In 1962, a terminal building was
constructed, and landing lights and other signals were installed on the runway.
At the same time, the legislature of A Coruña ordered the construction of a
road to connect the airport with the cities of A Coruña and Santiago de
Compostela. In 1963, a services building was added to the airport.
The construction was completed in
May 1963, when the airport was opened to national commercial traffic. The
inauguration of the airport took place on 25 May 1963, when the first
commercial airliner arrived from Madrid. This first flight was operated by the
Spanish Aviaco airline.
During 1964, Aviaco operated a Vigo-A
Coruña-Santander-San Sebastián-Barcelona line served by Convair 440s. The
routing proved to be spectacularly unpopular and unprofitable, and was
discontinued after a year of service. A brief attempt in 1971 to run an
identical routing was equally unsuccessful. By the end of the 1960s, the
airport had begun receiving charter flights from Switzerland and London,
England.
A customs office was opened in
1979, and an air traffic control room was added in 1990. A number of
improvements were made during the 1980s, including an increase of runway
gradation of 1 degree 12 minutes and the installation of an Instrument Landing
System (ILS).
Development since the 1990s
Check-in counters
By 1994, yearly passenger numbers
had surpassed 259,000. Further expansion of the airport and its facilities,
including a new terminal building, as well as the urbanization of the
surrounding area has prompted continuous growth and the increasing popularity
of the airport. In 2001, the airport installed jet bridges and a cargo terminal.
Currently the airport has a single runway (03/21), 1,940 metres (6,360 ft)
long, and is capable of supporting up to 12 take-offs and landings per hour.
Current and future projects
include the expansion of parking facilities, an upgrade of the ILS system from
Category II to Category III, a short runway expansion, and expanded aircraft
parking facilities.
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