Lanzarote Airport
Lanzarote Airport
César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport
IATA: ACE, ICAO: GCRR) (Spanish: Aeropuerto de César Manrique-Lanzarote),
commonly known as Lanzarote Airport and also known as Arrecife Airport, is the
airport serving the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. The airport is
located in San Bartolomé, Las Palmas, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of the
island's capital, Arrecife. It handles
flights to many European airports, with hundreds of thousands of tourists each
year, as well as internal flights to other Spanish airports. It handled
7,327,019 passengers in 2018.
As a tribute to the legacy left
behind by local artist César Manrique, the airport's official name was changed
in 2019, coinciding with the centenary of the artist's birth.
History
Early years
The first passenger terminal
(1946-1970). Now Aeronautical Museum.
In the 1930s a need for an
aerodrome on the island became evident when connections were required with the
other islands and the mainland, as well as a refuelling point for aircraft.
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 the 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. Improvements were carried out to the
existing facilities, with a runway extension and additional ramp space
provided.
A new passenger terminal was
constructed along with a control centre, and on 3 March 1970 international and
domestic flights began using the airport. A centrepiece of the Gaucimeta
terminal was the mural created by Caesar Manrique entitled ‘Lanzarote’.
Development since the 1990s
The growing use of the airport
called for the need of improved facilities. DME, ILS and VOR facilities were
installed for Runway 03/21 along with additional holding points. New runway
lighting and a fire station were also commissioned. In 1999 a new passenger
terminal opened (Terminal 1), with a capacity of 6 million passengers per
annum. Since then, the original passenger terminal has been revamped and is now
used for inter-island flights (Terminal 2).
In 2002, in response to interest
from both tourists and local people about the island's aviation heritage, Aena
decided to use the Guacimeta passenger terminal as an aviation museum. The
museum provides a comprehensive and detailed insight into the history of
aviation on the island. There are a number of audio-visual presentations.
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