Lanzarote Airport

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Lanzarote Airport
Aeropuerto de Lanzarote
Arrecife-Airport.jpg
IATA: ACE – ICAO: GCRR
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea
Location San Bartolomé, Las Palmas
Elevation AMSL 14 m / 47 ft
Coordinates 28°56′44″N 013°36′19″W / 28.94556°N 13.60528°W / 28.94556; -13.60528Coordinates: 28°56′44″N 013°36′19″W / 28.94556°N 13.60528°W / 28.94556; -13.60528
Website aena-aeropuertos.es
Map
ACE is located in Canary Islands
ACE
ACE
Location in the Canary Islands
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 5.883.039
Passenger change 13-14 Increase10.3%
Aircraft Movements 49,575
Movements change 13-14 Increase12%
Sources: AIP Spain,[1] AENA Passenger Traffic[2]

Lanzarote Airport (IATA: ACE, ICAO: GCRR) (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Lanzarote), 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 town of Arrecife.[1] 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 5,883,039 passengers in 2014.

History[edit]

Early years[edit]

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 Gaucimeta. 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[edit]

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 national and 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.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

A Monarch Airlines Airbus A321-200 on a taxiway
An Air Europa Boeing 737-800 on a taxiway
An EasyJet Airbus A319-100 on a taxiway
A Jet2.com Boeing 757-200 on a taxiway
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 on a taxiway
Air Berlin Airbus A319 taxiing at Lanzarote Airport

Destinations from Lanzarote Airport:[3]

Airlines Destinations Terminal
Aer Lingus Cork, Dublin
Seasonal: Shannon		 1
Air Berlin Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Zürich
Seasonal: Hannover, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt		 1
Air Europa Bilbao, Madrid, Seville 1
Air Méditerranée Seasonal: Toulouse (begins 11 April 2015)[4] 1
Binter Canarias & NAYSA Gran Canaria, Tenerife-North 2
British Airways London-Gatwick 1
CanaryFly Gran Canaria 2
Condor Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Stuttgart
Seasonal: Hannover		 1
easyJet Bristol (begins 18 April 2015),[5] Hamburg (ends 5 May 2015),[6] Liverpool, London-Gatwick 1
easyJet Switzerland Basel/Mulhouse[7] 1
Edelweiss Air Zürich[8] 1
Europe Airpost Dublin 1
Germania[9] Bremen
Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Erfurt/Weimar		 1
Iberia Madrid 1
Iberia
operated by Air Nostrum		 Seville, Valencia 1
Iberia Express Madrid 1
Jetairfly Brussels 1
Jet Time Billund 1
Jet2.com Belfast-International, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle 1
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg 1
Monarch Airlines Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester
Seasonal: East Midlands (ends 30 April 2015)[10]		 1
Niki Vienna 1
Norwegian Air Shuttle London-Gatwick
Seasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda[11]		 1
Primera Air Seasonal: Billund, Copenhagen, Malmö[12] 1
Ryanair Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Birmingham, Bologna, Bristol, Charleroi, Cork, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Hahn, Knock, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Madrid, Manchester, Prestwick, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Shannon, Weeze
Seasonal: Valladolid, Zaragoza		 1
SmartWings
operated by Travel Service Airlines[13]		 Seasonal: Prague[14] 1
SmartWings
operated by Travel Service Polska[13]		 Warsaw-Chopin (ends 25 April 2015)[14] 1
Transavia.com Amsterdam, Groningen [15] 1
TUIfly Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart
Seasonal: Hamburg		 1
Vueling Barcelona, Bilbao, Seville 1

Charters[edit]

Airlines Destinations Terminal
Air Europa Seasonal charter: Cork, Shannon[16] 1
Arkefly Charter: Amsterdam 1
Corendon Dutch Airlines Amsterdam[17] 1
Enter Air Charter: Bydgoszcz, Warsaw-Chopin[citation needed] 1
Privilege Style
operated by Swiftair		 Seasonal charter: Lisbon, Porto[citation needed] 1
Thomas Cook Airlines Charter: Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne[citation needed] 1
Thomson Airways Charter: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne,
Seasonal charter: Belfast-International, Bournemouth[citation needed]		 1
Travel Service Airlines Charter: Prague 1
TUIfly Nordic Charter: Bergen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Helsinki, Malmö, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda[citation needed] 1

Statistics[edit]

Lanzarote Airport Passenger Totals 2000-2014 (millions)
Updated: 16 January 2015. 2014 data Provisional.[2]
Passengers Aircraft movements Cargo (tonnes)
2000 5,002,551 44,814 6,403
2001 5,079,790 43,368 7,134
2002 5,123,574 45,050 7,201
2003 5,383,426 47,667 7,492
2004 5,517,136 48,446 7,996
2005 5,467,499 47,158 6,629
2006 5,626,087 50,172 6,113
2007 5,625,580 52,968 5,784
2008 5,438,178 53,375 5,429
2009 4,701,669 42,915 4,146
2010 4,938,632 46,668 3,787
2011 5,543,744 49,675 2,873
2012[18] 5,168,775 44,787 2,108
2013[19] 5,334,599 44,259 2,081
2014[20] 5,883,039 49,575 2,050
Source: Aena Statistics[2]

See also[edit]

Portal icon Spain portal
Portal icon Aviation portal


References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Lanzarote Aerodrome fact sheet". AIP Spain. 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. 
  2. ^ a b c AENA passenger statistics and aircraft movements
  3. ^ Airports of the World connected with: LANZAROTE, at www.aena.es
  4. ^ http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/247208/air-mediterranee-s15-new-routes
  5. ^ "New routes for summer 2015". Easyjet. 
  6. ^ http://www.easyjet.com/en/cheap-flights/lanzarote-arrecife/hamburg
  7. ^ http://www.easyjet.com/en/cheap-flights/lanzarote-arrecife/basel-mulhouse-freiburg
  8. ^ Edelweiss Air Airport Timetable, https://www.edelweissair.ch/en/destinations/plan/ACE/
  9. ^ "Germania Flight Schedule / 30.12.2014 - 01.11.2015" (PDF). Germania. 
  10. ^ http://www.monarch.co.uk/news/flights/2014-news/monarch-airlines-to-stop-flying-from-east-midlands-base-in-2015
  11. ^ "Norwegian Adds Stockholm – Lanzarote Seasonal Service from mid-December 2013". Airlineroute.net. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. 
  12. ^ Winter 2014-15 timetable,https://primeraair.com/
  13. ^ a b "SmartWings Contact". smartwings.com. 
  14. ^ a b "SmartWings Flight schedule". smartwings.com. 
  15. ^ http://www.groningenairport.nl/voor-reizigers/bestemmingen/lanzarote/
  16. ^ Cork Summer 2014
  17. ^ Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea
  18. ^ "Tráfico de pasajeros, operaciones y carga en los aeropuertos españoles (2012)" (in Spanish). Aena.  Archived 25 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ "Tráfico de pasajeros, operaciones y carga en los aeropuertos españoles (2013)" (in Spanish). Aena.  Archived 25 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "Tráfico de pasajeros, operaciones y carga en los aeropuertos españoles (2014)" (in Spanish). Aena.  Archived 25 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine

External links[edit]

Media related to Lanzarote Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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