Seville Airport

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Seville Airport

Aeropuerto de Sevilla
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Aena
Serves Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Focus city for
Elevation  AMSL 34 m / 112 ft
Coordinates 37°25′05″N005°53′56″W / 37.41806°N 5.89889°W / 37.41806; -5.89889
Website aena.es
Map
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SVQ
Location within Andalusia
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SVQ
SVQ (Spain)
Seville Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
09/273,36011,024 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers8,071,524
Passenger change 22–23Increase2.svg 19.1%
Aircraft movements64,774
Movements change 22–23Increase2.svg 7.3%
Cargo (t)10,914
Cargo change 22-23Increase2.svg 10.3%
Source: AENA

Seville Airport( IATA : SVQ, ICAO : LEZL) [1] (Spanish : Aeropuerto de Sevilla) [2] is the sixth busiest inland airport in Spain. It is the main international airport serving Western Andalusia in southern Spain, and neighbouring provinces. The airport has flight connections to 20 destinations in Spain and 57 destinations around the rest of Europe and Northern Africa, and handled 8,071,524 passengers in 2023. [3] It serves as a base for the low-cost carriers Vueling and Ryanair. [4] It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of central Seville, and some 110 kilometres (68 mi) north-east of Costa de la Luz. Seville Airport is also known as San Pablo Airport to distinguish it from the older Tablada Aerodrome, which was in operation as a military aerodrome until 1990.

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Facilities

Seville Airport is capable of handling ten million passengers a year. There are 23 stands (all of which are self-maneuvering) 16 of which are remote. The airport has 42 check-in desks and 19 boarding gates. It was expanded in 1991 for the Seville Expo '92. In 2013, a new five-story car parking building was opened. In 2019, renovations to increase the airport's capacity began and were completed in 2022. These renovations increased the airport's handling capacity from six million passengers a year to its current capacity of ten million passengers a year.

In the airport grounds, there is an Airbus factory (San Pablo Sur), an Airbus maintenance center (San Pablo Norte) and a Ryanair maintenance center.

History

In 1914, the first plane flying between the peninsula and Morocco landed at the improvised aerodrome of Tablada, which had been fitted out the previous year for an air festival. Following this, the municipal government of Seville handed over a plot of land measuring to the Military Aeronautical Society for the construction of an aerodrome. Work on the aerodrome began in 1915 and that same year it began to be used for training pilots and observers. [5]

In 1919, the first commercial flights were operated between Seville and Madrid. The following year, an air postal service was established between Seville and Larache and in 1921, the first Spanish commercial service between Seville and Larache was set up. In 1923, various facilities such as hangars, workshops and premises were opened and approval was given for the construction of a municipal airport in Tablada at one end of the military aerodrome airfield, measuring 750 by 500 m (2,460 by 1,640 ft).

In April 1927, Unión Aérea Española established the air service Madrid-Seville-Lisbon. In February 1929, the Seville airport project was approved and in March, the Tablada aerodrome was opened to flights and air traffic. It was decided that this service would cease once the planned airport was constructed.

In 1929, the first flight was operated between Madrid and Seville and in 1930, this was extended to the Canary Islands. In February 1931, the service between Berlin and Barcelona was extended to Seville. In December 1933, LAPE began a service between Seville and the Canary Islands.

During the Spanish Civil War, Seville became the arrival point for African troops, whilst Iberia served air transport with flights between Tetuán-Seville-Vitoria, Seville-Salamanca and Seville-Larache-Las Palmas.

In September 1945, work began on the new Seville transoceanic airport in the land area that occupied the old blimp mooring station, which received the last flight in 1936. [6] The work started with construction of runways 05/23, 02/20 and 09/27. One year later, it was classified as a customs point and runways 05/23 and 02/20 were asphalted. In 1948, a goniometer was installed, the runway lighting was completed, and the runways became known as 04/22, 18/36 and 09/27. In 1956, runway 09/27 was extended and runway 18/36 became a taxiway. Tablada was relegated to serve as a military aerodrome, until its closure in 1990. [7]

In 1957, works were carried out on the terminal building and the control tower. Seville Airport was then included in the Spanish American Agreement for the installation of a supplies base. The facilities were developed near the threshold of 04, rendering the runway out of service.

In 1965, an Instrument Landing System was installed. Between 1971 and 1975, the terminal area was renovated, the apron was extended, a new terminal building was constructed and new access roads were developed.[ citation needed ]

In 1989, with a focus on the Seville Expo '92, the apron was extended, and a new access from the national motorway N-IV was opened; a new terminal building and a new control tower to the south of the runway were also built. The old terminal was repurposed as a cargo terminal. On 31 July, the new installations were inaugurated.

A program designed to cope with rapid passenger growth and increase the airport's capacity to 10 million passengers per year began in 2019 and was finished in 2022. [8] The terminal building was enlarged and some of the old facilities were renovated, and the power station was reformed to cope with future enlargements of the airport.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Seville Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens [9]
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin [10]
Air Europa Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife–North
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle [11] [12]
Austrian Airlines Vienna [13] [14]
British Airways London–Gatwick [15] [16]
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, [17] Geneva, London–Gatwick [18]
Edelweiss Air Zürich
Eurowings Düsseldorf [19]
Iberia Almería, [20] Madrid, [21] Melilla, [20] Valencia
Seasonal: Funchal, [22] Lanzarote
Lufthansa Frankfurt, [23] Munich [23]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen [24] [25]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca [26]
Ryanair [27] Alicante, [28] Barcelona, [28] Beauvais, [28] Bergamo, [28] Birmingham, [29] [30] Bologna, [28] Budapest, Cagliari, [28] Catania, [28] Charleroi, [28] Cologne/Bonn, [28] Cork, [31] Dublin, [28] Edinburgh, [28] Eindhoven, [28] Fuerteventura, [28] Gran Canaria, [28] Hahn, [29] Ibiza, [28] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, [28] Krakow, [28] Lanzarote, [28] Lisbon, [28] London–Luton, [28] London–Stansted, [32] Malta, [28] Manchester, [28] Marrakesh, [28] Marseille, [28] Milan–Malpensa, [28] Nantes, [28] Naples, [28] Nuremberg, Palma de Mallorca, [28] Pisa, [28] Porto, [33] Prague, [34] Rabat, [28] Rome–Fiumicino, [35] Santiago de Compostela, [28] Tangier, [28] Tenerife–North, [28] Tenerife–South, [28] Toulouse, [28] Treviso, [36] Turin, [37] Valencia, [28] Vienna, [28] Vitoria, [28] Weeze [38]
Seasonal: Bari, [39] Billund [ citation needed ], Brive, [40] Luxembourg, [29] Menorca, [28] Tétouan, [28] Trapani, [41] Trieste [40]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen, [42] Stockholm–Arlanda [43] [42]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon [44]
Transavia Amsterdam, [45] Bordeaux, [46] Brussels, [47] Eindhoven, [48] Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Rotterdam/The Hague (begins November 2025), Paris–Orly [49]
Volotea Asturias, Bilbao, [50] San Sebastián, Santander
Vueling Asturias, Barcelona, [51] Bilbao, [52] Fuerteventura, [52] Gran Canaria, [52] Ibiza, [52] Lanzarote, [52] Palma de Mallorca, [52] Paris–Charles de Gaulle, [52] Santiago de Compostela, [52] Tenerife–North, [52] Valencia [52]
Seasonal: Brussels, [53] London–Gatwick [54]
Wizz Air Bucharest–Otopeni, Rome–Fiumicino, Warsaw–Chopin

Statistics

Annual traffic

Traffic by calendar year
PassengersMovementsCargo (kilos)
20042,678,59544,2315,053,487
20053,521,11255,4236,352,705
20063,871,78558,57611,582,808
20074,507,26465,0927,395,854
20084,392,14865,0676,102,264
20094,051,39255,6014,983,425
20104,224,71854,4995,466,982
20114,959,35956,0215,126,653
20124,292,02048,5204,773,533
20133,687,71441,5915,089,015
20143,885,43442,3795,667,539
20154,308,84546,0866,007,279
20164,625,31445,8406,626,457
20175,108,81748,66110,715,967
20186,380,48357,91312,517,152
20197,544,35764,1129,891,790
20202,315,82533,6409,633,591
20213,444,46543,8419,126,189
20226,779,45360,3639,966,098
20238,071,52464,77410,913,974
Source: Aena Statistics[ citation needed ]

Busiest routes

Busiest european routes from SVQ (2023)
RankDestinationPassengersChange 2022 / 23
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London-Gatwick 357,547Increase2.svg 51%
2Flag of France.svg Paris-Orly 252,590Increase2.svg 15%
3Flag of France.svg Paris-Charles de Gaulle 215,688Decrease2.svg 5%
4Flag of Portugal.svg Lisbon 179,011Increase2.svg 26%
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London-Stansted 174,491Increase2.svg 18%
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam 148,981Increase2.svg 6%
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eindhoven 116,704Increase2.svg 10%
8Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Charleroi 108.490Increase2.svg 24%
9Flag of Italy.svg Bergamo 98,107Increase2.svg 44%
10Flag of Italy.svg Rome-Ciampino 96,774Increase2.svg 34%
11Flag of Ireland.svg Dublin 87,678Increase2.svg 38%
12Flag of Germany.svg Munich 85,256Steady2.svg 0%
13Flag of France.svg Nantes 83,058Increase2.svg 10%
14Flag of Italy.svg Bologna 77,208Increase2.svg 31%
15Flag of France.svg Marseille 75,932Increase2.svg 17%
16Flag of Portugal.svg Porto 73,567Increase2.svg 64%
17Flag of Italy.svg Rome-Fiumicino 67,128Increase2.svg 88%
18Flag of Germany.svg Frankfurt 66,060Decrease2.svg 7%
19Flag of Italy.svg Milan-Malpensa 62,922Increase2.svg 23%
20Flag of Italy.svg Treviso 62,054Increase2.svg 56%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo [55]
Busiest intercontinental routes from SVQ (2023)
RankDestinationPassengersChange 2022 / 23
1Flag of Morocco.svg Marrakech 53,271Increase2.svg 49%
2Flag of Morocco.svg Tangier 40,138Increase2.svg 44%
3Flag of Morocco.svg Rabat 34,848Increase2.svg 67%
4Flag of Morocco.svg Casablanca 12,604Increase2.svg 927%
5Flag of Morocco.svg Tétouan 11,622Decrease2.svg 30%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo [55]
Busiest domestic routes from SVQ (2023)
RankDestinationPassengersChange 2022 / 23
1Flag of Catalonia.svg Barcelona 1,011,777Increase2.svg 9%
2Flag of the Balearic Islands.svg Palma de Mallorca 480,256Increase2.svg 12%
3Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg Madrid 452,666Increase2.svg 17%
4Flag of the Basque Country.svg Bilbao 382,254Increase2.svg 24%
5Flag of the Canary Islands.svg Tenerife-North 313,824Increase2.svg 14%
6Flag of the Canary Islands.svg Gran Canaria 279,271Increase2.svg 7%
7Flag of the Valencian Community (2x3).svg Valencia 258,865Increase2.svg 32%
8Flag of Galicia.svg Santiago de Compostela 228,104Increase2.svg 25%
9Flag of the Balearic Islands.svg Ibiza 146,732Increase2.svg 14%
10Flag of the Canary Islands.svg Lanzarote 110,934Increase2.svg 42%
11Flag of Asturias.svg Asturias 90,287Decrease2.svg 23%
12Flag of the Canary Islands.svg Fuerteventura 79,493Increase2.svg 10%
13Flag of the Canary Islands.svg Tenerife-South 62,752Increase2.svg 22%
14Flag of Cantabria.svg Santander 61,433Increase2.svg 95%
15Flag of the Valencian Community (2x3).svg Alicante 57,965Increase2.svg 5%
16Flag of the Basque Country.svg Vitoria 42,571Increase2.svg 18%
17Flag of the Basque Country.svg San Sebastián 24,414Increase2.svg 8%
18Flag of the Balearic Islands.svg Menorca 23,945Decrease2.svg 40%
19Flag of Andalucia.svg Almería 22,593Decrease2.svg 8%
20Flag of Melilla.svg Melilla 20,657Increase2.svg 16%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo [55]

Ground transportation

Public transport

Urban Transport Line of Seville Airport Express connects the bus station Plaza de Armas, in the centre of the city with the airport. It has intermediate stops at strategic points of the city, including the AVE train station of Santa Justa. The whole trip takes approximately 40 minutes. Buses run from 04.30 till 00.45. [56]

Incidents and accidents

Notes

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