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Santiago de Compostela Airport
Aeropuerto de Santiago de Compostela
Aeroporto de Santiago-LavacollaIATA: SCQ – ICAO: LEST
– WMO: 8041Summary Airport type Public/Military Operator Aena Serves Santiago de Compostela Location Santiago de Compostela Elevation AMSL 1,213 ft / 370 m Coordinates 42°53′47″N 08°24′55″W / 42.89639°N 8.41528°W Map Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 10,499 3,200 Asphalt Santiago de Compostela Airport - Lavacolla (IATA: SCQ, ICAO: LEST) is one of the three international airports in Galicia, Spain. It is located in Lavacolla, a town in the outskirts of Galicia's capital city, Santiago de Compostela. In 2010, 2,172,869 passengers passed through it.
The Christian pilgrimage route of the Way of St. James (El Camino de Santiago) passes by the airport.
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Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin Air Berlin Palma de Mallorca Air Europa Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Madrid, Tenerife-South
Seasonal: CaracasEasyJet Switzerland Geneva Iberia Madrid Iberia operated by Air Nostrum Bilbao, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Seville, Tenerife-North, Valencia Orbest Orizonia Airlines Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Minorca, Tenerife-South Ryanair Alicante, Barcelona, Hahn, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, London-Stansted, Madrid, Málaga, Milan-Bergamo, Seville, Tenerife-South, Valencia Spanair Barcelona, Madrid Vueling Barcelona
Seasonal: Málaga, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, ZürichCriticism
The CNC (Comisión Nacional de la Competencia) has questioned the subsides that public administration have granted to low cost airlines operating in this airport, in their opinion it helps to increase the deviation of the demand, harming the traditional airlines and neighboring airports.[1]
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