Santiago de Compostela Airport

Santiago de Compostela Airport
Santiago de Compostela Airport
Aeropuerto de Santiago de Compostela
Aeroporto de Santiago-Lavacolla
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IATA: SCQICAO: LEST
WMO: 8041
Summary
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 / 42.89639; -8.41528
Map
SCQ is located in Galicia
SCQ
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 10,499 3,200 Asphalt

Santiago de Compostela Airport - Lavacolla (IATA: SCQICAO: 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

A Vueling Airbus A320-200 parked at gate.
Airlines Destinations
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin
Air Berlin Palma de Mallorca
Air Europa Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Madrid, Tenerife-South
Seasonal: Caracas
EasyJet 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, Zürich

Criticism

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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