La Gomera Airport

Infobox Airport
name = La Gomera Airport
nativename = La Gomera Airport ODB
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IATA = GMZ
ICAO = GCGM
type = Public
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operator = Aena
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location = San Sebastián de la Gomera
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elevation-m = 219
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r1-number = 09/27
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r1-length-m = 1500
r1-surface = Asphalt
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La Gomera Airport Airport codes|GMZ|GCGM is an airport located near the village of Alajeró, Spain, convert|34|km|mi by road from the Gomera island's capital city, San Sebastián de la Gomera.

Although the runway was completed in 1994, the terminal did not open until 1999. With a 1500m long x 30m wide runway the airport can only take turbo-prop inter-island flights, not jets from mainland Europe, and only operates during daylight. Currently (December '07) there are four return flights per day, 2 to Tenerife North , and 2 to Gran Canaria.

Although convert|34|km|mi from the island capital, the airport was located here to avoid disturbing the Garajonay National Park and avoid the cloudier and foggier climate to the North of the island, whilst the volcanic terrain gives few suitable sites anywhere on La Gomera, although even this site required extensive embankments at both ends of the runway.

External links

* [http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?cid=1048243383833&pagename=subHome&SiteName=GMZ&c=Page&Language=EN_GB La Gomera Airport (official site)] en icon
*WAD|GCGM