Valencia Airport
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Valencia Airport in Manises (IATA: VLC), also known as Manises Airport, is
the 8th busiest Spanish airport in terms of passengers and second in the region
after Alicante with a total 5,933,424 people using the airport in 2007. This
total was a vast increase on the numbers of passengers using the airport in 2006
and equated to growth of 19.4% which meant Valencia Airport was the 2nd fastest
growing airport in all of Spain in 2007 after Girona airport.
Valencia
Airport has flight
connections to about 15 European countries and 5.7 million passengers
passed through the airport in 2008. Valencia's Aeropuerto de Manises is
served by a barrage of national and low-cost carriers, with daily flights
arriving from London, Dublin, Paris and Berlin among other destinations as well
as from airports throughout Spain including the Balearic Islands.
Valencia Airport has has just one, triple-level terminal that comes with good
passenger facilities, and two
runways, although the shorter runway 04/22 is not in use and has no ILS
but has a helipad at the south-western end.
A new regional terminal, expanded car parking facilities and apron area
have been recently completed in time for the 2007 America's Cup. The
runway has been also lengthened by 500m.
Valencia Airport is the main base of Iberia’s regional carrier Air Nostrum. Irish
low-cost airline Ryanair used the airport as a hub since 2007 but
decided to close it in November 2008 following a row over subsidies by
the airport authorities.
Valencia airport is situated 9km west of the city of Valencia, on the A3 highway which connects Valencia
with Madrid, as well as being close to the A7, to Barcelona and into
France. Valencia Airport is also well served by public transport. It is connected to
Valencia by a regular bus line (MetroBus) every 10 minutes from 05:00 to
23:40 which takes 45 minutes, while
the shuttle service (Aerobus) to city centre takes only 20 minutes. The
metro network (lines 3 and 5) also connect the airport to the city
centre (15 minutes), the Railway Station Estación del Norte and the Port
(fare: € 1,90, winter 2009) with regular 30-minute departures.
In addition, taxis run at all hours and go from the large taxi rank situated
directly outside of Arrivals and rates into Valencia are quite reasonable. The
taxis are on a first come, first served basis and operate on a queue system.
Valencia Airport Information Tel: 961 598 515 / 961 598 500
Parking: Public parking available with shuttles to terminal from P4 Tel: 961 598
547
Disabled: airport caters to the mobility impaired
Lost luggage: Iberhandling Tel: 961 598 683
Lost luggage: Iberia Tel: 902 341 342
Lost luggage: Newco Tel: 961 598 818
Bus: There is a regular bus service running from Valencia centre to Valencia
Airport. Service every 20 minutes from 06:30 to 23:45
Metro: Metro train runs from the Airport to the centre of Valencia , easily
linking to the main railway stations in Valencia.
