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Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport (Galician: Aeroporto de Santiago-Rosalía de Castro, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Santiago-Rosalía de Castro) (IATA: SCQ, ICAO: LEST), previously named Lavacolla Airport and also known as Santiago de Compostela Airport, is an international airport serving the autonomous community and historical region of Galicia in Spain. It is the 2nd busiest airport in northern Spain after Bilbao Airport. It has been named after the Galician romanticist writer and poetess, Rosalía de Castro, since 12 March 2020.[1]

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IATA: SCQ ICAO: LEST WMO: 8041
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Owner/Operator	Aena
Serves	Santiago, Galicia, Spain
Location	Santiago de Compostela
Focus city for	Ryanair Vueling
Built	1932
Elevation AMSL	1,213 ft / 370 m
Coordinates	42°53′47″N 08°24′55″W
Website	aena-aeropuertos.es/santiago
Map
SCQ Location in Galicia Show map of Galicia SCQ SCQ (Spain) Show map of Spain
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 10,499 3,200 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 1,653,821 Passengers change 20-21 76.8% Aircraft movements 15,375 Movements change 20-21 40.4%

The airport is located in the parish of Lavacolla, 12 km from Santiago de Compostela and handled 2,903,427 passengers in 2019. It is the focus city of Vueling in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, and Ryanair's only focus city in Northern Spain. The Christian pilgrimage route of the Camino de Santiago runs near the airport.

History

The airport was set up by a group of aviation enthusiasts in October 1932 and two months directors were chosen to select where the airport was going to be built. In 1935 construction work started at the airport where two years later on 27 September 1937 the first scheduled flight from Santiago de Compostela took place. ^{[citation needed]} After the Spanish Civil war, political prisoners (who were held in the concentration camp of Lavacolla) were forced to work in the construction of the airport.[2]

In 1969 a new terminal was built at the airport. It later underwent several expansions, including a remodeling in 1993.^{[citation needed]}

Iberia launched a seasonal link to New York City, the first transatlantic route from Santiago de Compostela, in June 1980. The carrier operated the flight with Boeing 747 aircraft.[3][4] Four months later, Viasa added non-stop service to Caracas using McDonnell Douglas DC-10s.[3] In 1981, a cargo terminal was built, giving the airport capacity to handle cargo flights.^{[citation needed]}

Viasa shut down in 1997, but Avensa resurrected the route to Caracas two years later.[3][5]

On 13 October 2011, a new passenger terminal opened at the airport.^{[citation needed]}

Terminal

The airport currently has one operating terminal. The old terminal at Santiago de Compostela airport opened in 1969 and was often expanded. The old terminal closed on the night of 13 October 2011 when operations transferred to the new terminal.

The new terminal at Santiago de Compostela Airport officially opened on 13 October 2011 and passenger operations transferred there the following day. It is adjacent to the old terminal and has a size of 74,000 sq m. It has 22 check-in desks, 3 security checkpoints, 4 baggage carousels, and 13 gates of which 5 have airbridges. The baggage hall is split into two zones, one for Schengen flights and one for Non-Schengen. It can handle as many as 4 million passengers per year.[6] The terminal is due to be expanded in the future. This includes adding another five airbridges to five of the current gates as well as three more baggage carousels and an expanded shopping area.[7]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aer Lingus	Seasonal: Dublin
easyJet	Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva Seasonal: London–Gatwick
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zurich
Iberia	Madrid
Iberia Express	Madrid
Iberia Regional	Bilbao Seasonal: Gran Canaria, Tenerife–North
Lufthansa	Seasonal: Frankfurt
Ryanair	Alicante, Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Bologna, Bordeaux, Charleroi, Dublin, Edinburgh, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, London–Stansted, Madrid, Málaga, Marseille, Memmingen, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Tenerife–South, Valencia Seasonal: Girona, Hahn, Ibiza, Menorca
Transavia	Paris–Orly
Vueling	Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bilbao, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, London–Gatwick, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Seville, Tenerife–North, Valencia Seasonal: Brussels, Ibiza, Menorca, Zurich

Statistics

During the early 2000s, numbers increased significantly at the airport, from 1.24 million in 2002 to peak at 2.46 million in 2011. Because of the financial crisis in Spain, those numbers decreased to 2.1 million in 2014. Cargo has decreased significantly over the last ten years. The Spanish economic recovery in the mid-2010s and the rise of Santiago de Compostela as an international destination are again increasing passenger numbers, breaking the 2.50 million mark for the first time in 2016.[8]

Traffic figures by year

	Passengers handled	Passengers % Change	Aircraft movements	Aircraft % Change	Freight (tonnes)	Freight % Change
2000	1,332,893	-	19,660	-	6,773	-
2001	1,281,334	3.86%	19,084	2.92%	6,228	8.04%
2002	1,240,730	3.16%	17.362	9.02%	5,716	8.22%
2003	1,381,826	11.37%	18,454	6.28%	5,318	6.96%
2004	1,580,675	14.39%	21,593	17.00%	4,938	7.14%
2005	1,843,118	16.60%	25,693	18.98%	3,805	22.94%
2006	1,994,519	8.21%	24,719	3.79%	2,587	32.01%
2007	2,050,172	2.79%	24,643	0.30%	2,749	6.26%
2008	1,917,466	6.47%	21,945	10.94%	2,418	12.04%
2009	1,944,068	1.38%	20,166	8.10%	1,988	17.78%
2010	2,172,869	11.76%	21,252	5.38%	1,964	1.20%
2011	2,464,330	13.41%	22,322	5.03%	1,787	9.01%
2012	2,194,611	10.94%	19,511	12.59%	1,815	1.56%
2013	2,073,055	5.53%	18,688	4.21%	1,929	6.28%
2014	2,083,873	0.52%	19,431	3.97%	2,095	8.60%
2015	2,296,248	10.20%	20,540	5.70%	2,311	10.10%
2016	2,510,740	9.30%	21,227	3.60%	2,936	27.04%
2017	2,644,925	5.34%	21,520	1.38%	2,693	8.28%
2018	2,724,750	3.01%	21,839	1.50%	3,019	12.10%
2019	2,903,427	6.56%	22,396	2.55%	3,201	6.02%
2020	935,394	67.8%	10,949	51.1%	2,981	6.9%
2021	1,653,821	76.8%	15,375	40.4%	4,938	65.6%

Traffic figures by month

	2021 Passengers	2022 Passengers	Passengers % Change
January	37,684	130,796	247.1
February	18,800	136,467	625.9
March	22,781	190,548	736.4
April	38,240	292,643	665.3
May	71,219	307,168	331.3
June	136,512	323,409	136.9
July	233,819	364,186	55.8
August	270,304	374,867	38.7
September	233,216	338,643	45.2
October	235,207	-	-
November	176,021	-	-
December	180,018	-	-

Route statistics

Busiest domestic routes at Santiago de Compostela Airport (2021)[9]

Rank	City	Passengers	% Change 2020 / 21	Carriers
1	Madrid	295,944	25.5%	Iberia, Iberia Express, Ryanair
2	Barcelona	264,839	73.1%	Ryanair, Vueling
3	Málaga	104,436	117.8%	Ryanair, Vueling
4	Palma de Mallorca	102,080	51.6%	Iberia Regional, Ryanair, Vueling
5	Sevilla	96.411	172.2%	Ryanair, Vueling
6	Gran Canaria	91.080	120.1%	Air Europa, Iberia Regional, Ryanair, Vueling
7	Valencia	79.565	102.2%	Ryanair, Vueling
8	Alicante	73,337	69.0%	Ryanair
9	Tenerife (North)	65.757	56.5%	Air Europa, Iberia Regional, Vueling
10	Lanzarote	64.111	76.7%	Air Europa, Ryanair, Vueling

Busiest International routes at Santiago de Compostela Airport (2021)[9]

Rank	City	Passengers	% Change 2020 / 21	Carriers
1	Geneva	53,090	92.5%	easyJet Switzerland
2	London Stansted	37,906	51.6%	Ryanair
3	Basel	27,483	90.7%	easyJet Switzerland
4	Frankfurt	23,814	639.8%	Lufthansa
5	Paris (Orly)	21,467	383.1%	Transavia, Vueling
6	Milan (Bergamo)	18.981	186.4%	Ryanair
7	London Gatwick	13,936	-	Vueling
8	Amsterdam	12,520	138.1%	Vueling
9	Zurich	10,865	251.8%	Edelweiss, Vueling
10	Hahn	9,574	-	Ryanair

Busiest countries of destination at Santiago de Compostela Airport (2021)[9]

Rank	Country	Passengers	% Change 2020 / 21	Scheduled Carriers
1	Spain	1,402,899	71.86%	Air Europa, Iberia, Iberia Express, Iberia Regional, Ryanair, Vueling
2	Switzerland	91,438	102.83%	easyJet Switzerland, Edelweiss, Vueling
3	United Kingdom	51,937	103.20%	easyJet, Ryanair, Vueling
4	Germany	33,657	921.46%	Lufthansa, Ryanair
5	Italy	23,936	66.64%	Ryanair, Vueling
6	France	21,834	77.77%	Transavia, Vueling
7	Netherlands	12,520	138.07%	Vueling
8	Ireland	7,104	86.51%	Aer Lingus
9	Belgium	5,204	-	Vueling
10	Portugal	1,510	-	-

Busiest Carriers at Santiago de Compostela Airport (2021)[9]

Rank	Carriers	Passengers	% Change 2021 / 21
1	Ryanair	698,501	71.0%
2	Vueling	554,654	130.5%
3	Iberia Express	129,524	5.4%
4	Iberia	100,168	178.4%
5	easyJet Switzerland	80,864	92.7%
6	Iberia Regional	25,076	27.0%
7	Lufthansa	23,973	644.7%
8	Air Europa	18,061	25.4%
9	Aer Lingus	7,101	86.8%
10	Edelweiss	4,263	160.3%

Ground transportation

Road

The airport is linked with Santiago de Compostela (13 km) by the Autovía A-54. This motorway, although some sections are yet to be built and opened, also connects the airport with Lugo (94.5 km), where it connects with the Autovía A-6, providing toll-free motorway access to the rest of Spain; and to the French border through the Autovía A-8 that intersects with the Autovía A-6 near Lugo. Nearby Autopista AP-9 connects the airport directly to A Coruña (66 km), Ferrol (88 km), Pontevedra (75 km), Vigo (100 km) and the Portuguese border. Ourense (116 km) is reachable through the Autopista AP-53 that connects with the Autopista AP-9.

There are several major car rental companies at the airport. The airport has more than 5,000 short and long-term covered parking spaces in the new terminal building. In addition, there are several low-cost, long-term private parking facilities around the airport.

Bus services

A city bus service connects the airport with the center of Santiago de Compostela and the bus and train terminal in the city regularly. From the station in Santiago de Compostela, private coach operators run direct services in a multiple daily basis to most cities and towns in Galicia, including A Coruña, Ferrol, Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra and Vigo, as well as long-distance services to the rest of Spain, and international services. In addition, three regional services link the airport directly to A Coruña, to Lugo, including several stops in the French Way of the Camino de Santiago, and to the A Mariña coastal area (home to As Catedrais beach) in the province of Lugo.

Rail

There are no rail facilities at the airport. However, the train station in Santiago de Compostela, located 12 km. away, is connected to the airport by the city bus service every 30 minutes. There are combined available train+bus tickets to and from the airport. The train station in Santiago de Compostela has regional, medium and long-distance high-speed Alvia services to most cities in Galicia, including A Coruña, Ferrol, Ourense, Pontevedra, Vilagarcía and Vigo; and further to Madrid Chamartín and the rest of Spain.

Foot and bike

The Camino de Santiago runs next to the runway of the airport. This is the busiest and final journey in the Camino de Santiago that goes through the famous Monte do Gozo. There are dedicated pathways for both pedestrians and bikers towards the city. The walking distance from the runway to the Cathedral is estimated at 10.90 km.

Accidents and Incidents

• On 3 March 1978, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63 operated by Iberia from Madrid–Barajas Airport with 211 passengers and 11 crew members, registration EC-BMX. The aircraft touched down far down the runway after a high approach, aquaplaned off the runway, dropped into a hollow 20m deep and caught fire. The crash was settled with 70 injured people, 10 of them seriously injured, and no fatalities.[10]
• On 7 June 2001, a Beechcraft B300C Super King Air 350, registration F-GOAE, departed from Le Mans-Arnage Airport (LME), France, to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ), Spain, on a cargo flight according to instrument flight rules. Near the destination airport, the meteorological conditions were reported to be good, and the crew requested a visual approach to runway 17, even though the active runway was 35. Once cleared to land, the aircraft encountered a fog patch and from this moment it began a high ate descent (2000 to 3000 ft/min). A minute after entering an unexpected and unforeseen fog patch, the aircraft struck some trees in level flight and with an airspeed of 148 kt. The wings and engines detached from the fuselage, and they dragged along a scrubland area until they came to a stop. The crew suffered minor injuries and the aircraft was completely destroyed.[11]
• On 2 August 2012, an Airnor Cessna 500 Citation I, registration EC-IBA, flying from Asturias crashed whilst on approach to the airport with the loss of both crew members.[12]

References

External links

Media related to Santiago de Compostela Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Santiago de Compostela

Der Flughafen Santiago de Compostela (IATA-Code SCQ, ICAO-Code LEST, span. Aeropuerto de Santiago de Compostela, früher auch Aeropuerto de Lavacolla) ist ein internationaler Verkehrsflughafen in Galicien (Spanien) im Nordwesten der iberischen Halbinsel 15 km nordöstlich der Stadt Santiago de Compostela. Der Flughafen dient auch als Militärflugplatz der spanischen Luftwaffe, die die Einrichtung als Aeródromo Militar de Santiago bezeichnet.

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- [en] Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto de Santiago-Rosalía de Castro

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Santiago-Rosalía de Castro[2] (IATA: SCQ, OACI: LEST), anteriormente conocido como Aeropuerto de Lavacolla, es un aeropuerto internacional operado por Aena, situado en las inmediaciones de Santiago de Compostela (provincia de La Coruña). Es el más importante en número de conexiones y pasajeros de Galicia. Con 2,9 millones de pasajeros en 2019, es el segundo aeropuerto más transitado del norte de España, solo superado por el de Bilbao, y ocupa el 16.º puesto en el ranking de aeropuertos españoles (el 8.º entre los no insulares).

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[fr] Aéroport de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle

L'aéroport international de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle (Aeropuerto Internacional de Santiago de Compostela en espagnol ou Aeroporto Internacional de Santiago de Compostela en galicien) (code IATA : SCQ • code OACI : LEST), aussi connu comme Aéroport de Lavacolla, est un aéroport espagnol situé à 11 km à l'est de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle en Galice, au Nord-Ouest de l'Espagne. En 2020, l'aéroport est rebaptisé Santiago-Rosalía de Castro.

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[it] Aeroporto di Santiago di Compostela

L'Aeroporto di Santiago di Compostela - Rosalía de Castro (IATA: SCQ, ICAO: LEST) (in spagnolo Aeropuerto de Santiago de Compostela-Rosalía de Castro) è situato a 16 km di distanza da Santiago di Compostela, nei pressi dell'insediamento di Lavacolla. È l'aeroporto più grande della Galizia offrendo voli internazionali ed intercontinentali.

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[ru] Сантьяго-де-Компостела (аэропорт)

Аэропорт Сантьяго-де-Компостела (галис. Aeroporto de Santiago-Rosalía de Castro, исп. Aeropuerto de Santiago de Compostela-Rosalía de Castro) (ИАТА: SCQ, ИКАО:  LEST) — международный аэропорт в Испании, расположен в 13 км. от города Сантьяго-де-Компостела. Это второй по загруженности аэропорт на севере Испании после Бильбао. В 2015 году аэропорт перевёз 2 296 248 пассажиров. Рядом с аэропортом проходит Христианский маршрут паломничества Камино де Сантьяго. Аэропорт является одним из хабом для Vueling и Ryanair.

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