Vitoria Airport (IATA: VIT, ICAO: LEVT) is an airport near Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the Basque Country of Spain. Located in the Foronda district, it is also called Foronda Airport.[1][2] The airport has one terminal with 3 gates, 7 check-in counters and 16 stands for medium and light aircraft, and a 3,5 km long CAT II/III runway.[3][4]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Aena | ||||||||||||
Serves | Vitoria-Gasteiz | ||||||||||||
Location | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | ||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,682 ft / 513 m | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°52′58″N 02°43′28″W | ||||||||||||
Website | https://www.aena.es/en/vitoria.html | ||||||||||||
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In 2005 Ryanair began daily flights from London Stansted Airport and in subsequent years flights from Dublin Airport.[citation needed] The airline left the airport in October 2007.[5] Helitt Lineas Aereas also left the airport in January 2013.[citation needed] This led to a limitation of scheduled operations to the summer season.[citation needed]
In summer 2015, a charter airline Air Nostrum offered flights to Palma de Mallorca, Mahón and Jerez.[2]
However, in 2016, Ryanair announced its return to Vitoria with year-round services to Bergamo and Tenerife.[citation needed] In March 2017, Ryanair planned to connect Vitoria with Cologne Bonn,[6] Milan Bergamo and Tenerife twice a week (2 flights a week to each) to serve 115,000 passengers per year.[7] In April 2019, Ryanair announced their plans to expand the service by 40%, reaching 160,000 passengers.[8] In October 2020, Ryanair decided to reinforce domestic routes by adding a connection to Alicante twice a week (December 2020 - end of February 2021).[9]
Less travelled destinations include Ibiza, Madrid-Barajas and Barcelona-El Prat.[6]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Binter Canarias | Gran Canaria,[10] Tenerife–North[11] |
Ryanair | Alicante,[9] Bergamo, Charleroi,[12] Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Seville Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn[13] |
In 2019, the airport served 174 thousand passengers (37% international, 63% domestic), operated 10,800 flights and processed 64,500 tonnes of cargo.[6] In 2020, 45,359 passengers (73.9% less) used the airport but the number of flights (10,317) and cargo (64,334 tonnes) were similar.[1]
In 2022, Airlines have began charters to the airport, it has also been used for many football teams travelling abroad.
Media related to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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