Leon Airport
Leon Airport(IATA: LEN) is an international airport located 6 kilometres (4 mi) from Leon, Spain. In 2007, the airport handled 161,705 passengers, 7,328 operations and 300 kilograms of cargo.
In 1994 the first stage of Leon's civil airport project was drawn up and a runway, a link road and an aircraft parking area were built and inaugurated in 1995. The plans for the second stage of the project were drawn up in 1997 and a terminal and service building were built, the works finishing in January 1999. On 2 June 1999, Leon's civil airport was officially inaugurated, following which Iberia established scheduled flight routes to Madrid and Barcelona.
In 2007 a 3000 m new runway was inaugurated. Nowadays, Leon Airport previsons say that in a short term the airport will be up to handling 500,000 passengers annually with national and international flights.
Here are some of the major Airlines that service Leon Airport:
- Air Europa
- Iberia operated by Air Nostrum
The above mentioned information is taken from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Airport.