Alicante Airport on the Costa Blanca Spain
Alicante Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Alicante), (IATA: ALC, ICAO:
LEAL), located at El Altet, is the main airport for the Province of Alicante
and the Region of Murcia. It is located within the municipality of Elche, its
facilities lying just 9 km southwest of Alicante. It is the busiest airport in
the Valencian Community.
Ryanair, the largest European low cost airline has established a base at the
airport. Ryanair has nine aircraft based and will serve 59 routes from
Alicante. Last year it was sixth busiest airport by passenger numbers in Spain
and one of the 50 busiest in Europe. The largest number of passengers is
carried by Ryanair, followed by EasyJet then Air Berlin is the distant third.
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There are two terminals at the airport, located next to the other. A third
terminal is under construction and is due to be finished by the end of 2010. It
will increase the annual airport capacity to 20 million passengers. A
construction of an AVE high-speed railway terminal within the airport is under
consideration.
