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Seville Airport

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Seville Airport (IATA: SVQ, ICAO: LEZL)[1] (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Sevilla)[2] is the sixth busiest inland airport in Spain. It is the main international airport serving Western Andalusia in southern Spain, and neighbouring provinces. The airport has flight connections to 20 destinations in Spain and 57 destinations around the rest of Europe and Northern Africa, and handled 8,071,524 passengers in 2023.[3] It serves as a base for the low-cost carriers Vueling and Ryanair.[4] It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of central Seville, and some 110 kilometres (68 mi) north-east of Costa de la Luz. Seville Airport is also known as San Pablo Airport to distinguish it from the older Tablada Aerodrome, which was in operation as a military aerodrome until 1990.

Seville Airport

Aeropuerto de Sevilla
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAena
ServesSeville, Andalusia, Spain
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL34 m / 112 ft
Coordinates37°25′05″N 005°53′56″W / 37.41806°N 5.89889°W / 37.41806; -5.89889
Websiteaena.es
Map
SVQ is located in Andalusia
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Location within Andalusia
SVQ is located in Spain
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SVQ (Spain)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,360 11,024 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers8,071,524
Passenger change 22–23Increase 19.1%
Aircraft movements64,774
Movements change 22–23Increase 7.3%
Cargo (t)10,914
Cargo change 22-23Increase 10.3%
Source: AENA[1]

Facilities

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Seville Airport is capable of handling ten million passengers a year. There are 23 stands (all of which are self-maneuvering) 16 of which are remote. The airport has 42 check-in desks and 19 boarding gates. It was expanded in 1991 for the Seville Expo '92. In 2013, a new five-story car parking building was opened. In 2019, renovations to increase the airport's capacity began and were completed in 2022. These renovations increased the airport's handling capacity from six million passengers a year to its current capacity of ten million passengers a year.

In the airport grounds, there is an Airbus factory (San Pablo Sur), an Airbus maintenance center (San Pablo Norte) and a Ryanair maintenance center.

History

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In 1914, the first plane flying between the peninsula and Morocco landed at the improvised aerodrome of Tablada, which had been fitted out the previous year for an air festival. Following this, the municipal government of Seville handed over a plot of land measuring to the Military Aeronautical Society for the construction of an aerodrome. Work on the aerodrome began in 1915 and that same year it began to be used for training pilots and observers.[5]

In 1919, the first commercial flights were operated between Seville and Madrid. The following year, an air postal service was established between Seville and Larache and in 1921, the first Spanish commercial service between Seville and Larache was set up. In 1923, various facilities such as hangars, workshops and premises were opened and approval was given for the construction of a municipal airport in Tablada at one end of the military aerodrome airfield, measuring 750 by 500 m (2,460 by 1,640 ft).

In April 1927, Unión Aérea Española established the air service Madrid-Seville-Lisbon. In February 1929, the Seville airport project was approved and in March, the Tablada aerodrome was opened to flights and air traffic. It was decided that this service would cease once the planned airport was constructed.

In 1929, the first flight was operated between Madrid and Seville and in 1930, this was extended to the Canary Islands. In February 1931, the service between Berlin and Barcelona was extended to Seville. In December 1933, LAPE began a service between Seville and the Canary Islands.

During the Spanish Civil War, Seville became the arrival point for African troops, whilst Iberia served air transport with flights between Tetuán-Seville-Vitoria, Seville-Salamanca and Seville-Larache-Las Palmas.

In September 1945, work began on the new Seville transoceanic airport in the land area that occupied the old blimp mooring station, which received the last flight in 1936.[6] The work started with construction of runways 05/23, 02/20 and 09/27. One year later, it was classified as a customs point and runways 05/23 and 02/20 were asphalted. In 1948, a goniometer was installed, the runway lighting was completed, and the runways became known as 04/22, 18/36 and 09/27. In 1956, runway 09/27 was extended and runway 18/36 became a taxiway. Tablada was relegated to serve as a military aerodrome, until its closure in 1990.[7]

In 1957, works were carried out on the terminal building and the control tower. Seville Airport was then included in the Spanish American Agreement for the installation of a supplies base. The facilities were developed near the threshold of 04, rendering the runway out of service.

In 1965, an Instrument Landing System was installed. Between 1971 and 1975, the terminal area was renovated, the apron was extended, a new terminal building was constructed and new access roads were developed.[citation needed]

In 1989, with a focus on the Seville Expo '92, the apron was extended, and a new access from the national motorway N-IV was opened; a new terminal building and a new control tower to the south of the runway were also built. The old terminal was repurposed as a cargo terminal. On 31 July, the new installations were inaugurated.

A program designed to cope with rapid passenger growth and increase the airport's capacity to 10 million passengers per year began in 2019 and was finished in 2022.[8] The terminal building was enlarged and some of the old facilities were renovated, and the power station was reformed to cope with future enlargements of the airport.

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Seville Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin[9]
Air Europa Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife–North
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle[10][11]
Austrian Airlines Vienna[12][13]
British Airways London–Gatwick[14][15]
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse (begins 1 November 2024),[16] Geneva, London–Gatwick
Edelweiss Air Zürich
Iberia Almería, Madrid,[17] Melilla, Valencia
Seasonal: Funchal,[18] Lanzarote
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca[19]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[20][21]
Ryanair[22] Alicante, Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Birmingham,[23][24] Bologna, Bordeaux (ends 26 October 2024),[25] Budapest, Cagliari, Catania, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Cork,[26] Dublin, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hahn,[23] Ibiza, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Krakow, Lanzarote, Lisbon, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Malta, Manchester, Marrakesh, Marseille, Milan–Malpensa, Nantes, Naples, Nuremberg, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Porto,[27] Prague,[28] Rabat, Rome–Fiumicino,[29] Santander,[30][better source needed] Santiago de Compostela, Tangier, Tenerife–North, Tenerife–South, Toulouse, Treviso,[31] Turin,[32] Valencia, Vienna, Vitoria, Weeze
Seasonal: Bari,[33] Billund, Brive,[34] Luxembourg,[23] Menorca, Tétouan,[23] Trapani, Trieste[34]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen (begins 1 March 2025),[35] Stockholm–Arlanda[36][35]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Transavia Amsterdam, Bordeaux (begins 12 December 2024),[37] Brussels,[38] Eindhoven, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Paris–Orly
Volotea Asturias, Bilbao,[39] San Sebastián, Santander
Vueling Asturias, Barcelona,[40] Bilbao, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Tenerife–North, Valencia
Seasonal: Brussels,[41] London–Gatwick[42]
Wizz Air Bucharest–Otopeni, Rome–Fiumicino, Warsaw–Chopin

Statistics

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Annual traffic

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Traffic by calendar year
Passengers Movements Cargo (kilos)
2004 2,678,595 44,231 5,053,487
2005 3,521,112 55,423 6,352,705
2006 3,871,785 58,576 11,582,808
2007 4,507,264 65,092 7,395,854
2008 4,392,148 65,067 6,102,264
2009 4,051,392 55,601 4,983,425
2010 4,224,718 54,499 5,466,982
2011 4,959,359 56,021 5,126,653
2012 4,292,020 48,520 4,773,533
2013 3,687,714 41,591 5,089,015
2014 3,885,434 42,379 5,667,539
2015 4,308,845 46,086 6,007,279
2016 4,625,314 45,840 6,626,457
2017 5,108,817 48,661 10,715,967
2018 6,380,483 57,913 12,517,152
2019 7,544,357 64,112 9,891,790
2020 2,315,825 33,640 9,633,591
2021 3,444,465 43,841 9,126,189
2022 6,779,453 60,363 9,966,098
2023 8,071,524 64,774 10,913,974
Source: Aena Statistics[43]

Busiest routes

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Busiest european routes from SVQ (2023)
Rank Destination Passengers Change 2022 / 23
1   London-Gatwick 357,547   51%
2   Paris-Orly 252,590   15%
3   Paris-Charles de Gaulle 215,688   5%
4   Lisbon 179,011   26%
5   London-Stansted 174,491   18%
6   Amsterdam 148,981   6%
7   Eindhoven 116,704   10%
8   Charleroi 108.490   24%
9   Bergamo 98,107   44%
10   Rome-Ciampino 96,774   34%
11   Dublin 87,678   38%
12   Munich 85,256   0%
13   Nantes 83,058   10%
14   Bologna 77,208   31%
15   Marseille 75,932   17%
16   Porto 73,567   64%
17   Rome-Fiumicino 67,128   88%
18   Frankfurt 66,060   7%
19   Milan-Malpensa 62,922   23%
20   Treviso 62,054   56%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[44]
Busiest intercontinental routes from SVQ (2023)
Rank Destination Passengers Change 2022 / 23
1   Marrakech 53,271   49%
2   Tangier 40,138   44%
3   Rabat 34,848   67%
4   Casablanca 12,604   927%
5   Tétouan 11,622   30%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[44]
Busiest domestic routes from SVQ (2023)
Rank Destination Passengers Change 2022 / 23
1   Barcelona 1,011,777   9%
2   Palma de Mallorca 480,256   12%
3   Madrid 452,666   17%
4   Bilbao 382,254   24%
5   Tenerife-North 313,824   14%
6   Gran Canaria 279,271   7%
7   Valencia 258,865   32%
8   Santiago de Compostela 228,104   25%
9   Ibiza 146,732   14%
10   Lanzarote 110,934   42%
11   Asturias 90,287   23%
12   Fuerteventura 79,493   10%
13   Tenerife-South 62,752   22%
14   Santander 61,433   95%
15   Alicante 57,965   5%
16   Vitoria 42,571   18%
17   San Sebastián 24,414   8%
18   Menorca 23,945   40%
19   Almería 22,593   8%
20   Melilla 20,657   16%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[44]

Ground transportation

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Public transport

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Urban Transport Line of Seville Airport Express connects the bus station Plaza de Armas, in the centre of the city with the airport. It has intermediate stops at strategic points of the city, including the AVE train station of Santa Justa. The whole trip takes approximately 40 minutes. Buses run from 04.30 till 00.45.[45]

Incidents and accidents

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Official airport website, in English". Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Official airport website, in Spanish". Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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  11. ^ "Air France NS24 Paris European Frequency Variations – 21JAN24". Aeroroutes.
  12. ^ "Austrian NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 26MAY24". Aeroroutes.
  13. ^ "Austrian Airlines Expands Touristic Program: In the Winter Flight Schedule to Santa Claus' Hometown Rovaniemi and the Flamenco City Sevilla". Austrian Airlines. 24 May 2023. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023.
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  17. ^ "IBERIA NW24 Madrid – Europe Frequency Changes – 26MAY24". Aeroroutes.
  18. ^ "Iberia Adds Seville – Funchal Service in 3Q24". Aeroroutes.
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  30. ^ "Sevilla tendrá este invierno más vuelos baratos con Ryanair y Vueling". 8 November 2022.
  31. ^ "Ryanair May – Oct 2023 Italy Frequency Variations – 14MAY23". Aeroroutes.
  32. ^ "Ryanair May – Oct 2023 Italy Frequency Variations – 14MAY23". Aeroroutes.
  33. ^ "Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23".
  34. ^ a b "Ryanair NS24 Network Additions Summary – 14JUL24".
  35. ^ a b "SAS Expands 1H25 Seville Service".
  36. ^ "SAS RETURNS TO AFRICA BY FLYING TO AGADIR THIS UPCOMING WINTER".
  37. ^ "Transavia France Dec 2024 Bordeaux Network Expansion". AeroRoutes. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  38. ^ "Transavia breidt aantal zomerbestemmingen op Brussels Airport uit". 8 March 2023.
  39. ^ Liu, Jim. "Volotea outlines post-COVID 19 network expansion in S20". Routesonline. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  40. ^ "Vueling Files Barcelona A321neo Network in 4Q24".
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