Murcia-San Javier ( English Aeropuerto de Murcia-San Javier ) - the airport near the city of San Javier .
| Murcia San Javier | |||||||||||||
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| English Aeropuerto de murcia-san javier | |||||||||||||
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| IATA : MJV - ICAO : LELC | |||||||||||||
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| Type of | public, military | ||||||||||||
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| Location | San javier | ||||||||||||
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| NUM height | 9 m | ||||||||||||
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The airport is located 27 km from Murcia near the coast of Mar Menor , a major tourist center of Europe. In 1995, the passenger turnover was only 88,608 people. Popularity among tourists forced to reconstruct the runway , which allowed the acceptance of such aircraft as the Boeing 757 or Airbus A300 . By 2009, passenger traffic increased to 1,630,684. [1] In 2011, the second runway was commissioned. The airport is operated by Aena .
The airport serves both domestic and international flights, scheduled and charter . The construction of a new international airport is also ongoing in the suburbs of Murcia. [2]
Near the airport there is a 800 m long strip for aircraft of a military base .
Notes
- ↑ Aena.es - Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aerea - Presentación (link not available) . Date of treatment July 18, 2012. Archived on September 27, 2011.
- ↑ Inaugurada la segunda pista de San Javier, que competirá con Corvera