Alicante Airport

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Location Information

Location Name

Alicante Airport

Airport codes - IATA ALC, ICAO LEAL

Location Address

Alicante Airport
03071 Alicante
Spain

Access

Alicante Airport stands in the city of Elx and within the Elche municipality, close to Santa Pola and the Mediterranean coastline itself. The busy A-7 and N-332 motorways lie next to the airport.

Airport Overview

Alicante airport is the main airport for the city of Alicante and for other destinations such as Benidorm, Denia, Calpe, Torrevieja and all the cities along the Costa Blanca. It is located 9km to the south of Alicante, around 80% of all passenger traffic at Alicante Airport comes from International flights, with the passengers from the UK, Holland and Germany being amongst the highest number of visitors.

Contacts

Telephone +34 096 691 9000
Fax +34 096 691 9354
Email alc.calidad@aena.es
Web aena.es

Airport Information

Airlines

Aerlingus +34 965 680 733
Aeroflight +491 80 589 9200
Air Algerie +34 966 919 162
Air Berlin +34 965 683 780
Air Europa +34 902 401 501
Air Finland +358 925 120 333
Air Malta +34 966 919 192
Air Nostrum +34 966 919 188
Air Scandic +34 870 52 9959
Astraeus +44 129 381 9851
BMI Baby +34 966 919 293
British Airways +34 965 683 905
British Midland +34 902 999 262
Easy Jet +34 966 919 486
European Aviation Air Charter +34 966 919 192
Excel Airways +34 965 682 610
First Choice +34 965 682 610
Fly Niki +34 965 683 780
Flybe +34 966 919 486
Flyglobespan +44 131 471 2700
Flyjet +44 129 360 2000
Futura +34 971 789 706
GB Airways +34 965 683 905
Greece Airways +34 966 919 192
Helvetic Airways +34 965 682 610
Hola Airlines +34 971 408 660
Iberia +34 902 400 500
Iberworld +34 971 788 222
Icelandair +34 966 919 192
Jet2.com +34 965 680 733
Lagun Air +34 966 919 188
LTE International Airways +34 971 475 700
LTU +34 966 919 450
Luxair +34 902 012 020
Maersk Air +34 965 682 610
Monarch Airlines +34 966 919 447
My Travel Airways +34 966 919 442
My Travel Lite +34 902 020 191
SAS-Braathens +34 966 919 404
Sky Europe Airlines Hungary +34 966 919 192
Spanair +34 966 919 403
Sterling European +34 917 496 643
Swiss International Air Lines LTD +34 901 116 712
Thomas Cook Belgium +34 966 919 192
Thomas Cook UK +34 965 682 610
Thomsonfly +34 914 141 481
Transaero +171 636 2545
Transavia +34 902 114 478
TUI UK +34 965 852 754
Tunisair +34 915 419 498
VIM Airlines +34 966 919 192

Terminals

Facilities

Airport Information Desks
Tel: +34 966 919 100
There are two Aena information desks in the terminal, with the main one situated in the Check-in area and the other in Departures. In addition, the Valencia Tourism Agency also has an information desk located on the ground floor, where staff can assist with questions regarding Valencia. Some useful numbers include:

Airport Main Switchboard - +34 966 919 000
Airport Information - +34 966 919 100
Conference Facilities (Holiday Inn Alicante) - +34 965 156 185
Valencia Tourism Agency - +34 96 691 9367
Remote Airport Car Parking - +34 965 687 716

Shops, Duty-Free and Retail Outlets
Alicante Airport comes with a surprising amount of shops, with a wide range of products available. There are newsagents and tobacconists as well as gift, jewellery, sports, music and duty-free shops.

Bars, Cafés and Restaurants
Alicante Airport offers an exciting range of eateries, with eight cafés and four restaurants, as well as a fast-food outlet and an ice cream parlour. Most of the eateries are part of the Costa Blanca Plaza, where you will also find many bars.

Currency Exchange, Communications and Banking Facilities
Alicante Airport has all the money facilities passengers require, with bureaux de change booths and cash machines. There is also a post office on-site and public pay phones are located throughout the airport terminal on both floors.

Business and Conference Facilities
There are basic business facilities at the airport and the VIP Lounge located in Departures on the upper floor is available to business-class passengers; Internet access and telephone, fax and photocopying facilities can be found here. However, for full conference and business services, the nearest venue is the Holiday Inn Alicante-Playa de San Juan.

Disabled Facilities
There are good facilities at Alicante Airport for disabled travellers and the mobility impaired such as lifts and ramps, wheelchair-friendly toilets and telephones, and wheelchairs available on request. Disabled persons' parking is also available in the car park located opposite the terminal entrance and help is available to those who call their airlines ahead of time.

Shops

Divers Sweets
Gran Bouquet
Shoetopia
Shopping in Store
Aldeasa (Travel Value & Duty Free)
Divers
Crystal Music
News and Books
Relay
Alicantón (Gift Shop)
Warner Bros (Gift Shop)
Estanco (Tabakshop) (open 10h to 14h and 16h to 20h)

Pharmacy at alicante airport Alicante Airport Pharmacy

Located in the arrival area (lower floor) of the airport building you will find a pharmacy. Open from 10 to 14h and 16 to 20h. (I will never understand why they can not keep it open from 8 to 23h)

Restaurants / Bars

Bill Bentley Pub
Cafetería Recyg
Haagen Dazs
Plantaciones
Autoservicio Mediterráneo
Burger King
Restaurante El Palmeral
Other services

Country Information - Spain

Bail Bond: a guarantee to be lodged with the police in the event of an accident or major traffic violation - no longer a legal requirement for Spain and most insurance companies have stopped issuing them.

Children in cars: Children under 12 cannot travel in the front unless using a suitably adapted restraint system. In the rear, passengers under 135cm tall must use specially adapted safety devices and restraints.

Documentation: always carry your driving licence, vehicle registration document (V5), and certificate of motor insurance. If your licence does not incorporate a photograph ensure you carry your passport to validate the licence. If the vehicle is not registered in your name, carry a letter from the registered owner giving you permission to drive.

Drinking and driving: Don't do it. Over 0.05 per cent and you could face anything from a severe fine, withdrawal of your licence, up to imprisonment.

Fines: On the spot fines are issued. Ensure an official receipt is issued by the officer collecting the fine.

First-aid kit is advised, but not compulsory.

Fuel: All grades of unleaded petrol (benzin), diesel (gasoleo 'A') and LPG are available as well as lead substitute additive. Leaded no longer exists. It is allowed to carry petrol in a can. Credit and debit cards are widely accepted, although they probably won't work at automatic pumps, which are often the only pumps open out-of-hours and at lunch-time (from noon to 3pm) away from the Autoroutes. It's a good idea to let your card issuer know you will be travelling abroad. This ensures they don't suspend your card if they spot it being used in unfamiliar places, which they sometimes do as an anti-fraud measure.

Speed Limits

Motorway
120 km/h
Open Road
90-100 km/h
Town
50 km/h

Side of the road Right

Alcohol mg/ml
0.5

General Information

Alicante is the sixth busiest airport in Spain, and in 2008 it handled 9,578,308 passengers and over 81,095 flight operations. Around 80% of all passenger traffic at Alicante Airport comes from International flights, with the passengers from the UK, Holland, Germany, France, Italy and Sweden being amongst the highest number of visitors.

The Alicante El Altet Airport currently has two terminals with the new (but temporary) Terminal 2 building having been constructed to cope with traffic demand. There are extensive building works for a new terminal which are currently underway on the east side of the main terminal. Features will include 16 telescopic runways for passengers to walk from the departure gates to the aircraft. The project is scheduled for completion in 2010 and will increase the airport's operational capacity to 20 million passengers per year.

El Altet opened on 4 May 1967, replacing the older airdrome La Rabassa that had served Alicante since 1936. It took its name after the El Altet area (a part of Elche's countryside) where it was built. The first commercial flight that landed in the airport was Convair Metropolitan by Aviaco. Iberia established a regular connections Alicante-Madrid and Alicante-Barcelona since November 1969. In early 1970s passengers' traffic reached 1 million, which prompted a construction of a new passenger terminal. In later 1970s the runway was extended to three kilometers.

In 2007, Ryanair, the largest European low cost airline established a base at the airport.

In 2008, the airport handled 9,578,308 passengers, making it the sixth busiest airport by passenger numbers in Spain, and one of the 50 busiest in Europe. The largest number of passengers is carried by EasyJet (1,564,611 passengers in 2008), closely followed by Ryanair (1,415,284). Air Berlin (752.259) is the distant third.

There are two terminals at the airport, located one adjacent to the other. A new terminal is under construction and is due to be finished in 2009. A construction of an AVE high-speed railway terminal within the airport is under consideration