Almería Airport

Almería Airport Aeropuerto de Almería
IATA: LEI – ICAO: LEAM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aena
Serves	Almería
Elevation AMSL	21 m / 70 ft
Coordinates	36°50′38″N 002°22′12″W / 36.84389°N 2.37000°WCoordinates: 36°50′38″N 002°22′12″W / 36.84389°N 2.37000°W
Map
LEI Location of airport in Andalusia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 744,847 Passenger change 13-14 5.6% Aircraft Movements 10,759 Movements change 13-14 1.5%
Source: AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Aerial view of the airport

Almería Airport (IATA: LEI, ICAO: LEAM) is located 9 km (5.6 mi) east^[1] of Almería city centre, in the province of Almería in south-eastern Spain.

Facilities

It is a modern airport, with arrivals and departures taking place on the main ground floor. It also has a terrace overlooking the runway.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aviolet operated by Air Serbia	Seasonal charter: Belgrade
easyJet	London–Gatwick
Enter Air	Seasonal charter: Warsaw, Katowice
Germania	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Munich
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Madrid, Melilla, Sevilla, Palma
Jet2.com	Seasonal: East Midlands (begins 2 May 2017), Edinburgh (begins 27 April 2017),[2] Leeds/Bradford (begins 30 April 2017), Manchester (begins 29 April 2017), Newcastle (begins 2 May 2017)
Luxair	Seasonal: Luxembourg
Monarch Airlines	London-Gatwick, Manchester
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: London-Gatwick
Primera Air	Seasonal charter: Billund, Copenhagen, Malmö, Reykjavik, Stockholm
Privilege Style	Seasonal charter: Porto
Ryanair	Seasonal: Charleroi, Dublin, London-Stansted
Transavia	Amsterdam (begins 22 April 2017)[3]
Travel Service	Seasonal: Bratislava, Brno, Prague
Thomas Cook Airlines	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol (begins 6 May 2017), London–Gatwick, Glasgow, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium	Brussels
Thomson Airways	Seasonal: London-Gatwick, Manchester
TUIfly Belgium	Brussels
Vueling	Barcelona

Statistics

Almería Airport Passenger Totals 2000-2014 (millions)

Updated: 16 January 2015. 2014 data Provisional.

	Passengers	Aircraft movements	Cargo (tonnes)
2000	914,312	13,431	473
2001	892,311	13,757	449
2002	846,467	15,142	123
2003	839,859	14,918	53
2004	830,930	15,046	51
2005	1,073,585	18,269	53
2006	1,055,545	18,451	36
2007	1,206,634	20,141	20
2008	1,024,303	18,280	21
2009	791,837	15,391	16
2010	786,877	16,112	14
2011	780,853	14,946	9
2012	749,720	12,643	8
2013	705,514	10,596	12
2014	744,847	10,759	8
Source: Aena Statistics

Ground transport

There is signed access to the airport from the A7 "Motorway of the Mediterranean", through the AL-17 dual carriageway. The A7 links to many cities along the coast of Spain. Local bus line 20 links the airport with the city centre. Taxis and car rental companies are available, too.

References

1. EAD Basic
2. http://www.jet2.com/destinations/edinburgh-destinations-map
3. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269126/transavia-expands-netherlands-operation-in-s17/

External links

Media related to Almería Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Almería Airport (official site) (English)
• Current weather for LEAM at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for LEI at Aviation Safety Network