Murcia-San Javier Airport
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| Murcia-San Javier Airport Aeropuerto de Murcia-San Javier |
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| IATA: MJV – ICAO: LELC | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public / Military | ||
| Owner | Aena | ||
| Operator | Aena | ||
| Serves | Murcia and Cartagena, Spain | ||
| Location | San Javier, Spain | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 11 ft / 3.4 m | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 05/23 | 2,300 | 7,546 | Asphalt |
| 05L/23R | 873.8 | 2,867 | Earth |
| 14/32 | 800 | 2,625 | Earth |
Murcia-San Javier Airport (IATA: MJV, ICAO: LELC) is a military air base and civilian passenger airport located in San Javier, 17 miles south of Murcia, Spain. It is operated by Aena (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea, or Spanish Airports and Aereal Navigation), the Spanish airport authority.
The airport can receive aircraft up to the size of Boeing 757 or 767. It has been declared fire category 5 by the IATA, and it has one ambulance available. Because Murcia is a popular destination for charter groups, the airport is served by a number of charter airlines.
Over the last few years, Murcia Airport has become busier, thanks to the arrival of several low-cost airlines. According to Aena, passenger numbers have jumped from just 88,608 in 1995 to a staggering 848,037 in 2004. In 2006, 1,645,886 passengers used the airport.[1]
Flying to Murcia-San Javier from somewhere like the UK gives one the choice of five airlines offering regular, scheduled flights from 16 different UK airports with low cost carriers such as easyJet, Jet2, Ryanair, Monarch Scheduled and bmibaby.
Although the airport is on the Costa Cálida, it also lends itself well to people travelling to the southern tip of the Costa Blanca, particularly resort towns such as Torrevieja.
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[edit] Resorts that the airport serves
- Cartagena
- La Manga and Mar Menor
- Los Alcazares
- San Pedro del Pinatar
- Pilar de la Horadada
- Torrevieja (including La Mata, Los Altos, and Cabo Roig)
- Guardamar de la Segura
- La Marina
- Pinar de Campoverde
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- airberlin (Palma de Mallorca)
- bmibaby (Birmingham, Cardiff)
- Girjet (Barcelona, Tangier) [seasonal]
- easyJet (Bristol, London-Gatwick, Newcastle)
- Iberia
- Air Nostrum (Barcelona, Madrid)
- Jet2.com (Belfast, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle)
- Monarch Airlines (Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester)
- Norwegian Air Shuttle (Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim)
- Ryanair (Bournemouth, Dublin, East Midlands, Glasgow-Prestwick, Liverpool, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Shannon)
- Sterling Airlines (Copenhagen, Stockholm)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Aena.es - Airport MJV - MJV official site in English; includes short history and photo gallery
- Murcia Airport - Guide to the airport and the city of Murcia. From a local resident.
- Hybrid map and satellite image
