Málaga Airport Aeropuerto de Málaga-Costa del Sol |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | ENAIRE | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Málaga | ||||||||||||||
Location | Churriana, Málaga, Spain | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 16 m / 52 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°40′30″N 004°29′57″W / 36.67500°N 4.49917°WCoordinates: 36°40′30″N 004°29′57″W / 36.67500°N 4.49917°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | aena.es | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA
Spanish AIP, AENA |
Passengers | 16,672,776 |
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Passenger change 15-16 | 15.7% |
Aircraft Movements | 123,700 |
Movements change 15-16 | 13.07% |
Málaga Airport (IATA: AGP, ICAO: LEMG), officially Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Málaga-Costa del Sol) since June 2011, is the fourth busiest airport in Spain after Madrid–Barajas, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca. It is an important airport for Spanish tourism as it is the main international airport serving the Costa del Sol. It is 8 km (5.0 mi) southwest of Málaga and 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Torremolinos. The airport has flight connections to over 60 countries worldwide, and over 14.4 million passengers passed through it in 2015.
The airport operates with three terminals. The third terminal adjacent to the previous two opened on 15 March 2010, and flight operations started on 16 March 2010. A second runway opened at the airport on 26 June 2012.
Málaga Airport is the busiest international airport of Andalucía, accounting for 85 per cent of the region's non-domestic traffic. It offers a wide variety of international destinations. The airport, connected to the Costa del Sol, has a daily link with twenty cities in Spain and over one hundred cities in Europe. Direct flights also operate to Africa, the Middle East and also to North America in the summer season. Airlines with a base at the airport are Air Europa, Norwegian, Ryanair and Vueling.
Málaga Airport is one of the oldest Spanish airports that has stayed in its original location.