Zaragoza Airport

{{Short description|International airport serving Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Zaragoza Airport

| nativename = Aeropuerto de Zaragoza

| image = Aena_Zaragoza.svg

| image-width = 220

| image2 = Aeropuerto_de_Zaragoza_2.jpg

| image2-width = 250

| IATA = ZAZ

| ICAO = LEZG

| LID =

| type = Public and military

| owner-oper = Aena

| location = Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain

| elevation-f = 863

| elevation-m = 263

| coordinates = {{coord|41|39|58|N|01|02|30|W|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Spain

| pushpin_label = ZAZ

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Spain

| website = [http://www.aena.es/en/zaragoza-airport/index.html aena-aeropuertos.es]

| metric-elev = yes

| metric-rwy = yes

| r1-number = 12R/30L

| r1-length-f = 12,200

| r1-length-m = 3,718

| r1-surface = Concrete

| r2-number = 12L/30R

| r2-length-f = 9,921

| r2-length-m = 3,024

| r2-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2019

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 467,774

| stat2-header = Passengers change 18-19

| stat2-data = {{decrease}} 4.4%

| stat3-header = Movements

| stat3-data = 10,797

| stat4-header = Movements change 18-19

| stat4-data = {{increase}} 10.7%

| stat5-header = Cargo (t)

| stat5-data = 182,659

| stat6-header = Cargo change 18-19

| stat6-data = {{increase}} 9.5%

| footnotes = Sources: AENA [http://estadisticas.aena.es/csee/Satellite?SiteName=Estadisticas&c=Page&cid=1113582476715&pagename=Estadisticas%2FHome]

}}

Zaragoza Airport (Aragonese and {{langx|es|Aeropuerto de Zaragoza}}; {{Airport codes|ZAZ|LEZG|p=n}}) is an international airport near Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. It is located {{convert|16|km|abbr=in}} west of Zaragoza, {{convert|270|km|abbr=in}} west of Barcelona, and {{convert|262|km|abbr=in}} northeast of Madrid. In addition to serving as a major cargo airport, it is also a commercial airport and, as Zaragoza Air Base, is the home of the Spanish Air and Space Force 15th Group.

The airport has a number of passenger airlines serve it, but is mostly known as a cargo operations hub.

History

File:Zaragoza airport view 7424.JPG

File:Zaz-diagram.jpg

During the Cold War, the United States Air Force (USAF) used the facility as Zaragoza Air Base.

The construction work on Zaragoza Airport began in September 1954 with the enlargement and improvement of the existing Spanish Air Force Base located there. United States Navy engineers upgraded the facility for temporary or intermediate use as a war standby base. The first U.S. construction project included strengthening the existing {{convert|3024|m|0|abbr=on}} runway and adding {{convert|304|m|-3|abbr=on}} overruns at each end. Work on a new concrete runway, {{convert|61|x|3718|m|-2}}, with {{convert|61|m|-2|abbr=on}} overruns at each end, began in 1956 and was completed in 1958.

Zaragoza was one of three major USAF Cold War airbases in Spain, the others being Torrejón Air Base near Madrid and Morón Air Base near Seville.

The airport was also used by NASA as a contingency landing site for the Space Shuttle in the case of a Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL). Zaragoza was chosen as a NASA Space Shuttle TAL site due to its long runway, which needs be longer than 7,500 feet, its pleasant weather, and alignment with Shuttle launches to the high-inclination International Space Station orbit. The base also has a military-grade navigation system called a TACAN—"Tactical Air Navigation"—that can adapt to the special guidance devices NASA used with its shuttles.{{cite web|title=Space Shuttle Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL) Sites|date=December 2006|url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/167472main_TALsites-06.pdf|publisher=NASA|access-date=February 10, 2023}}

Airlines and destinations

=Passenger=

{{Airport-dest-list

| AlbaStar | Seasonal charter: Sal (begins 8 August 2025)Lamana, M. C. (2025, 30 marzo). Estos son los vuelos chárter para el verano de 2025 desde Zaragoza: Turquía y Bulgaria se suman a Cabo Verde y Uzbekistán. El Periódico de Aragón. https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/aragon/2025/03/30/son-vuelos-charter-verano-2025-115819389.html

|{{nowrap|Binter Canarias}} | Gran Canaria,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Gran Canaria|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=398-400}} Tenerife–North

|Dan Air | Bucharest–Otopeni{{Cite web|last1=Marcu|first1=Vlad|url=https://boardingpass.ro/dan-air-va-inaugura-noua-rute-regulate-de-la-bucuresti-in-aprilie-2025/|title=Dan Air will inaugurate nine regular routes from Bucharest in April 2025|website=boardingpass.ro|date=26 December 2024|accessdate=30 December 2024|language=ro}}

|Iberia | Seasonal: Gran Canaria,{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230301-ibns23|title=IBERIA NS23 DOMESTIC / SPAIN NETWORK ADDITIONS}} Ibiza,{{Cite web |url=http://www.airnostrum.es/page.asp?ruta=noticia_detalle.asp?id_noticia=889&titulo=Prensa&subtitulo=Noticias |title=Air Nostrum conectará Zaragoza e Ibiza en verano con dos frecuencias semanales |trans-title=Air Nostrum will connect Zaragoza and Ibiza in summer twice weekly |language=es |date=15 March 2022 |website=Air Nostrum}} Menorca

| Iberojet | Seasonal charter: Burgas (begins 30 July 2025)https://www.btravel.com

|Ryanair{{cite web |url=https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/search/flights |title=Flights |website=Ryanair}} | Beauvais,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Zaragoza, Spain|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=1174}} Bergamo, Charleroi, London–Stansted,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220726-fraug22gbie|title=Ryanair August 2022 UK / Ireland Network Adjustment - 24JUL22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=26 July 2022|accessdate=31 March 2025|language=en}} Marrakesh, Santiago de Compostela,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230330-frns23|title=Ryanair NS23 Network Additions Summary – 26MAR23|website=Aeroroutes}}
Seasonal: Fez,{{cite web |title=Ryanair Morocco NS24 Network Expansion |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231218-frrkns24ma |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=18 December 2023}} Palma de Mallorca{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23 | title=Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23 }}

|Volotea | Seasonal: Menorca

|Vueling{{cite web |url=https://www.vueling.com/en |title=Home |website=Vueling}}| Palma de Mallorca{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241031-vynw24es|title=Vueling NW24 Frequency Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=31 October 2024|accessdate=3 January 2025|language=en-ca}}

|Wizz Air | Bucharest–Otopeni, Cluj-Napoca, Rome–Fiumicino{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Wizz Air NS25 Network Additions – 16JAN25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250117-w6ns25 |access-date=17 January 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=17 January 2025 |language=en-CA}}

}}

=Cargo=

{{Airport-dest-list

|Air China Cargo{{cite web |url=http://www.airchinacargo.com/en/index.php?section=0-0149-0152-0169 |title=Freight Network |website=Air China Cargo Co. Ltd}} | Amsterdam, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin

|Atlas Air{{cite web|title=Atlas Air Schedule|url=http://jumpseat.atlasair.com/travel/schedule.asp|website=Atlas Air|access-date=5 March 2024}} | Almaty, Amsterdam, Baku, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Delhi, Dubai–Al Maktoum, Istanbul, Liège, Mexico City, Mexico City–AIFA, Miami, Riyadh, Seoul–Incheon, Sharjah, Tel Aviv, Zhengzhou

|Avianca Cargo{{cite web |url=http://www.aviancacargo.com/eng/nws/new0019.aspx |title=News |website=Avianca Cargo}} | Amsterdam, Bogotá, Miami

|Cargolux{{cite web |url=https://www.cargolux.com/network-offices/network-offices |title=Network & Offices |website=Cargolux}} | Luxembourg

|China Cargo Airlines{{cite web |url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ck218 |title=China Cargo Airlines flight CK218 |website=FlightRadar24}} | Amsterdam, Shanghai–Pudong

|Emirates SkyCargo{{cite web |url=https://www.skycargo.com/network/air/ |title=Air network |website=Emirates SkyCargo}} | Dubai–Al Maktoum, Mexico City, Quito

|Ethiopian Cargo{{Cite web |url=https://cargo.ethiopianairlines.com/CargoNetwork |title=Cargo Network |website=Ethiopian Airlines |access-date=2 January 2020 |archive-date=29 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429130233/https://cargo.ethiopianairlines.com/CargoNetwork |url-status=dead}} | Addis Ababa, Bogotá, Guangzhou, Liège, Mexico City, Miami

|Geo-Sky{{cite web |url=https://turkmenistaninfo.gov.tm/news/2208|title=News |website=THP|date=14 October 2023 }} | Türkmenabat{{cite web | url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/d4802#32fb8134 | title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map }}

|{{nowrap|Qatar Airways Cargo{{cite web |url=http://www.qrcargo.com/docs/03.%20Winter%2019%20Freighter%20Schedule%20Issue%203.pdf |title=Winter 2019 Freighter Schedule Issue 3: January to March 2020 |website=Qatar Cargo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102111607/http://www.qrcargo.com/docs/03.%20Winter%2019%20Freighter%20Schedule%20Issue%203.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2020}}}} | Beirut, Chicago–O'Hare, Dhaka, Doha, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Mexico City, New York-JFK, Quito

|Saudia Cargo{{cite web |url=https://www.saudiacargo.com/getattachment/11320188-7528-4614-b8da-a795f13d2791/Winter-2019-2020-Schedule-(01-NOV-19-29-MAR-20).aspx |title=Winter 2019-2020 Schedule |website=Saudia Cargo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102113107/https://www.saudiacargo.com/getattachment/11320188-7528-4614-b8da-a795f13d2791/Winter-2019-2020-Schedule-(01-NOV-19-29-MAR-20).aspx |archive-date=January 2, 2020}} | Dammam, Riyadh

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Statistics

class="wikitable" style="margin: auto" \|+ Zaragoza Airport – Traffic Information
Year ! Passengers (change) ! Movements (change) ! Cargo tons (change)
style="text-align:right;" \| 2011 \| 751,097 (+24.0%) \| 11,970 (-5.9%) \| 48,609 (+14.3%)
style="text-align:right;" \| 2012 \| 551,406 (-26.6%) \| 9,268 (-22.6%) \| 71,094 (+46.1%)
style="text-align:right;" \| 2013 \| 457,284 (-17.1%) \| 7,597 (-18.3%) \| 71,661 (+0.7%)
style="text-align:right;" \| 2014 \| 418,576 (-8.5%) \| 7,039 (-7.3%) \| 86,311 (+20.4%)
style="text-align:right;" \| 2015 \| 423,873 (+1.3%) \| 7,050 (+0.1%) \| 85,741 (-0.8%)
style="text-align:right;" \| 2016 \| 419,529 (-1.0%) \| 7,269 (+3.1%) \| 110,564 (+29.0%)
style="text-align:right;" \| 2017 \| 438,035 (+4.4%) \| 7,965 (+9.6%) \| 142,185 (+29.1%)
style="text-align:right;" \| 2018 \| 489,064 (+11.6%) \| 8,991 (+12.9%) \| 166,834 (+17.3%)
style="text-align:right;" \| 2019 \| 467,774 (-4.4%) \| 8,770 (-2.5%) \| 182,659 (+9.5%)
style="text-align:right;" \| 2020 \| 172,344 (-63.2%) \| 6,559 (-25.2%) \| 143,600 (-21,4%)

class="wikitable" style="margin: auto"

|+ Zaragoza Airport – Traffic Information

Year

! Passengers (change)

! Movements (change)

! Cargo tons (change)

style="text-align:right;"

| 2011

| 751,097 (+24.0%)

| 11,970 (-5.9%)

| 48,609 (+14.3%)

style="text-align:right;"

| 2012

| 551,406 (-26.6%)

| 9,268 (-22.6%)

| 71,094 (+46.1%)

style="text-align:right;"

| 2013

| 457,284 (-17.1%)

| 7,597 (-18.3%)

| 71,661 (+0.7%)

style="text-align:right;"

| 2014

| 418,576 (-8.5%)

| 7,039 (-7.3%)

| 86,311 (+20.4%)

style="text-align:right;"

| 2015

| 423,873 (+1.3%)

| 7,050 (+0.1%)

| 85,741 (-0.8%)

style="text-align:right;"

| 2016

| 419,529 (-1.0%)

| 7,269 (+3.1%)

| 110,564 (+29.0%)

style="text-align:right;"

| 2017

| 438,035 (+4.4%)

| 7,965 (+9.6%)

| 142,185 (+29.1%)

style="text-align:right;"

| 2018

| 489,064 (+11.6%)

| 8,991 (+12.9%)

| 166,834 (+17.3%)

style="text-align:right;"

| 2019

| 467,774 (-4.4%)

| 8,770 (-2.5%)

| 182,659 (+9.5%)

style="text-align:right;"

| 2020

| 172,344 (-63.2%)

| 6,559 (-25.2%)

| 143,600 (-21,4%)

=Busiest routes=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; width:align" \|+ Busiest international routes from ZAZ (2023)
Rank ! Destination ! Passengers ! Change 2022 / 23
1 \| {{flagdeco\|UK}} London-Stansted \| 74,057 \| {{increase}} 4%
2 \| {{flagdeco\|Romania}} Bucharest-Otopeni \| 905,422 \| {{increase}} 10%
3 \| {{flagdeco\|Italy}} Bergamo \| 51,316 \| {{increase}} 11%
4 \| {{flagdeco\|Romania}} Cluj-Napoca \| 46,501 \| {{increase}} 9%
5 \| {{flagdeco\|Belgium}} Charleroi \| 34,755 \| {{increase}} 16%
6 \| {{flagdeco\|France}} Beauvais \| 34,249 \| {{increase}} 9%
7 \| {{flagdeco\|Morocco}} Marrakech \| 33,885 \| {{increase}} 29%
8 \| {{flagdeco\|Italy}} Treviso \| 25,539 \| {{steady}} New route
9 \| {{flagdeco\|Italy}} Bologna \| 21,398 \| {{steady}} 0%
10 \| {{flagdeco\|Portugal}} Lisbon \| 7,960 \| {{decrease}} 29%
colspan="4" style="text-align:right;"\| Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo{{Cite web \|title=Inicio \|url=https://www.aena.es/es/estadisticas/inicio.html \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=aena.es}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; width:align"

|+ Busiest international routes from ZAZ (2023)

Rank

! Destination

! Passengers

! Change 2022 / 23

| {{flagdeco|UK}} London-Stansted

| 74,057

| {{increase}} 4%

| {{flagdeco|Romania}} Bucharest-Otopeni

| 905,422

| {{increase}} 10%

| {{flagdeco|Italy}} Bergamo

| 51,316

| {{increase}} 11%

| {{flagdeco|Romania}} Cluj-Napoca

| 46,501

| {{increase}} 9%

| {{flagdeco|Belgium}} Charleroi

| 34,755

| {{increase}} 16%

| {{flagdeco|France}} Beauvais

| 34,249

| {{increase}} 9%

| {{flagdeco|Morocco}} Marrakech

| 33,885

| {{increase}} 29%

| {{flagdeco|Italy}} Treviso

| 25,539

| {{steady}} New route

| {{flagdeco|Italy}} Bologna

| 21,398

| {{steady}} 0%

| {{flagdeco|Portugal}} Lisbon

| 7,960

| {{decrease}} 29%

colspan="4" style="text-align:right;"| Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo{{Cite web |title=Inicio |url=https://www.aena.es/es/estadisticas/inicio.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=aena.es}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; width:align" \|+ Busiest domestic routes from ZAZ (2023)
Rank ! Destination ! Passengers ! Change 2022 / 23
1 \| {{flagdeco\|Balearic Islands}} Palma de Mallorca \| 121,366 \| {{increase}} 12%
2 \| {{flagdeco\|Canary Islands}} Tenerife-North \| 53,980 \| {{increase}} 4%
3 \| {{flagdeco\|Canary Islands}} Gran Canaria \| 27,705 \| {{decrease}} 6%
4 \| {{flagdeco\|Galicia}} Santiago de Compostela \| 26,806 \| {{steady}} New route
5 \| {{flagdeco\|Balearic Islands}} Menorca \| 18,381 \| {{decrease}} 3%
colspan="4" style="text-align:right;"\| Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; width:align"

|+ Busiest domestic routes from ZAZ (2023)

Rank

! Destination

! Passengers

! Change 2022 / 23

| {{flagdeco|Balearic Islands}} Palma de Mallorca

| 121,366

| {{increase}} 12%

| {{flagdeco|Canary Islands}} Tenerife-North

| 53,980

| {{increase}} 4%

| {{flagdeco|Canary Islands}} Gran Canaria

| 27,705

| {{decrease}} 6%

| {{flagdeco|Galicia}} Santiago de Compostela

| 26,806

| {{steady}} New route

| {{flagdeco|Balearic Islands}} Menorca

| 18,381

| {{decrease}} 3%

colspan="4" style="text-align:right;"| Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo

Ground transport

Currently, the airport is connected to the city center by a bus line (501), which goes from the Puerta del Carmen square, downtown, to the airport, also stopping at the city's main railway station: Zaragoza-Delicias. This train station is an important hub for long-distance trains, AVE high-speed trains and the commuter line of Cercanías Zaragoza, which takes passengers underground through the city and overground in the metropolitan area. In February 2023, Zaragoza mayor's office confirmed plans to create a direct bus service "on demand" {{Cite web |last=Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza |first=Oficina de Participación, Transparencia y Gobierno |title=La nueva línea específica al Aeropuerto de Zaragoza será operada con autobuses de hidrógeno por el grupo ALSA. Noticia. Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza |url=https://www.zaragoza.es/sede/servicio/noticia/318446 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=www.zaragoza.es |language=es}} from June 2023. This line will be serviced by electric buses to start and will significantly reduce journey distances and the duration (it will be about 12 or 13 kilometers depending on the direction). Schedules of these buses will be coordinated with those of the flights scheduled at the airport.

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.aena.es/en/zaragoza.html}} {{in lang|en|es}}
{{ASN|ZAZ}}
{{GCM|LEZG|source=DAFIF}}
{{NWS-current|LEZG}}

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