Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport
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Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport (Galician: Aeroporto de Santiago-Rosalía de Castro, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Santiago-Rosalía de Castro) (IATA: SCQ, ICAO: LEST), previously named Lavacolla Airport and also known as Santiago de Compostela Airport, is an international airport serving the autonomous community and historic nationality of Galicia in Spain. It is the biggest and busiest airport in Galicia[1] and the 2nd busiest airport in northern Spain after Bilbao Airport. It has been named after the Galician romanticist writer and poet Rosalía de Castro, since 12 March 2020.[2]
Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport Aeropuerto de Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Aeroporto de Santiago–Rosalía de Castro | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Aena | ||||||||||
Serves | Santiago, Galicia, Spain | ||||||||||
Location | Santiago de Compostela | ||||||||||
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Built | 1932 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,213 ft / 370 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°53′47″N 08°24′55″W | ||||||||||
Website | aena-aeropuertos.es/santiago | ||||||||||
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The airport is located in the parish of Lavacolla, 12 km from Santiago de Compostela and handled 3,537,445 passengers in 2023. It is the focus city of Vueling in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, and Ryanair's only focus city in Northern Spain. The Christian pilgrimage route of the Camino de Santiago runs near the airport.