Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport
Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Aeroport d'Alacant-Elx Miguel Hernández | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Aena | ||||||||||
| Serves | Alicante, Elche, Costa Blanca, Murcia and Albacete | ||||||||||
| Location | Elche (Province of Alicante) | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 43 m / 141 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°16′56″N 00°33′29″W / 38.28222°N 0.55806°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA; | |||||||||||
Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (IATA: ALC, ICAO: LEAL) is an international airport located about 9 km (5.6 mi) southwest of the city of Alicante and about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) east of the city of Elche in Spain. Alicante–Elche is the busiest airport in south-eastern Spain and serves both the southern part of the Valencian Community and the Region of Murcia.
The airport is a base for Air Nostrum, EasyJet, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair and Vueling. Passenger traffic increased significantly in the 2010s, beating its own yearly record from 2013 to 2019. In 2024 it set a record at 18.3 million passengers. It is the largest airport in the Valencian Community (well ahead of Valencia and Castellón), 5th busiest airport in Spain and 31st busiest in Europe. Up to 80% of all passenger flights are international. The largest numbers of passengers arrive from the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Norway and Sweden. Popular domestic destinations are Madrid, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Bilbao and Santiago de Compostela.