La Gomera Airport
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La Gomera Airport is an airport
located near the village of Alajeró, Spain
, 34 km (21.1 mi) southwest by road from the Gomera
island's capital city, San Sebastián de la Gomera
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Although the runway was completed in 1994, the terminal did not open until 1999. With a 1500 metre runway the airport can only take turbo-prop inter-island flights, not jets from mainland Europe, and only operates during daylight. Currently (December '07) there are four return flights per day, 2 to Tenerife North, and 2 to Gran Canaria.
Although 34 km (21.1 mi) from the island capital, the airport was located here to avoid disturbing the Garajonay National Park
and avoid the cloudier and foggier climate to the North of the island, whilst the volcanic terrain gives few suitable sites anywhere on La Gomera, although even this site required extensive embankments at both ends of the runway.
Airport
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located near the village of Alajeró, Spain
Spain
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, 34 km (21.1 mi) southwest by road from the Gomera
Gomera
Gomera usually refers to La Gomera, the second-smallest of Spain's Canary Islands.Gomera may also refer to:-Places:* La Gomera, Escuintla, a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala....
island's capital city, San Sebastián de la Gomera
San Sebastián de La Gomera
San Sebastián de la Gomera is a town and also an administrative district on La Gomera in the Canary Islands. Its population is 2,176 , its density is 47.6/km² and the area is 114.78 km²....
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Although the runway was completed in 1994, the terminal did not open until 1999. With a 1500 metre runway the airport can only take turbo-prop inter-island flights, not jets from mainland Europe, and only operates during daylight. Currently (December '07) there are four return flights per day, 2 to Tenerife North, and 2 to Gran Canaria.
Although 34 km (21.1 mi) from the island capital, the airport was located here to avoid disturbing the Garajonay National Park
Garajonay National Park
Garajonay National Park is located in the center and north of the island of La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands . It was declared a national park in 1981 and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986...
and avoid the cloudier and foggier climate to the North of the island, whilst the volcanic terrain gives few suitable sites anywhere on La Gomera, although even this site required extensive embankments at both ends of the runway.