Lleida-Alguaire Airport
Encyclopedia
Lleida-Alguaire Airport is an airport
located in Alguaire
, 15 km (9.3 mi) from the centre of Lleida
(Catalonia
, Spain
).
Lleida-Alguaire has been designed as a regional airport to provide both passenger and cargo transport to Western Catalonia (the Ponent
region and Catalan Pyrenees
), Andorra
and some counties (comarques) of La Franja
.. The airport construction project had a budget of 130 million euro
and it was the first airport built and owned by the Generalitat of Catalonia, via its public-capital company Aeroports de Catalunya
.
Two new highways, the Autovías
A-14
and A-22
, will provide road access to the airport.
The opening took place on January 17, 2010.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located in Alguaire
Alguaire
Alguaire is a municipality in the comarca of the Segrià in Catalonia. A portion of its municipal limits are occupied by the Lleida-Alguaire Airport.- Demography :-External links :***...
, 15 km (9.3 mi) from the centre of Lleida
Lleida
Lleida is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida, as well as the largest city in the province and it had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous municipalities of Raimat and Sucs. The metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants...
(Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
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).
Lleida-Alguaire has been designed as a regional airport to provide both passenger and cargo transport to Western Catalonia (the Ponent
Ponent
Ponent, Lleida or Terres de Lleida is one of the seven territories defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia and is not clear what name will have ....
region and Catalan Pyrenees
Alt Pirineu i Aran
Alt Pirineu i Aran is one of the seven vegueries defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia. It is located in the Catalan High Pyrenees ....
), Andorra
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
and some counties (comarques) of La Franja
La Franja
La Franja is a term that refers to the Catalan-speaking territories of Aragon bordering Catalonia, in Spain. It literally means "the strip" and can also more properly be called Franja d'Aragó or Franja de Ponent in Catalan ....
.. The airport construction project had a budget of 130 million euro
Euro
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and it was the first airport built and owned by the Generalitat of Catalonia, via its public-capital company Aeroports de Catalunya
Aeroports de Catalunya
Aeroports de Catalunya is a public company, owned by the Government of Catalonia, and attached to its Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works...
.
Two new highways, the Autovías
Autovía
An autovía is one of two classes of major highway in the Spanish road system similar to a motorway. It is akin to the autopista, the other major highway class, but has fewer features and is never a toll road. Some distinguishing features of an autovía are that it must be divided by a median, it...
A-14
N-230
The N-230 connects Lleida to Vielha, the Vall d'Aran and France.It passes through Benabarre, the Vall del Noguera Ribagorçana and the Vielha tunnel . The road is to be up-graded to the Autovía A-14....
and A-22
Autovía A-22
Autovía A-22 or Autovía Huesca-Lleida is an upgrade of a section of the existing N-240 Spanish road, managed by the Spanish Government, between Huesca, the second largest city in Aragón and Lleida, a provincial capital in Catalonia...
, will provide road access to the airport.
The opening took place on January 17, 2010.