Alicante Airport
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Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (IATA code: ALC, ICAO code: LEAL), also popularly known as Alicante-El Altet, El Altet Airport, or Aeroport d'Alacant-Elx in Valencian, is located 8 kilometres southwest of the city of Alicante.
The airport has been known by several names before its current nomenclature: Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport. It was previously known as El Altet Airport, Alicante-El Altet, or more recently as Alicante-Elche Airport. The diversity of names by which the airport can be known is due to its geographical location, as it is in the province of Alicante, within the municipality of Elche (Elx in Valencian) and in the district of El Altet.
In the last change of name of the infrastructure in 2021, the nickname of Miguel Hernández, poet born in Alicante, was added as a tribute to the 110th anniversary of his birth.
Due to this privileged geographic situation of great tourist interest, Alicante Airport operates mostly international routes. 85 per cent of its passengers are international travelers, the majority coming from Great Britain, Germany and The Netherlands. As for domestic destinations, the main connections are with the Palma de Mallorca airport, Barcelona airport, Madrid airport and Bilbao Airport.
This airport, in terms of passenger and cargo volume, currently occupies the 5th position in the Spanish airport network, ahead even of Valencia airport, within the same community and its capital, and is ranked among the top 50 European airports. In 2022, Alicante airport registered a passenger volume of 13,202,880 and 90,109 operations, still somewhat below pre-pandemic figures, when it exceeded 15 million passengers and one hundred thousand operations in 2019.
Among the extensive tourist area covered by the influence of Alicante airport on the Costa Blanca, mainly in the provinces of Alicante and Murcia from Denia to Mazarrón, are cities such as Benidorm, Calpe, Denia, Jávea, Torrevieja, La Manga del Mar Menor, Orihuela, Murcia, Cartagena, Orihuela, Murcia, Cartagena, being the tourist sector a guarantee for the future of this airport together with the industrial and agricultural growth of other important cities such as Elche, Novelda, Alcoy, Elda-Petrel, Ibi, Villena, or even the province of Albacete.
The last reform of the airport was carried out with the construction of the New Terminal Area."Nueva Área Terminal" (NAT), the new passenger terminal, capable to serve up to 20 million of passengers per year. This remodeling, however, delayed important improvements to the rest of its infrastructure. The new Alicante-Elche terminal celebrated its inauguration on March 23, 2011. With the commissioning of this terminal, the old terminals T1 and T2 were taken out of service. However, they continue to be used according to the airport's needs.
GENERAL TECHNICAL DATA OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
The coordinates of the airport premises are as follows: 38° 16′ 55.81″ N, 0° 33′ 29.36″ O.
Decimal coordinates: 38.282169°, -0.558156°
The ICAO/OACI code is LEAL and the IATA code is ALC.
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Runways
The airport has two runways with alignment 10/28 (101°/279°), length of 3.000x45 meters (9.842x148 feet) at 43 meters above sea level.
Terminals
The airport has one terminal buiding for passengers known as Terminal NAT. Also has two former terminals (T1 and T2) currently closed, but could be open if necessary due the air traffic.
Contact information
Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)
Address: Av. de l'Altet, 03195 Elx, Alicante, Spain.
Phone numbers: (+34) 91 321 10 00 | (+34) 96 69 19 106.
Email: alcinfo@aena.es
Suggestions: alc.calidad@aena.es
Other ways to contact:
Queries form
Suggestion and complaints form
Public entities
Aena, S.A. is a Spanish public company that manages 46 airports and 2 heliports in Spain; the airport in the capital of Spain is one of them. Originally known as Aena Aeropuertos S.A, it adopted by law the name of Aena SME, S.A following the provisions of Royal Decree Law 8 of 4 July 2014.
ENAIRE is the air navigation manager in Spain. Part of the former Aena Aeropuertos S.A., ENAIRE now executes exclusively responsibilities related to airport and air navigation activities, in addition to performing the national and international operational coordination of the Spanish air traffic control network.
Dirección de Operaciones, Seguridad y Servicios
División Servicios Aeroportuarios
C/ Peonías, 12
28042 Madrid
Contact for people with hearing and/or speech impairment: Aena has an information and customer service line for passengers with hearing and/or speech impairment. This services allows users with these impairments to contact the Information and Customer Service Line from their computer, tablet or smartphone without the need for other people to act as their intermediaries. The service is available from 07:00 to 23:00.
Complaints and claims: For clarifications, suggestions and complaints regarding airport facilities and services (cleaning, air conditioning, information service, security services, etc.) you can access Aena's telematic services portal.
If you wish to make a complaint about a restaurant service (cafeterias, restaurants, etc.), bear in mind that they have their own Official Book of Catering, in which you can make your complaint, complaint or suggestion in the same place as the events.
Lost and found office
Lost property found in the airport facilities, such as waiting rooms, boarding lounges, security checkpoints, toilets, etc., is deposited at the lost property office.
If you lost an item at Alicante airport you can ask at the Lost and Found office in the airport terminal, level 0, Arrivals hall. The office is open from Monday to Friday, from 9h to 14:00h (except holidays) and its telephone number is (+34) 966 919 444.
If you have lost an item at the airport and are unable to come to the office to claim it, please fill in the lost property claim form, giving as much detail as possible about the item, and attach a photograph if possible. Send the form to the e-mail address alc.objetosperdidos@aena.es. The Lost and Found Office may contact you if the item is located on airport premises.
In order to collect the item from the office the applicant must provide proof of possession. Items will not be sent by post, but you can arrange with a courier service to collect it from the office. In this case, you must present an authorisation from the owner and provide proof of identity with your ID card or passport.
Items left onboard an aircraft
For those passengers who left something on the plane: laptop, mobile phone, passport or any other belonging, it must be claimed from the airline, or the airline's handling company.
The handling companies working at the airport deliver the baggage at the baggage claim hall in terminal NAT, level 0. Contact them by calling:
- Aviapartner: (+34) 966 919 375.
- Floor 0, baggage reclaim hall.
- Azul Handling (Ryanair): (+34) 966 919 071.
- Floor 0, baggage reclaim hall.
Floor 2, check-in area. - Globalia: (+34) 966 919 063.
- Floor 0, baggage reclaim hall.
Floor 2, check-in area. - Jet2.com: (+34) 966 919 386.
- Floor 0, baggage reclaim hall.
Floor 2, check-in area. - Menzies Aviation: (+34) 966 919 474.
- Floor 0, baggage reclaim hall.
Floor 2, check-in area. - Menzies Aviation Easyjet: (+34) 966 919 643.
- Floor 0, baggage reclaim hall.
Floor 2, check-in area. - Norwegian: (+34) 966 919 082.
- Floor 0, baggage reclaim hall.
Floor 2, check-in area. - South Europe Ground Services: (+34) 966 919 065.
- Floor 0, baggage reclaim hall.
Floor 2, check-in area.
Cultural visits to the airport for schoolchildren
Airport facilities could be visited free for schoolchildren and guided by a monitor. Please contact to:
External relations office:
alc.dir.secretaria@aena.es.
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