Zaragoza Airport

Zaragoza Airport Aeropuerto de Zaragoza
IATA: ZAZ – ICAO: LEZG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea
Location	Zaragoza, Spain
Elevation AMSL	263 m / 863 ft
Coordinates
Website	aena-aeropuertos.es
Map
ZAZ Location within Spain
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12R/30L 3,718 12,200 Concrete 12L/30R 3,024 9,921 Asphalt

Airport diagram

Zaragoza Airport (IATA: ZAZ, ICAO: LEZG) is a commercial airport near Zaragoza, Spain. It is located 16 km (9.9 miles) west of Zaragoza, 270 km (170 miles) west of Barcelona, and 262 km (163 miles) northeast of Madrid. In addition to serving as a commercial airport, Zaragoza is the home of the Spanish Air Force 15th Group.

History

During the Cold War, the United States Air Force used the facility as Zaragoza Air Base.

The construction work on Zaragoza Airport began in September 1954 with the enlargement and improvement of the existing Spanish Air Force Base located there. United States Navy engineers upgraded the facility for temporary or intermediate use as a war standby base. The first U.S. construction project included strengthening the existing 3,024 m (9,921 ft) runway and adding 304 m (1,000 ft) overruns at each end. Work on a new concrete runway, 61 by 3,718 metres (200 ft × 12,200 ft), with 61 m (200 ft) overruns at each end, began in 1956 and was completed in 1958.

Zaragoza was one of three major USAF Cold War airbases in Spain, the others being Torrejón Air Base near Madrid and Morón Air Base near Seville.

The airport was also used by NASA as a contingency landing site for the Space Shuttle in the case of a Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL). Zaragoza was chosen as a NASA Space Shuttle TAL site due to its long runway, which needs be longer than 7,500 feet, and its pleasant weather. The base also has a military-grade navigation system called a TACAN—"Tactical Air Navigation"—that can adapt to the special guidance devices NASA used with its shuttles.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air Bucharest	Seasonal charter: Bucharest (begins 13 July 2016)
Air Europa	Palma de Mallorca Seasonal: Lanzarote (resumes 22 June 2016), Menorca (resumes 15 June 2016), Tenerife-South (resumes 22 June 2016)
Ryanair	Beauvais, Bergamo, Charleroi, London–Stansted
Volotea	Seasonal: Ibiza, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca
Vueling	Seasonal: Tenerife-South
Wizz Air	Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
AirBridgeCargo Airlines	Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Air China Cargo	Amsterdam, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin
Cargolux	Luxembourg
China Cargo Airlines	Amsterdam, Shanghai–Pudong
Emirates SkyCargo	Amsterdam, Bahrain, Dubai-Al Maktoum, Mexico City
Korean Air Cargo	Navoi, Seoul–Incheon, Vienna
Qatar Airways Cargo	Bahrain, Doha
TNT Airways	Liege

Statistics

Zaragoza Airport – Traffic Information

Year	Passengers (change)	Movements (change)	Cargo tons (change)
2006	435,881 (+14.2%)	11,408 (+15.2%)	5,933 (+53.9%)
2007	512,184 (+17.5%)	14,757 (+29.4%)	20,151 (+239.6%)
2008	594,952 (+16.2%)	14,584 (-1.2%)	21,439 (+6.4%)
2009	528,313 (-11.2%)	12,746 (-12.6%)	36,936 (+72.3%)
2010	605,912 (+14.7%)	12,711 (-0.3%)	42,545 (+15.3%)
2011	751,097 (+24.0%)	11,970 (-5.9%)	48,609 (+14.3%)
2012	551,406 (-26.6%)	9,268 (-22.6%)	71,094 (+46.1%)
2013	457,284 (-17.1%)	7,597 (-18.3%)	71,661 (+0.7%)
2014	418,576 (-8.5%)	7,039 (-7.3%)	86,311 (+20.4%)
2015	423,873 (+1,3%)	7,050 (+0,1%)	85,741 (-0,8%)

External links

• Official website (English) (Spanish)
• Accident history for ZAZ at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for LEZG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for LEZG at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for LEZG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.