La Gomera Airport

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La Gomera Airport

Aeropuerto de La Gomera
AMSL
218 m / 716 ft
Coordinates28°01′47″N 017°12′53″W / 28.02972°N 17.21472°W / 28.02972; -17.21472
Map
GMZ is located in Canary Islands
GMZ
GMZ
Location of airport in Canary Islands
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers81,367
Passengers change 20-21Increase45.7%
Movements2,624
Movements changeIncrease21.5%
Cargo (t)1.6
Source: Spanish
Aena[2][3]

La Gomera Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de La Gomera) (

San Sebastián de la Gomera
.

Although the runway was completed in 1994, the terminal did not open until 1999. As of August 2019, there are two return flights per day to

Tenerife North and two return flights per day to Gran Canaria.[4]

Although 34 km (21 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, this site required extensive embankments at both ends of the runway.

History

Aviation in the island of La Gomera started in the 1950s, when a private airfield was constructed. Its name was "El Revolcadero" and it was situated on a hill west of the new airport.[2]

This airfield had a runway (09-27), an hangar and a small stand which was used as control tower. The airfield was for the owner's private use and for cargo and fumigation works.

In 1962, the island had a lot of sanitary assistance problems[clarification needed], so studies to build an airport in the island were started, but this project was not carried out until 1975. However, due to the opening of the Tenerife South Airport and a new maritime line with the island, the project was again delayed.

Finally, in the 1980s, problems with wounded snake-bite evacuations necessitated building an airport in the island, and on 27 July 1987, an agreement for the construction of the airport was signed.[5]

At the end of 1994 the airfield had a runway (09-27), an aircraft parking and a taxi way to the runway. The elected place to build the installations was the "Meseta de los Acantilados" (Plateau Cliffs), which is located 2 kilometers from the old airfield of "El Revolcadero".

At the end of 1991, when Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA), literally "Spanish Airports and Air Navigation", took over the airport, a passenger terminal was built, which was inaugurated in 1992. This passenger terminal has two floors and we can see in it the typical canarian architecture.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Binter Canarias Gran Canaria, Tenerife–North

Statistics

In the next chart, the evolution of passengers traffic by year is indicated.[6]

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
30,774 34,496 38,852 40,569 41,890 34,605 32,252 32,713 19,707 24,446 28,954 34,954 38,042 48,711 61,944 77,584 54,388 81,367
Annual passenger traffic at GMZ airport. See Wikidata query.

References

  1. ^ a b EAD Basic
  2. ^ "La Gomera".
  3. ^ [AENA][1]
  4. ^ "Routes La Gomera". Flightradar24. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  5. ^ "BOLETÍN OFICIAL DE CANARIAS. 361 - RESOLUCION de 13 de febrero de 1991, de la Secretaría General Técnica, por la que se dispone la publicación del Convenio de 11 de enero de 1991, entre la Administración del Estado y el Gobierno de Canarias para la financiación, gestión y seguimiento de las obras de infraestructura del aeropuerto de La Gomera (B.O.E. nº 64, de 15.3.91)" (PDF). Gobierno de Canarias. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  6. Aena. Archived from the original
    on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

External links
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