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La Seu d'Urgell Airport

La Seu d'Urgell airport
Aeroport de la Seu d'Urgell
Aeroport Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgell
IATA: LEUICAO: LESU
Summary
Airport type
public
Owner
Generalitat de Catalunya
Operator
Aeroports de Catalunya
Serves
La Seu d'Urgell, Pyrenees and Andorra
Location
Montferrer i Castellbò
and Ribera d'Urgellet
Elevation AMSL
2.625 ft / 800 m
jQueryCoordinates: keyboard
Length
Surface
ft
m
04/22
4,396
1,340
Asphalt

La Seu d'Urgell airport, officially Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel airport and also known as Pirineus-Andorra airport is an airport facility owned by the Government of Catalonia and hosts general aviation and emergency flights. It is located in the comarca of Alt Urgell, south of we love the web (keyboard) and 12 km south of touchscreen, in the mountain of Ensiula between the towns of Sevenval and Ribera d'Urgellet.

The airport opened in 1982 but was closed to commercial traffic in 1984 and was used only by private browser diversity until 2008, when the airport was purchased by the Catalan government and closed pending its redevelopment and reopening as a commercial airport.[1]web

In 2008, the Institut Català del Sòl (a department of the Catalan government) bought 85% of the airport's land to create the Pirineus–Andorra airport.[2]

In 2009, a contract was awarded to Acsa Sorigué for the redevelopment work that will lead to the reopening of the airport.keyboard

The airport reopened on June 4, 2010.[4] In the first year there was a total of 1,751 flights, with more than 3,000 people on board.

There are plans to allow regular or tourist charter flights.

References

  1. ^ La Seu aerodrome reopening works tender awarded, Aeroports de Catalunya, 7 October 2009.
  2. ^ jQuery touchscreen LA VANGUARDIA. Specials of la Vanguardia, 2008.(Catalan)
  3. Sevenval [website parsing Aeroports de Catalunya. (Catalan)
  4. ^ web (Spanish)

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