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Región de Murcia International Airport

Coordinates:37°48′09.3″N01°07′31.4″W/ 37.802583°N 1.125389°W/37.802583; -1.125389
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This article is about the current airport serving Murcia since 2019. For its predecessor, seeMurcia–San Javier Airport.
Región de Murcia
International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional
Región de Murcia
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerComunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia
OperatorAena
ServesRegion of Murcia
LocationValladolises,Murcia
Opened15 January 2019[1]
Built2008-2012
ElevationAMSL193 m / 633 ft
Coordinates37°48′09.3″N01°07′31.4″W/ 37.802583°N 1.125389°W/37.802583; -1.125389
Websiteaena.es
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 9,843 3,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers1,090,954
Movements7,976
Source: SpanishAIPatEUROCONTROL,Aena[2]

Región de Murcia International Airport(IATA:RMU,ICAO:LEMI), informally also known asMurcia-Corvera,is an international airport in southeast Spain. It opened in January 2019 and replacedMurcia–San Javier Airport.It is situated between the villages of Corvera,Los Martínez del PuertoandValladoliseswithin themunicipalityofMurcia.

Development[edit]

Tourism to the Murcia region has grown steadily for several decades, becoming popular as a less expensive alternative to established holiday areas such as theCosta del Sol.Expansion of the airport serving the area, Murcia–San Javier Airport, was becoming impractical due to its primary function as a military airfield and component of theAcademia General del Aire,the officer training school of theSpanish Air Force.

In 2002 the company Aeromur (Aeropuertos de la Región de Murcia) was formed as a vehicle for investment, finance and promotion of a new regional airport. In 2006 the government put construction and operation of the airport out to tender. The Aeromur consortium, now including construction firmSacyr,won the tender for a term of 40 years and announced it would invest 550 million Euros in the project.

Construction work began in July 2008, with the opening of the airport planned for 2010. In 2009 building stopped as Sacyr had run out of money. As banks were not willing to loan the funds to Sacyr, the regional government stepped in and guaranteed 200 million Euros of credit. The airport was completed in 2012, but did not become operational until 2019, after years of contractual wrangling between the regional government, Aeromur and Sacyr.[3][4][5][6][7]Before opening, the concession for operating the airport was withdrawn from Aeromur and awarded toAena.

The airport was officially opened on 15 January 2019 by theKing of SpainasAeropuerto Internacional de la Región de Murcia –Juan de la Cierva,named after the Spanish aeronautical pioneer who invented theautogyro.The first flight to arrive at the airport wasRyanairflight FR1824 fromEast Midlands Airport.[1]

Facilities[edit]

The airport has a single passenger terminal of 28,500 m2and a single runway 3,000 metres long and 45 metres wide. Its initial capacity is 3 million passengers and 23,000 movements per year, with options for subsequent increase to 5 million passengers. The terminal has 9 boarding gates, 25 check-in desks and 4 baggage reclaim belts. The runway has one rapid-exit taxiway (RET) and 4 holding bays. It is equipped with precision approach instrument ILS CAT I at threshold 23 and non-precision instrument DVOR/DME.[citation needed]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Región de Murcia Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Air ArabiaCasablanca,Oujda
Binter Canarias[8]Gran Canaria
easyJet[9]London–Gatwick
Seasonal:Bristol,London–Luton,[10]Manchester[11]
Ryanair[12]Birmingham,London–Stansted,Manchester,Marrakesh[13]
Seasonal:Bournemouth,Dublin,East Midlands,Glasgow–Prestwick,London–Luton
SmartwingsBrno,Prague
TUI fly Belgium[14]Seasonal:Antwerp,Ostend/Bruges
Volotea[15]Barcelona,[16]Madrid[17]
Seasonal:Asturias,Bilbao,[18]Menorca,Santander

Statistics[edit]

The year 2020 saw a decline in passengers and operations, due to theCOVID-19 pandemicand travel restrictions that were implemented globally. A total of 217,912 passengers in 2,812 operations passed through the airport, which represented a decrease of 80% and 64.7%, respectively, compared to 2019.[19]


Annual passenger traffic at RMU airport. SeeWikidata query.

Access[edit]

The airport is 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the city of Murcia and 35 kilometres (22 mi) fromCartagena.It has direct access to theAutovía A-30highway that runs between the two cities.[20]There are several public bus routes connecting the airport to its surrounding areas.[20]

In 2009, plans were revealed for theAVEhigh-speed railnetwork to serve the airport via a proposed Murcia to Cartagena line.[21]This plan appears to have been abandoned.

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"First passengers at Corvera airport will arrive from East Midlands and Bristol".Murcia Today.Spain Online SL. 3 January 2019.Retrieved28 September2020.
  2. ^EAD Basic[1][2]
  3. ^""Corvera Airport Open 2017" - Tumbit News Story ".tumbit.com.
  4. ^"Corvera airport management contract withdrawn from Aeromur".murciatoday.com.
  5. ^"Murcia's Corvera Airport 'Will NOT open 2016' - Tumbit News Story".tumbit.com.
  6. ^"Murcia president reiterates the need for Corvera airport to open".murciatoday.com.
  7. ^murciatoday.com
  8. ^"Binter comenzará a operar dos vuelos semanales entre Pamplona y Gran Canaria".La Provincia(in Spanish). Editorial Prensa Canaria, S.A. 27 August 2019.Retrieved2 October2020.
  9. ^"Timetables".easyjet.com.Retrieved27 September2018.
  10. ^"EasyJet expands summer 2023 capacity".
  11. ^"EasyJet PLC: EasyJet: Expands its base and network at Manchester Airport".29 November 2022.
  12. ^"Rayanir website".Ryanair.com.[not specific enough to verify]
  13. ^"Ryanair Morocco NS24 Network Expansion".Aeroroutes.Retrieved18 December2023.
  14. ^"Murcia Corvera Flight Plan".tuifly.be.
  15. ^"Destinations".volotea.com.23 October 2021.
  16. ^"Flights for 50 euros between Corvera Airport and Barcelona and Madrid launched by Volotea airlines".
  17. ^"Flights for 50 euros between Corvera Airport and Barcelona and Madrid launched by Volotea airlines".
  18. ^https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240207-v7ns24
  19. ^"Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo".Retrieved14 January2021.
  20. ^abaena.es - Transport and car parkretrieved 19 January 2019
  21. ^"La estación de tren del aeropuerto de Corvera será subterránea".La Verdad.9 November 2009.Retrieved28 December2020.

External links[edit]

Media related toAeropuerto Internacional Región de Murciaat Wikimedia Commons

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