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Alicante Airport

Alicante started the acquisition of the land which Alicante Airport is now located in November 1964. Several months later construction work started on the airport with a 2,700 metre runway, a taxiway, rapid exit roads and the installation of an ILS system.

On 4 May 1967, Alicante airport opened to domestic and international passenger and cargo traffic, while the old airprt at La Rabassa airdrome closed. That same day the first plane, a Convair Metropolitan of Aviaco, landed at the airport. Iberia airline joined the airport's traffic in November 1969 with its Alicante-Madrid and Alicante-Barcelona routes.

Alicante Airport's Rapid Growth

The growth in traffic was immediate, since all the tourists heading for resorts along Alicante's coast, who until then had to travel to Valencia Airport, changed to Alicante Airport.

Alicante Airport Passengers reach 1 million

In 1970 the number of passengers at Alicante Airport reached almost one million, which made it necessary to construct a new passenger terminal, the first stage of which started in June 1972. The new airport building was only used for international flights. The second phase was finished in 1974, and domestic traffic was incorporated in March 1975.

The sustained increase in Alicante airport traffic reached two million by 1978, which meant that the passenger terminal needed to be redesigned and the aircraft parking facilities to be extended by sixty thousand metres squared. For operative reasons, the runway at Alicante Aiport was extended by three metres.

Airport refurbished at Alicante

In 1996 the refurbishment of Alicante Airport was completed. The airport was now able to handle the nine million passengers which would soon be using the facilities. A new office building for airlines, an operations centre and a business area were constructed. The capacity of the vehicle parking facilities was also enlarged, a new rapid exit road was constructed towards departure point 28 and the aeroplane apron was enlarged.

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