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Valencia Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Valencia, Valencian: Aeroport de València) (IATA: VLC, ICAO: LEVC), also known as Manises Airport, is the tenth-busiest Spanish airport in terms of passengers[5] and second in the Valencian Community after Alicante. It is situated 8 km (5.0 mi) west[4] of the city of Valencia, in Manises. In 2025, the airport served 140 routes across Europe, Canada, and North Africa, handling 11.8 million passengers, with 8.9 million of these travelling internationally.[6]

AirporttypePublic
Owner/OperatorAENA
ServesValencia, Valencian Community, Spain
LocationManises
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Valencia Airport
Aeropuerto de Valencia
Aeroport de València
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAENA
ServesValencia, Valencian Community, Spain
LocationManises
[2]
Elevation AMSL73 m (240 ft)
Coordinates39°29′22″N 00°28′54″W
Websitehttps://www.aena.es/en/valencia.html
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VLC is located in Spain
VLC
VLC
Location within Spain
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,215 10,548 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2024)
Passengers10,811,672
Passengers change 23-24Increase8.7%
Movements87.497
Movements change 23-24Increase6.4%
Cargo (t)no data
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[3]
Spanish AIP, AENA[4]
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History

2000s & 2010s

The airport is the main base of Iberia's regional carrier Air Nostrum. Irish low-cost airline Ryanair used the airport as a hub since 2007 but decided to close it in November 2008 following a dispute over subsidies by the airport authorities.[7] Since then the airline has continued to operate out of Valencia and reopened base in 2011.[8]

Delta Air Lines inaugurated a route to New York City, Valencia's first transatlantic service, in June 2009. It operated the flight with a Boeing 757.[9][10] The company initially planned to fly year-round to New York. A few weeks after the maiden flight, however, Delta decided to make the service seasonal due to low ticket sales.[11] It ultimately severed the link in September 2012 because of poor demand and rising fuel costs.[12][13]

2020s

In June 2025, Air Transat began seasonal flights to Montreal.[14] This route was quickly extended to a year-round service.[15] Following the route's launch, the local government in Valencia continues efforts to establish new intercontinental connections, particularly to the United States.[16]

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air announced in July 2026 that it would base two aircraft in Valencia from the 26/27 winter season.[2] Part of the base opening are the commencement of five domestic routes, marking the entry of Wizz Air into the Spanish domestic market.[citation needed]

Later that month, it was announced that the airport terminal and infrastructure will be upgraded as part of Aena's DORA III 2027-2031 regulatory framework.[17] The terminal will expand from the current 66,000 square meters to 140,000 square meters.[18]

Facilities

Airside area near gates 1-4
Exterior of the regional terminal annex
Airside area near gates 12-22
Control tower

Terminal

Valencia Airport consists of a single terminal that has been built in three stages which are directly connected to each other. The landside hall consists of three check-in areas: 1-12 is the newest one with the airport station beneath it, 13-42 is the oldest main building with a currently derelict upper floor, and 43-56 is the largest annex, housing most airlines. A single central security area leads to the airside with gates 1-22, with gates 1-4 being the newest area designated for non-Schengen flights. Gates 12-22 are located in a separate hall designated as a regional terminal that opened in time for the 2007 America's Cup which allows walk-boarding, mainly for flights by Iberia Regional and low-cost carriers. Some of the gates are equipped with jet bridges. The airside area features several food outlets and shops.

Runway and apron

The sole operational runway has been also lengthened by 50 m (160 ft) by 2007. The former runway 04/22 is not in use and has no ILS but has a helipad at the southwestern end.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

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AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens[19]
Air Algérie Seasonal: Algiers[citation needed]
Air Cairo Cairo,[20][better source needed] Hurghada[citation needed]
Air Europa Madrid,[citation needed] Palma de Mallorca[21]
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle[citation needed]
Air Serbia Belgrade[22]
Air Transat Montréal–Trudeau[23][24]
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga[citation needed]
Austrian Airlines Vienna[25]
Binter Canarias Gran Canaria,[citation needed] Tenerife–North[citation needed]
British Airways London–Heathrow[citation needed]
Brussels Airlines Brussels[26]
Dan Air Bucharest–Otopeni[27]
Seasonal: Bacău[28]
easyJet Amsterdam,[citation needed] Berlin,[29] Lisbon,[30] London–Gatwick[citation needed]
Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse,[29] Geneva[29]
Eurowings Düsseldorf[citation needed]
Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[31] Hamburg,[citation needed] Prague,[citation needed] Stuttgart[citation needed]
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki[32]
FlyOne Seasonal: Chisinau[citation needed]
Iberia Madrid,[citation needed] Palma de Mallorca[33]
Seasonal: Funchal,[citation needed] Vigo[34]
ITA Airways Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino[35]
KLM Amsterdam[citation needed]
Lufthansa Frankfurt,[citation needed] Munich[citation needed]
Lufthansa City Airlines Munich[citation needed]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[36][37]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen,[citation needed] Oslo[citation needed]
Royal Air Maroc Express Casablanca[citation needed]
Ryanair Bari,[29] Beauvais,[29] Bergamo,[29] Berlin,[citation needed] Birmingham,[38] Bologna,[citation needed] Bristol,[29] Brussels,[citation needed] Budapest,[29] Cagliari,[29] Catania (begins 25 October 2026),[39] Charleroi,[29] Cologne/Bonn,[40] Cork,[41] Dublin,[29] Eindhoven,[29] Gran Canaria,[29] Ibiza,[29] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,[citation needed] Kraków,[29] Lanzarote,[29] Lisbon,[29] London–Stansted,[citation needed] Málaga,[29] Manchester,[29] Marrakech,[29] Marseille,[29] Memmingen,[42] Milan–Malpensa,[29] Nantes,[29] Naples,[29] Palermo,[29] Palma de Mallorca,[29] Pisa,[29] Porto,[citation needed] Poznań,[citation needed] Rabat,[43] Rome–Fiumicino,[29] Seville,[29] Sofia,[citation needed] Tangier,[29] Tenerife–South,[29] Toulouse,[citation needed] Treviso,[citation needed] Trieste,[29] Turin,[29] Verona,[citation needed] Vienna,[29] Warsaw–Modlin,[44] Wrocław[citation needed]
Seasonal: East Midlands,[29] Edinburgh,[citation needed] Fès,[citation needed] Hahn,[29] Lamezia Terme,[citation needed] Malta,[29] Menorca,[29] Pescara,[45] Stockholm–Arlanda[citation needed]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen[citation needed]
Smartwings Prague[citation needed]
Swiss International Air Lines Geneva,[citation needed] Zürich[citation needed]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon[citation needed]
Transavia Amsterdam,[46] Eindhoven,[47] Maastricht/Aachen,[48] Paris–Orly,[49] Rotterdam/The Hague,[46] Weeze[48]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[citation needed]
United Airlines Seasonal: Newark (begins 3 June 2027)[50]
Volotea Algiers (begins 28 November 2026),[51] Asturias,[52] Bilbao,[53] Bordeaux,[citation needed] Lille,[54] Lyon[55]
Seasonal: Florence (begins 22 September 2026),[56] Santander[57]
Vueling Amsterdam,[citation needed] Bilbao,[citation needed] Brussels,[citation needed] Gran Canaria,[citation needed] Ibiza,[citation needed] London–Gatwick,[citation needed] Palma de Mallorca,[citation needed] Paris–Orly,[citation needed] Rome–Fiumicino,[citation needed] Santiago de Compostela (resumes 15 September 2026),[58] Seville,[citation needed] Tenerife–North[citation needed]
Wizz Air Asturias (begins 2 November 2026),[59] Bilbao (begins 14 December 2026),[60] Brașov (begins 3 November 2026),[60] Bucharest–Otopeni,[61] Budapest,[62] Catania (begins 14 December 2026),[63] Cluj-Napoca,[64] Iași,[65] Kraków,[66][67] London–Gatwick,[68] London–Luton,[69] Milan–Malpensa,[70][71] Naples (begins 14 December 2026),[72] Palma de Mallorca (begins 14 December 2026),[60] Rome–Fiumicino,[73] Santander (begins 3 November 2026),[60] Santiago de Compostela (begins 2 November 2026),[60] Sofia,[74] Timişoara,[75] Tirana,[76] Turin (begins 15 September 2026),[77] Venice,[78] Warsaw–Chopin[79]
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Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
Swiftair[80] Ibiza, Madrid
UPS Airlines[81] Cologne/Bonn
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Statistics

PassengersYear2,000,0004,000,0006,000,0008,000,00010,000,00012,000,000200020052010201520202025PassengersAnnual passenger traffic

Busiest routes

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Busiest European routes from VLC (2025)
Rank Destination Passengers Change 2024/25
1 Amsterdam 559.245 Increase 15,9%
2 Rome–Fiumicino 523.487 Increase 20,1%
3 Paris–Orly 418.180 Increase 2,7%
4 Milan-Malpensa 294.226 Increase 80,7%
5 Bergamo 287.976 Increase 14,3%
6 Frankfurt 285.282 Increase 12,7%
7 London-Gatwick 279.963 Decrease -3,6%
8 Eindhoven 258.292 Increase 1,9%
9 London–Stansted 250.362 Increase 17,0%
10 Zurich 229.558 Decrease -11,7%
11 Paris-Charles de Gaulle 228.399 Increase 32,7%
12 Istanbul 227.313 Increase 8,7%
13 Brussels 210.085 Decrease -4,5%
14 Bologna 193.825 Increase 5,8%
15 Lisbon 188.024 Increase 4,5%
16 Porto 175.370 Increase 38,3%
17 Vienna 173.837 Increase 8,7%
18 Budapest 171.083 Increase 56,7%
19 Kraków 158.028 Increase 55,5%
20 Charleroi 142.060 Increase 14,7%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[82]
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Busiest intercontinental routes from VLC (2025)
Rank Destination Passengers Change 2024/25
1 Marrakech 123.448 Increase 39,9%
2 Tangier 84.446 Increase 73,2%
3 Fez 42.301 Increase 69,0%
4 Casablanca 33.342 Increase 21,5%
5 Agadir 17.141 Decrease -30,4%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[82]
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Busiest domestic routes from VLC (2025)
Rank Destination Passengers Change 2024/25
1 Palma de Mallorca 663.015 Decrease -7,7%
2 Madrid 382.101 Increase 0,7%
3 Ibiza 318.577 Decrease -8,7%
4 Seville 286.882 Decrease -2,4%
5 Bilbao 204.625 Increase 2,2%
6 Málaga 202.120 Increase 22,3%
7 Tenerife-North 184.234 Increase 9,8%
8 Gran Canaria 162.406 Increase 41,2%
9 Santiago de Compostela 149.771 Decrease -9,3%
10 Menorca 104.361 Increase 0,5%
11 Asturias 96.004 Increase 32,0%
12 Tenerife-South 48.913 Increase 0,1%
13 Lanzarote 47.287 Increase 5,5%
14 Santander 38.517 Increase 8,3%
15 Barcelona 31.600 Increase 5,0%
16 A Coruña 29.603 Decrease -2,6%
17 Vigo 9.854 Increase 94,1%
18 San Sebastián 3.203 Decrease -85,2%
19 Badajoz 1.736 Increase 29,2%
20 León 1.482 Increase 798,2%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[82]
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Ground transport

Road

Valencia airport is situated adjacent to the Autovía A-3 highway which connects Valencia with Madrid and is also close to the Autovía A-7 coastal route to Barcelona. It is connected to the city of Valencia by a regular bus line operated by Fernanbus which takes between 30 and 35 minutes[83] and passes through Mislata, Quart de Poblet and Manises.[citation needed]

Rail

The metro network Metrovalencia with lines 3 and 5 on the airport station connects the airport to the city centre (15 minutes), the main railway station of the city Estació del Nord (20 minutes) and the port of Valencia (30 minutes).[citation needed]

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