Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport ( ca, Aeroport Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell, es, Aeropuerto Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell; ) is a public airport owned by the

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and hosts general aviation and commercial flights. It is located in the municipality of

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in Catalonia, eastern

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, and serves the city of

la Seu d'Urgell La Seu d'Urgell (; es, Seo de Urgel, formerly in ca, Urgell}) is a town located in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. La Seu d'Urgell is also the capital of the comarca Alt Urgell, head of the judicial district of la Seu d'Urgell and the seat of ...

and the microstate of

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, which is 12 km north of the airport. The airport has a short runway which limits aircraft sizes and the distance to destinations.

History

''La Seu d'Urgell airfield'' opened in 1982 but was closed to commercial traffic in 1984 and was used only by private aircraft until 2008, when the airport was purchased by the Catalan government and closed pending its redevelopment and reopening as a commercial airport. In 2008, the Institut Català del Sòl (a department of the

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) bought 85% of the airport's land to create ''Pirineus–La Seu d'Urgell Airport''. In 2009, a contract was awarded to Acsa Sorigué for the redevelopment work towards reopening the airport. The airport reopened on 4 June 2010. In the first year there was a total of 1,751 flights, with more than 3,000 people on board. An agreement between the Catalan government and the

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, located 12 km away, was reached in 2014 to rename the facility ''Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport'' following financial investment from Andorra. On 8 January 2015, the airport opened as a public airport, and started receiving regular or tourist charter flights during 2015. Eight tourist charter flights per direction were operated by Swiftair during the summer 2015, four from

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, four from Palma de Mallorca. 2015 also saw the arrival of Air Andorra and

Andorra Airlines Andorra Airlines is a Spanish regional airline headquartered in Barcelona and based at Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport, serving the micro state of Andorra. History The airline was founded in 2015 by businessman Jorge Soriano and two partners ...

, with both airlines using the airport as its main hub and offering flights to various airports in Spain and France. French regional airline

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operated flights to the airport during March 2018, with routes from

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and Palma de Mallorca.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport:

References

External links

Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport
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