Badajoz Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de Badajoz) is an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

located east of

Badajoz Badajoz (; formerly written ''Badajos'' in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The populatio ...

, a city in

Extremadura Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it ...

, Spain, and west of Mérida, Spain, the capital of the same Autonomous Community. The airport is connected with both cities by the

Autovía A-5 The Autovía A-5 (also called ''Autovía del Suroeste'') is a Spanish autovía which starts in Madrid and ends at the Portugal–Spain border, near Badajoz, where it connects to the Portuguese A6 motorway. It is one of the six radial autovías ...

motorway. The airport shares its runway and

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with the Talavera la Real Air Base ( es, Base Aérea de Talavera la Real), an

air base An air base (sometimes referred to as a military air base, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base) is an aerodrome used as a military base by a military force for the operation ...

of the

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, named for the nearby municipality of Talavera la Real.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Badajoz Airport:

Statistics

References

External links

Official website
* * Airports in Extremadura Buildings and structures in Badajoz Airports established in 1951 {{Spain-airport-stub