Lleida–Alguaire Airport (Catalan: ''Aeroport de Lleida-Alguaire'', Spanish: ''Aeropuerto de Lérida-Alguaire'') is an

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located in Alguaire,

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; about from the centre of

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and about from the centre of

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History

Lleida–Alguaire was designed as a regional airport to provide both passenger and cargo transport to Western Catalonia (the

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region and Catalan Pyrenees),

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and some counties (comarques) in

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. The airport construction project had a budget of 130 million

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and it was the first airport built and owned by the

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, via its public-capital company Aeroports de Catalunya. It is also one of the few Spanish airports not owned by

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. The airport was inaugurated on 17 January 2010.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

The following table shows total passenger numbers at Lleida–Alguaire Airport from 2010 to date.

Ground transportation

Two new highways, the

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s A-14 and A-22, provide road access to the airport.

References

External links

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