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'''Valencia Airport''' in [[Manises]] {{Airport codes|VLC|LEVC}} is the main airport for business travellers to [[Valencia (city in Spain)|Valencia]] and summer travellers to the [[Costa del Azahar]]. It is situated 9km west of Valencia. The airport has flight connections to about 15 European countries and 6 million passengers passed through the airport in 2007. The airport has one [[Airport terminal|terminal]] and two [[runway|runways]], although the shorter runway 04/22 is not in use and has no [[Instrument Landing System|ILS]] but has a [[helipad]] at the southwestern end.
Valencia airport is situated on the [[Autovía A-3|A3]] highway which connects [[Valencia (city in Spain)|Valencia]] with [[Madrid]], as well as being close to the [[A7 (Spain)|A7]], to Barcelona and into France. It is also well served by public transport. It is connected to Valencia by a regular bus line (MetroBus) which takes 45 minutes, while the shuttle service (Aerobus) to city centre takes only 20 minutes. The [[Valencia Metro (Spain)|metro network]] (lines 3 and 5) also connect the airport to the city center (15 minutes), the Railway Station and the Port (fare: € 1,70, summer 2007).
A new regional terminal, expanded car parking facilities and apron area have been recently constructed in time for the 2007 America's Cup.  The runway has been also lengthened by 700m.
It is the main base of [[Iberia Airlines|Iberia]]’s regional carrier, [[Air Nostrum]] and a focus city for [[Ryanair]].


==Official Spotting Locations==
==Official Spotting Locations==
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== Airlines and destinations ==
== Airlines and destinations ==
In addition to those listed below, there are several charter flights during the summer from various European countries.
*[[Air Berlin]] (Palma de Mallorca)
*[[Air Europa]] (Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Tenerife-South)
*[[Air Nostrum]] (Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Bologna, Casablanca, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Melilla, Menorca, Murcia, Nice [starts July 2008], Palma de Mallorca, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Tenerife-North, Venezia [restarts 26 July], Vigo, Vienna [begins 26 July])
*[[Alitalia]] (Rome-Fiumicino)
*[[Blue Air]] (Arad, Bucharest-Băneasa)
*[[British Airways]] (London-Gatwick) [begins 26 October]
*[[Bulgaria Air]] (Sofia)
*[[Clickair]] (Dubrovnik [begins 1 July], London-Heathrow, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino)
*[[easyJet]] (Bristol, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted)
*[[Flybaboo]] (Geneva)
*[[Iberia Airlines|Iberia]] (Madrid)
*[[Jet2.com]] (Leeds/Bradford)
*[[LagunAir]] (León, Valladolid)
*[[Lufthansa]] (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg)
**operated by [[Lufthansa CityLine]] (Hamburg)
*[[Norwegian  Air Shuttle]] (Oslo-Rygge)
*[[Royal Air Maroc]] (Casablanca)
*[[Ryanair]] (Basel, Billund, Bologna-Forli, Brussels-Charleroi, Dublin, Eindhoven, East Midlands, Frankfurt-Hahn, Karlsruhe-Baden, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Maastricht, Malta-Luqa, Milan-Bergamo, Paris-Beauvais, Pisa, Rome-Ciampino, Porto, Santiago de Compostela, Stockholm-Skavsta, Weeze)
*[[Scandinavian Airlines System]] (Oslo)
*[[Smart Wings]] (Prague)
*[[Spanair]] (Barcelona, Lanzarote, Madrid, Munich, Tenerife-South)
*[[Sterling Airlines]] (Copenhagen)
*[[Swiss International Air Lines]] (Geneva)
*[[TAROM]] (Bucharest-Otopeni)
*[[Transavia]] (Amsterdam)
*[[TUIfly]] (Cologne/Bonn, Hannover, Memmingen, Stuttgart)
*[[Volareweb]] (Milan-Malpensa)
*[[Vueling Airlines]] (Amsterdam, Brussels, Ibiza [begins 30 May], Milan-Malpensa, Sevilla)
*[[Wizz Air]] (Bucharest-Băneasa, Cluj-Napoca, Sofia [begins 12 June])


==Facilities and Transportation==
==Facilities and Transportation==