Lanzarote Airport

César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport[3] (IATA: ACE, ICAO:

César Manrique-Lanzarote
GCRR) (Spanish: Aeropuerto de César Manrique-Lanzarote),
commonly known as Lanzarote Airport and also known as Airport
Arrecife Airport, is the airport serving the island of Lanzarote in Aeropuerto de César
the Canary Islands. The airport is located in San Bartolomé, Manrique-Lanzarote
Las Palmas, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of the island's
capital, Arrecife.[1] It handles flights to many European
airports, with hundreds of thousands of tourists each year, as
well as internal flights to other Spanish airports. It handled
7,327,019 passengers in 2018.

Contents
History
Early years
Development since the 1990s
Airlines and destinations
Ground transportation IATA: ACE · ICAO: GCRR

Statistics Summary

See also Airport type Public

References Owner ENAIRE

External links Operator Aena

Serves Lanzarote
Location San Bartolomé, Las
History Palmas
Elevation AMSL 14 m / 47 ft
Early years Coordinates 28°56′44″N
13°36′19″W
In the 1930s a need for an aerodrome on the island became
Website aena.es (http://www.
evident when connections were required with the other islands
and the mainland, as well as a refuelling point for aircraft. aena.es/en/lanzarot
Subsequently, an airfield was built at Llanos de Guacimeta. e-airport/index.html)
The first aircraft to land at the airport was a Junkers Ju 52 EC- Map
DAM on 24 July 1941. The Spanish Air Force then saw a
need for a permanent aerodrome for defence purposes, and this ACE
was constructed in Arrecife. In 1946 the airport provisionally
accepted civil traffic. Improvements were carried out to the
existing facilities, with a runway extension and additional ramp
space provided.[4]
A new passenger terminal was constructed along with a control Location in the Canary Islands
centre, and on 3 March 1970 international and domestic flights
began using the airport. A centrepiece of the Gaucimeta
terminal was the mural created by Caesar Manrique entitled
Lanzarote.[4]

Development since the 1990s

The growing use of the airport called for the need of improved
facilities. DME, ILS and VOR facilities were installed for ACE
Runway 03/21 along with additional holding points. New
runway lighting and a fire station were also commissioned. In
1999 a new passenger terminal opened (Terminal 1), with a
capacity of 6 million passengers per annum. Since then, the
ACE (Lanzarote)
original passenger terminal has been revamped and is now used
for inter-island flights (Terminal 2).[4]

In 2002, in response to interest from both tourists and local

people about the island's aviation heritage, Aena decided to use
the Guacimeta passenger terminal as an aviation museum. The
museum provides a comprehensive and detailed insight into the
history of aviation on the island. There are a number of audio-
visual presentations.[4]
ACE
As a tribute to the legacy left behind by local artist César
Manrique, the airport's official name was changed in 2019,
ACE (Spain, Canary Islands)
coinciding with the centenary of the artist's birth.[5]
Runways

Airlines and destinations Direction Length Surface

m ft
03/21 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 7,292,720
Passenger change 18-19 0.5%
Aircraft movements 60,524
Movements change 18-19 0.7%
Cargo (t) 1,345
Sources: Spanish AIP;[1] AENA
Passenger Traffic[2]
 Airlines Destinations
Cork (resumes 14 December
Aer Lingus
2021),[6] Dublin

Air Europa Bilbao, Gran Canaria,[7] Madrid

Austrian Airlines Vienna

Binter Canarias Gran Canaria, La Palma,[8]

Tenerife–North
The first passenger terminal (1946-
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[9] 1970). Now Aeronautical Museum.

Canaryfly Gran Canaria, Tenerife–North

Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg,
Condor
Munich

Seasonal: Hannover,[10]
Corendon Airlines
Nuremberg[11]
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam

Basel/Mulhouse, Bordeaux,[12]
Bristol, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Lanzarote Airport seen from the
London–Gatwick, London–Luton, cockpit of an aircraft on approach
easyJet Lyon,[13] Manchester, Milan–
Malpensa[14]
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Belfast–
International, Hamburg
Edelweiss Air Zürich
Seasonal charter: Warsaw–
Enter Air
Chopin[15]
Eurowings Düsseldorf

Eurowings Discover[16] Frankfurt Terminal concourse

Iberia Express Madrid

Iberia Regional Seville, Valencia
Belfast–International,
Birmingham, Bristol,[17] East
Jet2.com Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Leeds/Bradford, London–
Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle
upon Tyne
Luxair Luxembourg
Neos Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa

Seasonal charter: Bergen,[18]

Norwegian Air Shuttle
Oslo,[18]
Ryanair Barcelona, Bergamo, Berlin,
Birmingham, Bratislava, Bristol,
 Charleroi, Cork (resumes 4
December 2021),[19] Dublin, East
Midlands, Edinburgh, Frankfurt,
Lisbon, London–Stansted, Madrid,
Manchester, Naples, Newcastle
upon Tyne (begins 28 March
2022), Santiago de Compostela,
Seville, Shannon, Treviso
Seasonal: Alicante, Bologna,
Glasgow–Prestwick,
Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool,
London–Luton, Marseille, Rome–
Fiumicino, Turin, Weeze

Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Oslo[20]

Prague
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Katowice,[21]
Warsaw–Chopin[15]
Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Paris–
Transavia Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague
Seasonal: Groningen
Birmingham, Bournemouth,
Bristol, Cardiff,
Doncaster/Sheffield, East
Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter,
Glasgow, London–Gatwick,
London–Luton, London–Stansted,
Manchester, Newcastle upon
TUI Airways Tyne
Seasonal: Belfast–International
Seasonal charter: Cork (begins
22 May 2022),[22] Dublin
(resumes 5 May 2022),[22]
Shannon (resumes 12 May
2022)[22]
TUI fly Belgium Brussels
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover,
TUI fly Deutschland
Munich, Stuttgart
Amsterdam, Eindhoven
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Rotterdam/The
Hague[23]
Seasonal charter: Dublin (begins
23 December 2021),[22]
TUI fly Nordic
Gothenburg-Landvetter,[24]
Stockholm–Arlanda,[24]
Asturias
Seasonal: Bordeaux, Lyon,
Volotea[25]
Marseille, Nantes, Strasbourg,
Toulouse
Vueling Alicante,[26] Asturias, Barcelona,
 Bilbao, Málaga, Paris–Orly,
Santiago de Compostela, Seville,
Valencia, Zurich
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Palma de
Mallorca[27]
Doncaster/Sheffield, London–
Gatwick,[28] Milan–Malpensa,
Wizz Air Rome–Fiumicino, Wrocław
(begins 22 December 2021)[29]
Seasonal: Cardiff[30]

Ground transportation
There are four bus lines connecting Lanzarote Airport with the rest of the island. The airport is connected
via bus lines 22 and 23 to the city of Arrecife, and via lines 161 and 261 to Playa Blanca and Puerto del
Carmen.[31]

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 Aircraft Cargo
Year Passengers
movements (tonnes)
2000 5,002,551 44,814 6,403
2001 5,079,790 43,368 7,134
2002 5,123,574 45,050 7,201
2003 5,383,426 47,667 7,492

2004[32] 5,517,136 48,446 7,996

2005[33] 5,467,499 47,158 6,629

2006 5,626,087 50,172 6,113

2007 5,625,580 52,968 5,784
2008 5,438,178 53,375 5,429
2009 4,701,669 42,915 4,146
2010 4,938,632 46,668 3,787
2011 5,543,744 49,675 2,873
2012 5,168,775 44,787 2,108
2013 5,334,599 44,259 2,081
2014 5,883,039 49,575 2,050
2015 6,128,971 50,448 1,805
2016 6,684,564 54,632 1,776
2017 7,388,964 59,477 1,824

2018[34] 7,327,019 60,955 1,606

2019[35] 7,292,720 60,524 1,346

2020[36] 2,538,338 30,056 583

Source: Aena Statistics[2]

See also
List of airports in Spain

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External links
Media related to Lanzarote Airport at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (https://www.aena.es/es/cesar-manrique-lanzarote.html) (in English and

Spanish)

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