Salamanca airport forms part of the Matacan public civilian air station. It is situated fifteen kilometres to the east of the city, falling within the municipal districts of Machacon, Calvarrasa de Abajo and Villagonzalo de Tormes.

The passenger terminal, inaugurated in 2005, is a two-storey building. The ground floor has a departures area, a check-in area with four desks, a cafeteria and a boarding area, as well as an arrivals area and a baggage reclaim carousel. The second floor houses the secretariat, management and administration offices and the operations room.

Salamanca Airport mainly handles domestic flights, although international traffic is expected to increase in coming years.

In 2005, the airport handled 23,456 passengers, 8,930 flight operations and 2.4 tonnes of cargo

History

The origins of the airport date back to the Civil War, when a new airdrome had to be built in Salamanca. Thus, on 15 October 1936, lieutenant colonel Lecea accompanied the soldier Luis Hernández to visit land located at the spot known as Mata-can, in the town of Encinas de Abajo. The land was considered to be ideal as an airfield.

In the summer of 1937, the airline Iberia was reactivated and fixed its base at Salamanca, at the request of General Kindelán. The first route was inaugurated on 16 August with the Tetuán-Vitoria service, using Junkers Ju-52 on loan from Lufthansa. On 1 May 1939, Iberia's equipment and facilities were transferred to Madrid-Barajas.

On 16 July 1940, the plenary of Salamanca City Hall ceded the land of Matacán to the Air Force, on the condition that it could also be used for civil air traffic. Six years later, in July 1946, the airport officially opened to domestic and international tourist traffic and technical stopovers for commercial traffic.

At the start of 1953, it was decided that a runway be built in the 04/22 direction with a taxiway.

On 24 May 1974, the National Aeronautics School (ENA) was set up, with a base in Salamanca. The aim of the centre was to train commercial pilots. In the seventies, the little commercial air traffic Salamanca received was dealt with in the military buildings.

In 1990, a new high-precision experimental landing system via MLS microwaves was incorporated.

Finally, in october 2005 the new terminal building begins to work with the arrivals and departures areas, the passengers services zona and all the airport's facilities.

Salamanca Airport - AENA airport

Address:

Ctra. de Madrid Km. 14 37181 Matacán/Salamanca

Telephone: 923 329 600

URL: http://www.aena.es/salamanca

AENA accepts no responsibility for the information posted at this site neither for the possible damages caused for the use of this information.

General Info
Country	Spain
ICAO ID	LESA
Time	UTC+1(+2DT)
Latitude	40.952117 40° 57' 07.62" N
Longitude	-5.501986 005° 30' 07.15" W
Elevation	2595 feet 791 meters
Type	Military
Magnetic Variation	003° W (01/06)
Beacon	Yes
Operating Agency	MILITARY
Alternate Name	MATACAN
Operating Hours	24 HOUR OPERATIONS
Daylight Savings Time	Last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October

Communications
TWR	139.3 118.1
GND	121.85
APP	124.4 121.4 140.1 141.3 257.8

Runways
ID	Dimensions	Surface	PCN	ILS
03/21	8202 x 197 feet 2500 x 60 meters	ASPHALT	-	YES
08/26	6594 x 400 feet 2010 x 122 meters	GRADED OR ROLLED EARTH, GRASS ON GRADED EARTH.	-	NO

Navaids
Type	ID	Name	Channel	Freq	Distance From Field	Bearing From Navaid
TACAN	TSC	SALAMANCA	080X	-	At Field	-
VOR-DME	BBI	SALAMANCA	059X	112.2	4.4 NM	212.1
NDB	SCA	SALAMANCA	-	423	5.4 NM	078.1

Supplies/Equipment
Fuel	Jet A1+, Jet A1 with icing inhibitor. JP-8, SemiKeroscene MIL Spec T-83133, without icing inhibitor 100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)
Oil	O-117, 1100, Reciprocating Engine Oil (MIL L 6082) O-156, MIL L 23699 (Synthetic Base)Turboprop/Turboshaft Engine

Remarks
CSTMS/IMG	Avbl O/R.
FUEL	(NC-100LL, A1, A1+, J8)
JASU	MD-3
MISC	Rwy 08/26 has 1060' conc section at int of Rwy 03/21.
OIL	O-117-125-156
RWY	Rwy 08/26 is for mil use only.

Runway 03/21

8202 x 197 feet
2500 x 60 meters

Runway 08/26

6594 x 400 feet
2010 x 122 meters

Navaids

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Salamanca Airport - AENA airport

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