Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport

ICAO LEAL38.2822°N 0.5582°W43 m / 142 ftLarge airport

Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (IATA: ALC, ICAO: LEAL) is a large airport in Alicante, Valencia (community), Spain. It opened on 4 May 1967. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,842 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ENAIRE. In 2025 it handled 19.9 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1967–1967

04 MAY 1967

OpenedAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport opens.

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Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

10/28100° / 280° · LIT

LENGTH3,000 m9,842 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

10.1M

10.6M

12.3M

13.7M

13.9M

15.0M

3.7M

5.8M

13.2M

15.7M

18.4M

19.9M

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Routes

126 destinations · 31 countries

Year-round113

Seasonal29

MAHMenorca AirportSpain · Ryanair448 km278 mi BODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · Volotea728 km452 mi SCQSantiago-Rosalía de Castro AirportSpain · Ryanair838 km521 mi LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea950 km590 mi NTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea990 km615 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways1,157 km719 mi FDHBodensee Airport FriedrichshafenGermany · Ryanair1,325 km823 mi SCNSaarbrücken AirportGermany · Ryanair1,361 km846 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Volotea1,372 km853 mi BOHBournemouth AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,393 km866 mi LILLille AirportFrance · easyJet1,396 km867 mi STRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings1,398 km869 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,431 km889 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,497 km930 mi LTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,511 km939 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,512 km940 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings1,524 km947 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · easyJet1,613 km1,002 mi KIRKerry AirportIreland · Ryanair1,694 km1,053 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines1,760 km1,094 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · easyJet1,761 km1,094 mi NOCIreland West Airport KnockIreland · Ryanair1,848 km1,148 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings1,887 km1,173 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · easyJet2,138 km1,328 mi AARAarhus AirportDenmark · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,168 km1,347 mi AALAalborg AirportDenmark · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,226 km1,383 mi SVGStavanger Airport, SolaNorway · Scandinavian Airlines2,333 km1,450 mi VXOVäxjö Kronoberg AirportSweden · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,357 km1,465 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,741 km1,703 mi

Most destinationsRyanair 71easyJet 21Norwegian Air Shuttle 18Jet2.com 14Vueling 13Wizz Air 13

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ALC. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport” (revision of 19 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers19.9M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#119of 3,974 · #31 Europe · #5 ES Longest runway3,000 m9,842 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,324of 29,823 · =181 Europe · =20 ES Elevation43 m142 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,487of 43,341 · =4,659 Europe · #264 ES AgeOpened 19672026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,747of 15,079 · =1,049 Europe · =40 ES Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =25 ES

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels

APPAPP118.800

ATISATIS113.800

GNDGND121.700

TWRTWR118.150