LEI

Almería Airport

ICAO LEAM36.8439°N 2.3701°W21 m / 70 ftMedium airport
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Almería Airport (IATA: LEI, ICAO: LEAM) is a medium airport in Almería, Andalucía, Spain. It opened in 1968. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ENAIRE. In 2025 it handled 796 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1968–1968
1968
OpenedAlmería Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
07/25073° / 253° · LIT
LENGTH3,200 m10,499 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
733K
680K
909K
995K
978K
965K
191K
311K
698K
771K
783K
796K
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Routes

22 destinations · 10 countries
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miMLN · Melilla Airport · 182 km / 113 miSVQ · Seville Airport · 319 km / 198 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 419 km / 260 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 626 km / 389 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 1,600 km / 994 miLPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport · 1,834 km / 1,140 miOTP · Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · 2,534 km / 1,575 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 538 km / 334 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 1,376 km / 855 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 1,580 km / 982 miCRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · 1,609 km / 1,000 miBRS · Bristol Airport · 1,617 km / 1,005 miSEN · London Southend Airport · 1,655 km / 1,028 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 1,679 km / 1,043 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 1,685 km / 1,047 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 1,736 km / 1,079 miRTM · Rotterdam The Hague Airport · 1,763 km / 1,095 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 1,835 km / 1,140 miLBA · Leeds Bradford Airport · 1,894 km / 1,177 miPRG · Václav Havel Airport Prague · 1,984 km / 1,233 miBUD · Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · 2,126 km / 1,321 miOPO · Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · 732 km / 455 miOTPBUDPRGLBALPLRTMBHXBRSCRLLGWORYOPOBCNPMIMADSVQMLNSTNLUXMANSENLTNLEI
Seasonal15
PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Iberia538 km334 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Iberia626 km389 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia1,376 km855 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair1,580 km982 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair1,609 km1,000 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet1,617 km1,005 miSENLondon Southend AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,655 km1,028 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,679 km1,043 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,685 km1,047 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,736 km1,079 miRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · Transavia1,763 km1,095 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,835 km1,140 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,894 km1,177 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings1,984 km1,233 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Smartwings2,126 km1,321 mi
Most destinationsIberia 5easyJet 5Jet2.com 5Ryanair 3Transavia 2Smartwings 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LEI. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Almería Airport” (revision of 21 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers796K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#915of 3,974 · #219 Europe · #27 ESLongest runway3,200 m10,499 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=819of 29,823 · =110 Europe · =13 ESElevation21 m70 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,104of 43,341 · =5,092 Europe · #281 ESAgeOpened 19682026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,888of 15,079 · =1,058 Europe · =42 ESRunways11 · 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

3 channels
APPAPP118.350
GNDGND121.700
TWRTWR118.350