Bilbao Airport

ICAO LEBB43.3011°N 2.9106°W42 m / 138 ftLarge airport

Bilbao Airport (IATA: BIO, ICAO: LEBB) is a large airport in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It opened in 1955. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,600 m (8,530 ft). It is operated by Aena. In 2025 it handled 7.1 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1955–2001

1955

OpenedBilbao Airport opens.

07 FEB 2001

DisasterIberia Airlines Flight 1456.No deaths

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

12/30117° / 297° · LIT

LENGTH2,600 m8,530 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

10/28097° / 277° · LIT

LENGTH1,910 m6,266 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

4.0M

4.3M

4.6M

5.0M

5.5M

5.9M

1.7M

2.6M

5.1M

6.3M

6.8M

7.1M

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Routes

73 destinations · 23 countries

Year-round54

MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia, Air Europa317 km197 mi SCQSantiago-Rosalía de Castro AirportSpain · Wizz Air449 km279 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling467 km290 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · Volotea, Wizz Air, Vueling470 km292 mi OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Volotea, Vueling527 km327 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Volotea, Vueling592 km368 mi IBZIbiza AirportSpain · Vueling609 km378 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Air Europa, Vueling629 km391 mi GRXF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén AirportSpain · Vueling684 km425 mi SVQSeville AirportSpain · Volotea, Vueling701 km436 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal, Vueling724 km450 mi ORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Vueling728 km452 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Volotea, Wizz Air, Vueling749 km465 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France761 km473 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet783 km487 mi TRNTurin AirportItaly · Wizz Air, Vueling867 km539 mi TNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Air Arabia880 km547 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Vueling896 km557 mi BRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet899 km559 mi LHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Vueling927 km576 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet943 km586 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · easyJet, Vueling958 km595 mi LTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air972 km604 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air1,006 km625 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines, Vueling1,013 km629 mi STRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings1,110 km690 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,118 km695 mi FLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · Volotea1,137 km706 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings1,148 km713 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa1,149 km714 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM1,153 km716 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus1,153 km716 mi CMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc1,177 km731 mi VCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Volotea, Wizz Air, Vueling1,235 km767 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Volotea, Wizz Air, Vueling1,251 km777 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa1,267 km787 mi RAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Vueling1,376 km855 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Vueling1,407 km874 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Wizz Air, Vueling1,442 km896 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings, Vueling1,507 km936 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Eurowings1,580 km982 mi WROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,721 km1,069 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Wizz Air1,785 km1,109 mi ACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Air Europa, Vueling1,859 km1,155 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,878 km1,167 mi FUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Vueling1,920 km1,193 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Wizz Air2,026 km1,259 mi TFNTenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportSpain · Air Europa, Vueling2,038 km1,266 mi LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Volotea, Vueling2,042 km1,269 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Volotea2,092 km1,300 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines2,597 km1,614 mi SAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines2,655 km1,650 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo3,744 km2,326 mi LXRLuxor International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo3,766 km2,340 mi

Seasonal24

Seasonal charter2

PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Iberia629 km391 mi MAHMenorca AirportSpain · Iberia705 km438 mi

Most destinationsVueling 32Volotea 19Wizz Air 12easyJet 5Iberia 4Air Europa 4

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

Records & rankings

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

Passengers7.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#279of 3,974 · #80 Europe · #13 ES Longest runway2,600 m8,530 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,041of 29,823 · =320 Europe · #29 ES Elevation42 m138 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,602of 43,341 · =4,684 Europe · #266 ES AgeOpened 19552026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,103of 15,079 · =839 Europe · =34 ES Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =3 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

APPAPP120.700

ATISATIS118.825

GNDGND121.700

TWRTWR118.500