# Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport (CDT / LECH)

**Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport** (IATA: CDT, ICAO: LECH) is a medium airport in Castellón de la Plana, Valencia (community), Spain. It opened on 10 Dec 2014. It has one runway, 2,700 m (8,858 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by AtkinsRéalis.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lech

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CDT / LECH
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: AtkinsRéalis
- Serves: Castellón de la Plana, Valencia (community), Spain
- Opened: 10 Dec 2014
- Elevation: 360 m / 1,182 ft
- Coordinates: 40.2139, 0.0733
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,700 m / 8,858 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Madrid
- Website: http://www.aeropuerto-castellon.com/home
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell%C3%B3n%E2%80%93Costa_Azahar_Airport (21 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431062
- Weather station: LECH · WMO 08233
- Ident: LECH

## Timeline

- 10 Dec 2014: Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,700 m / 8,858 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 057° / 237° | yes |

## Routes

18 destinations in 10 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 310 km / 193 mi · Iberia
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 1,189 km / 739 mi · Ryanair
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,298 km / 807 mi · Ryanair
- [CLJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrcl.md) Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport · Romania · 2,030 km / 1,261 mi · Wizz Air
- [OTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrop.md) Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · Romania · 2,182 km / 1,356 mi · Wizz Air

### Seasonal (12)

- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 239 km / 149 mi · Iberia
- [BIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebb.md) Bilbao Airport · Spain · 423 km / 263 mi · Volotea
- [OVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leas.md) Asturias Airport · Spain · 628 km / 390 mi · Volotea
- [OPO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppr.md) Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · Portugal · 746 km / 464 mi · Ryanair
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 990 km / 615 mi · Ryanair
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 1,036 km / 644 mi · Wizz Air
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 1,038 km / 645 mi · Ryanair
- [NRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlv.md) Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport · Germany · 1,349 km / 838 mi · Ryanair
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 1,471 km / 914 mi · Ryanair
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 1,694 km / 1,053 mi · Ryanair
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 1,730 km / 1,075 mi · Ryanair
- [KRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkk.md) Kraków John Paul II International Airport · Poland · 1,886 km / 1,172 mi · Ryanair

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 1,622 km / 1,008 mi · Smartwings

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CDT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (5)

- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 10
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 3
- IB [Iberia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iberia) · 2
- V7 [Volotea](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volotea) · 2 · seasonal
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 1 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,700 m / 8,858 ft | =1,894 of 29,858 | =290 in Europe | =26 in ES |
| Elevation | 360 m / 1,182 ft | =15,263 of 43,403 | #1,210 in Europe | #180 in ES |
| Age | Opened 2014 | =13,089 of 15,079 | =1,381 in Europe | =78 in ES |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =25 in ES |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | Castellon Tower | 120.675 |
| APP | Valencia Approach | 120.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [VLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/levc.md) Valencia Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [TEV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/letl.md) Teruel Airport · 112 km / 69 mi
- [REU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lers.md) Reus Airport · 139 km / 86 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Castellón–Costa Azahar Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castellón–Costa_Azahar_Airport&oldid=1366111860), revision of 26 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lech/data