# León Airport (LEN / LELN)

**León Airport** (IATA: LEN, ICAO: LELN) is a medium airport in La Virgen del Camino, Castilla y León, Spain. It opened in 1920. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ENAIRE. In 2022 it handled 45 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LEN / LELN
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: ENAIRE
- Serves: La Virgen del Camino, Castilla y León, Spain
- Opened: 1920
- Elevation: 916 m / 3,006 ft
- Coordinates: 42.5907, -5.6534
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 44,941 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Madrid
- Website: http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/leon/en
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q836666
- Weather station: LELN · WMO 08055
- Ident: LELN

## Timeline

- 1920: León Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 046° / 227° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 85,725 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 51,061 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 30,890 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 23,133 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 38,707 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 36,503 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 44,254 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 55,946 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 65,982 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 18,600 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 28,458 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 44,941 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 655 km / 407 mi · Iberia

### Seasonal (5)

- [AGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemg.md) Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · Spain · 665 km / 413 mi · Iberia
- [IBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leib.md) Ibiza Airport · Spain · 722 km / 449 mi · Iberia
- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 780 km / 485 mi · Iberia
- [MAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemh.md) Menorca Airport · Spain · 879 km / 546 mi · Iberia
- [LPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gclp.md) Gran Canaria Airport · Spain · 1,851 km / 1,150 mi · Iberia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- IB [Iberia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iberia) · 6

Former hub of [LagunAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lagunair).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 45K (2022) | #2,128 of 3,974 | #447 in Europe | #38 in ES |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =166 in Europe | =18 in ES |
| Elevation | 916 m / 3,006 ft | =5,460 of 43,403 | #168 in Europe | #37 in ES |
| Age | Opened 1920 | =185 of 15,079 | =147 in Europe | =6 in ES |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =25 in ES |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | Leon Approach | 121.280 |
| TWR | Leon Tower | 122.105 |

## Nearby airports

- [OVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leas.md) Asturias Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [VLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/levd.md) Valladolid Airport · 118 km / 74 mi
- [BGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpbg.md) Bragança Airport · 119 km / 74 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: “León Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=León_Airport&oldid=1367839360), revision of 5 Aug 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/leln/data