SCQ

Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport

ICAO LEST42.8963°N 8.4151°W370 m / 1,213 ftLarge airport
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Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (IATA: SCQ, ICAO: LEST) is a large airport in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. It opened in 1937. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ENAIRE. In 2025 it handled 3.1 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1937–1937
1937
OpenedSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal abandonadaTerminal do Aeroporto de Santiago
17/35166° / 346° · LIT
LENGTH3,200 m10,499 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
2.1M
2.3M
2.5M
2.6M
2.7M
2.9M
930K
1.6M
3.2M
3.5M
3.6M
3.1M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

38 destinations · 12 countries
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miBIO · Bilbao Airport · 449 km / 279 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 483 km / 300 miZAZ · Zaragoza Airport · 622 km / 386 miSVQ · Seville Airport · 646 km / 401 miGRX · F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport · 747 km / 464 miVLC · Valencia Airport · 764 km / 475 miAGP · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · 768 km / 477 miALC · Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · 838 km / 521 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 883 km / 549 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 1,003 km / 623 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 1,056 km / 656 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 1,108 km / 688 miLHR · London Heathrow Airport · 1,126 km / 700 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 1,191 km / 740 miGVA · Geneva International Airport · 1,207 km / 750 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 1,321 km / 821 miBSL · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · 1,350 km / 839 miMXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport · 1,396 km / 867 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 1,419 km / 882 miACE · César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport · 1,619 km / 1,006 miVCE · Venice Marco Polo Airport · 1,676 km / 1,041 miMUC · Munich Airport · 1,678 km / 1,043 miFUE · Fuerteventura Airport · 1,679 km / 1,043 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 1,698 km / 1,055 miTFN · Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport · 1,753 km / 1,089 miLPA · Gran Canaria Airport · 1,778 km / 1,105 miTFS · Tenerife Sur Airport · 1,807 km / 1,123 miPRG · Václav Havel Airport Prague · 1,902 km / 1,182 miWMI · Warsaw Modlin Airport · 2,400 km / 1,491 miXRY · Jerez Airport · 713 km / 443 miIBZ · Ibiza Airport · 936 km / 582 miMLN · Melilla Airport · 969 km / 602 miORK · Cork International Airport · 995 km / 618 miDUB · Dublin Airport · 1,182 km / 734 miRAK · Marrakesh Menara Airport · 1,256 km / 780 miCRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · 1,290 km / 802 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 1,435 km / 892 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 1,518 km / 943 miWMIPRGTFSFCOFUEMUCVCEFRAAMSZRHMXPBRURAKGVASTNDUBORYPMIORKMLNBCNALCAGPVLCZAZMADBIOLPALGWIBZGRXXRYSVQTFNACEBSLCRLLHRSCQ
Year-round29
BIOBilbao AirportSpain · Iberia, Wizz Air449 km279 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia, Wizz Air483 km300 miZAZZaragoza AirportSpain · :es:Fly2Galicia, Wizz Air622 km386 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · Vueling646 km401 miGRXF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén AirportSpain · :es:Fly2Galicia747 km464 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Wizz Air, Vueling764 km475 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Wizz Air, Vueling768 km477 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · :es:Fly2Galicia838 km521 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling883 km549 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Vueling1,003 km623 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Vueling1,056 km656 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Vueling1,108 km688 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Vueling1,126 km700 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,191 km740 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet1,207 km750 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · :es:Fly2Galicia1,321 km821 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet1,350 km839 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · :es:Fly2Galicia1,396 km867 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Vueling1,419 km882 miACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Ryanair, Vueling1,619 km1,006 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · :es:Fly2Galicia1,676 km1,041 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · :es:Fly2Galicia1,678 km1,043 miFUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Wizz Air, Vueling1,679 km1,043 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,698 km1,055 miTFNTenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportSpain · Wizz Air, Vueling1,753 km1,089 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Wizz Air, Vueling1,778 km1,105 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Ryanair1,807 km1,123 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · :es:Fly2Galicia1,902 km1,182 miWMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Wizz Air2,400 km1,491 mi
Most destinationsVueling 18Wizz Air 10:es:Fly2Galicia 8Ryanair 8Iberia 3easyJet 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SCQ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#452of 3,974 · #127 Europe · #16 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 ESElevation370 m1,213 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=14,833of 43,341 · #1,179 Europe · #178 ESAgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =404 Europe · =19 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
APPAPP118.200
GNDGND121.700
TWRTWR118.750