SDR

Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport

ICAO LEXJ43.4271°N 3.8200°W5 m / 16 ftMedium airport
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Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (IATA: SDR, ICAO: LEXJ) is a medium airport in Santander, Cantabria, Spain. It opened on 25 Sep 1953. It has one runway, 2,320 m (7,612 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ENAIRE. In 2025 it handled 1.1 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1953–1953
25 SEP 1953
OpenedSeve Ballesteros-Santander Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal de Pasajeros del Aeropuerto Seve Ballesteros-Santander
11/29110° / 290° · LIT
LENGTH2,320 m7,612 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
815K
874K
777K
935K
1.1M
1.2M
335K
502K
1.1M
1.2M
1.1M
1.1M
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Routes

27 destinations · 10 countries
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 327 km / 203 miVLC · Valencia Airport · 519 km / 322 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 539 km / 335 miSVQ · Seville Airport · 691 km / 429 miGRX · F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport · 694 km / 431 miAGP · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · 753 km / 468 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 758 km / 471 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 988 km / 614 miCRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · 1,002 km / 623 miMXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport · 1,023 km / 636 miDUB · Dublin Airport · 1,126 km / 700 miRAK · Marrakesh Menara Airport · 1,366 km / 849 miEDI · Edinburgh Airport · 1,393 km / 866 miOTP · Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · 2,383 km / 1,481 miVGO · Vigo Airport · 414 km / 257 miALC · Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · 634 km / 394 miIBZ · Ibiza Airport · 667 km / 414 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 695 km / 432 miLEI · Almería Airport · 742 km / 461 miXRY · Jerez Airport · 767 km / 477 miMAH · Menorca Airport · 776 km / 482 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 1,015 km / 631 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 1,109 km / 689 miBLQ · Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · 1,213 km / 754 miTSF · Treviso Airport · 1,291 km / 802 miTIA · Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa · 1,939 km / 1,205 miSOF · Sofia Airport · 2,204 km / 1,370 miOTPSOFTIAEDIRAKTSFBLQDUBMANMXPCRLSTNMAHXRYORYLEIIBZBCNVGOMADBHXAGPPMIGRXSVQALCVLCSDR
Year-round14
MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia, Volotea327 km203 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Volotea, Wizz Air519 km322 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling539 km335 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · Volotea691 km429 miGRXF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén AirportSpain · Volotea694 km431 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Volotea753 km468 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Vueling758 km471 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair988 km614 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair1,002 km623 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,023 km636 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair1,126 km700 miRAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Ryanair1,366 km849 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,393 km866 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Wizz Air2,383 km1,481 mi
Most destinationsRyanair 9Volotea 6Wizz Air 5Vueling 5Iberia 4

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SDR. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Santander Airport” (revision of 16 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#794of 3,974 · #196 Europe · #24 ESLongest runway2,320 m7,612 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,009of 29,823 · =581 Europe · =38 ESElevation5 m16 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,667of 43,341 · =5,617 Europe · =295 ESAgeOpened 19532026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,935of 15,079 · =792 Europe · =29 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
APPAPP118.375
GNDGND121.700
TWRTWR118.100