Bilbao Airport

Bilbao Airport

Bilboko aireportua (Basque)
Aeropuerto de Bilbao (Spanish)
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAena
LocationBilbao metropolitan area
Focus city for
Built1948
Elevation AMSL42 m / 137 ft
Coordinates43°18′04″N 02°54′38″W / 43.30111°N 2.91056°W / 43.30111; -2.91056
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Map
BIO is located in the Basque Country
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Location of the airport in the Basque Country
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,000 6,562 Asphalt
12/30 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers6,336,441
Passenger change 17-18Increase10.0%
Aircraft Movements49,966
Movements change 17-18Increase6.3%
Cargo (t)1,216
Cargo change 17-18Decrease 37.8%
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[1]
Spanish AIP, AENA[2][3]

Bilbao Airport (IATA: BIO, ICAO: LEBB) is a minor international airport located 9 km (5.6 mi) north[4] of Bilbao, in the municipality of Loiu, in Biscay. It is the largest airport in the Basque Country and northern Spain, with 6,336,441 passengers in 2023. It is famous for its new main terminal opened in 2000 designed by Santiago Calatrava.

  1. ^ AENA passenger statistics and aircraft movements
  2. ^ Spanish AIP (AENA) Archived 13 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Bilbao".
  4. ^ EAD Basic

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