Melilla Airport

Melilla Airport Aeropuerto de Melilla
IATA: MLN ICAO: GEML
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Aena
Serves	Melilla
Location	Melilla, Spain
Opened	1969
Built	31 July 1969. (55 years)
Elevation AMSL	48 m / 156 ft
Coordinates	35°16′47″N 02°57′23″W / 35.27972°N 2.95639°W / 35.27972; -2.95639
Website	aena-aeropuertos.es
Map
MLN Location of airport in Spain
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/33 1,433 4,701 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 501,069 Passengers change 22–23 12.0% Movements 10,755 Cargo (tonnes) 25 Source: Spanish AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] and Melilla Airport Statistics, Aena[2]

Melilla Airport (IATA: MLN, ICAO: GEML) is an airport located in Melilla, an exclave of Spain in Africa. The airport is located about 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of the city, near the border with Morocco. Between 1931 and 1967 Melilla was served by the Tauima Aerodrome (now the Nador International Airport), even when Morocco had gained its independence in 1956. This Spanish controlled airport did not open until 1969. It has the capacity to move up to 500,000 passengers and the annual average number of passengers is around 400,000.^[3]