The privately funded airport cost an estimated 1 billion to build, and is now for sale for 100 million plus payment of the developers debt. Lerl, anteriormente denominado aeropuerto don quijote y aeropuerto madrid surciudad real, es. Madrid airport mad to ciudad real one way to travel. The runway built is 4,000 m long, and may be used by a380 airplanes, with. The ciudad real airport is spains first private international airport, and represents the first comprehensive construction project for an airport of this size ever carried out in spain. Ciudad real central airport is an abandoned airport in the south of ciudad real, near madrid.
The white elephants that dragged spain into the red. Lerl, previously known as don quijote airport and south madrid airport, is an aircraft graveyard, formerly international airport, situated south of ciudad real in spain. The airport was to be the first linked to the spanish highspeed ave rail system, making the trip to. Linea 5 maritimo serreriaaeropuerto maritimo serreriatorrent av. Ciudad real central airport villar del pozo, spain. This airport is in madrid, spain and is 183 km from the center of ciudad real, spain. Ciudad real central airport cqm world airport codes. Nothing highlights the current spanish financial problems like a new and abandoned airport. The white elephants that dragged spain into the red bbc news.
A highcapacity airport ciudad real central airport was built in the city, but closed in 2012. Fifty minutes from madrid on a highspeed rail connection with seville, it was spains first private international airport, and spains last it went bust and closed in april 2012. Find all the transport options for your trip from madrid airport mad to ciudad real right here. The airport of ciudad real opened in 2008 but it closed in april 2012. Ciudad real central airport aeropuerto central ciudad real was built in the tiny town of ciudad real, about an hour south of madrid in a littletraveled stretch of central spain. Don quijote airport or ciudad real central, to give it its official name was conceived in the 1990s as an alternative to madridbarajas. Ciudad real airport, located 235km 146 miles south of madrid, was meant to be an alternative to madrids barajas airport. Ciudad real central is located in spain, using iata code cqm, and icao code lerl.
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