Teruel Airport Aeropuerto de Teruel | |||||||||||
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.jpg) Panoramic view of Teruel Airport in 2016, seen from the East | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Maintenance /Storage | ||||||||||
| Location | Teruel,Teruel (province),Spain | ||||||||||
| Opened | February 28, 2013 (2013-02-28) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,367 ft / 1,026 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°24′43″N01°13′3″W / 40.41194°N 1.21750°W /40.41194; -1.21750 | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Teruel Airport (IATA:TEV,ICAO:LETL) is anairport nearTeruel in theTeruel Province ofSpain. Known under the commercial name Plataforma Aeroportuaria-Teruel (PLATA), it was certified for public use by theSpanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency (AESA) on 5 February 2013, after being repurposed from an original military airbase. Permission for air operations was granted by the AESA on 28 February 2013.[1]
The airport serves as anaircraft maintenance andaircraft storage facility for theTarmac Aerosave [fr] company, and has no passenger traffic.[citation needed]
The airport includes a main building with acontrol tower as well as a basicterminal, but is not equipped to handle passenger traffic. Anaircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) station is located next to the terminal. Also on site are three main maintenance and part-removal hangars (the original one forBoeing 747s and the newest forAirbus A340s). PLATA is owned by a consortium formed by theGovernment of Aragon andTeruel City Council, and does not belong toAena Group, the Spanish airports management company.[2]
The dry climate makes the airport suitable for long-term aircraft storage, with capacity for 250 aircraft. During theCOVID-19 pandemic, approximately 100 grounded planes were parked there.[3]
In August 2018, Spanish launch service providerPLD Space signed a concession with the Teruel Airport Consortium for 13,337 m2 of space at the airport to testlaunch vehicle technology. The agreement covered 25 years, with an optional 10-year extension. PLD Space was to invest€1M in infrastructure for the construction of a newcontrol room, offices, access paths, arocket engine maintenance hangar and a newtest bench to test itsMiura 1 rocket. Over the previous three years, testing had been conducted at the airport on a short-term contract basis.[4]
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