Alicante Airport (ALC)

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The airport of Alicante-Elche is located 9 kilometers southwest of the capital, in the municipality of Elche, in one of the most dynamic areas and with the greatest business and economic projection of the Mediterranean coast. The vital importance of tourism is reflected in the percentage of passengers on international flights, around ninety percent of the total. The United Kingdom, Germany, Holland and Norway are the countries that provide the most passengers. Likewise, the regular national traffic has been increasing in recent years. Barcelona, ​​Madrid and Mallorca are the three most popular destinations. In 2018, the Alicante-Elche airport registered a traffic of 13,981,320 passengers, 96,734 operations and 4,013 tons of cargo. The Alicante-Elche airport, with a traffic of more than 12 million passengers, is one of the main tourist entries in the peninsula. Other airports in the Aena network exceed 10 million: Palma de Mallorca, Malaga-Costa del Sol, Gran Canaria and Tenerife Sur. The two largest, Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez and Barcelona-El Prat, occupy the fifth and sixth place in the ranking of the EU.