Santiago de Compostela
15820 A Coruña
Airport Code: SCQ
Tel (+34) 902 404 704

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Santiago de Compostela Airport - SCQ



Santiago Airport Overview

This airport serves the City of Santiago de Compostela and is also used by people travelling to A Coruna which is 75 kms away. Santiago de Compostela Airport is situated 10 kilometres north east of the city centre on the N-547 road to Lugo.

It is located in Lavacolla which is a town on the outskirts of Galicia's capital city, Santiago de Compostela. The Christian pilgrimage route of the Way of St. James (El Camino de Santiago) passes by the airport.

Access to the airport is via the national motorway N-547, which links Santiago de Compostela with Lugo. The turning is thirteen kilometres to the east of the city. It can also be accessed via the dual carriageway that links the Santiago ring road to the national motorway N-547.

The taxi rank is on the road leading to arrivals and can be reached from floor P0 of the New Terminal Building. For further information telephone +34 981 591 575.

The renovation and modernisation of Santiago Airport at a cost €230 million is now complete with the new terminal building open. Santiago de la Compostela Airport has tripled in size with a new building for cargo and shipping, as well as a new car park and access roads. The aircraft parking apron has been extended and a new power plant installed. The airport will now be able to accommodate around 4 million passengers a year.

The Y shape dock houses the boarding area, as well as shopping and catering areas.

In 2011 Santiago Airport recorded 2,464,431 passengers and handled 22,317 flight operations.

If you are travelling here and cannot get a direct flight from your departure airport then it is better to head for Madrid and change flights.


Santiago Airport Weather

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Thu, 03 May 2012 08:05:59
New flights from Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Malaga and Santiago Airports
A number of new routes from Spanish airports have been launched over the high summer season. All the flights below have started operating over the…
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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:42:33
Budget Airline Iberia Express Launched
Iberia Express is the Spanish airlines new subsidiary for short and medium-haul flights. It started scheduled flights last Sunday with four A320s…
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Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:24:23
Update on new terminal at Santiago Airport
The new terminal at Santiago Airport has now opened and is operating normally following  nine tests involving over 300 passengers…
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