Murcia-San Javier Airport in Spain to expand in 2009

September 18, 2008

San Javier airport will have its second runway working by March 2009, the government’s representative in Murcia, Rafael González, announced on Monday. Civil flights are only allowed to land and take off from 15.00 as the control tower and the landing strip are used during the morning by the Spanish air force. “The second landing strip will be working full time before the high summer season,” he promised. “Civil flights will be available in the mornings as well, as each landing strip will be used for different purposes – civil flights and military flights.” The new runway will be used by the air force whilst the old one will be used for civil flights. Additional work had to be carried out in the airport to meet the international safety requirements, with the tanks of fuel having to be placed in a different area. A spokesman for AENA – the public company which runs Spanish airports – told CB News in April the new equipment of the control tower was being installed and several tests still had to be carried out. At the moment 23 international flights and five domestic flights are available from San Javier. Sr González said plans to extend the airport’s facilities had been presented and they would be carried out if demand kept on increasing. Nearly two million passengers – 85% of them British – used San Javier airport last year. However he added: “San Javier airport and Corvera airport are needed in the Murcia region. “They can work together and coordinate the traffic of passengers and freight goods.” For an extensive choice of new and off plan property for sale in Spain on the Costa Blanca and Costa Calida, visit the Novocasa website.