La Gomera Airport

La Gomera Airport (IATA: GMZ, ICAO: GCGM) is a airport locatit near the toun o Playa Santiago on the island o La Gomera in the Canary Islands, 34 km (21 mi) soothwast bi road frae the island's caipital city, San Sebastián de la Gomera. Awtho the runway wis completit in 1994, the terminal did no open till 1999. Wi a 1,500 m × 30 m (4,921 ft × 98 ft) runwey the airport can anerly tak turbo-prop inter-island flichts, no jets frae mainland Europe, an anerly operates durin daylicht. Thare are twa return flichts per day, tae Tenerife North. Awtho 34 km (21 mi) frae the island caipital, the airport wis locatit here tae avoid disturbin the Garajonay Naitional Pairk an avoid the cloudier an foggier climate tae the North o the island, whilst the volcanic terrain gies few suitable steids onywhaur on La Gomera, awtho even this steid required extensive embankments at baith ends o the runway. History Aviation in the island o La Gomera stairtit in the 1950s, when a private airfield wis constructit. Its name wis "El Revolcadero" an it was situated in Tecina. This airfield haed a runwey (09-27), an hangar an a smaw staund which wis uised as control touer. The airfield wis for the awner's private uise an for emergencies an fumigation wirks. In the year 1962, the island haed a lot o sanitar assistance problems, so studies tae build a airport in the island wur stairtit, but this project wis no carriet oot till 1975. Housomeivver, due tae the openin o the Tenerife Sooth Airport an a new maritime line wi the island, the project wis again delayed. Feenally, in the 1980s, problems wi woondit evacuations necessitatit biggin a airport in the island, an on 27 Julie 1987 a greement for the construction o the airport wis signed. At the end o 1997, aw is ready tae begin wi the wirks an, at the end o 1994 the arifield haed a runwey (09-27), a aircraft pairkin an a taxi wey tae the runwey. The electit place tae build the instalations wis the "Meseta de los Acantilados" (Plateau Clints), which is locatit 2 kilometres frae the auld airfield of "El Revolcadero". At the end o 1995, when Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA), leeiterally "Spainyie Airports an Air Navigation", teuk ower the airport, a passenger terminal wis built, which wis inauguratit in 1992. This passenger terminal haes twa floors an we can see in it the teepical Canarian airchitectur. Airlines an destinations Statistics In the next chairt, the evolution o passengers traffec bi year is indicatit. References Freemit airtins La Gomera Airport (offeecial steid) Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis) Information aboot La Gomera Airport Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine in World Aero Data Archived 2012-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Meteorological and air navegation information about La Gomera Airport in Global Gazetteer Version 2.2 La Gomera Airport Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine in AZ World airports Archived 2014-09-24 at the Wayback Machine