Melilla Airport

**Melilla Airport**  is an airport in Melilla, an exclave of Spain in Africa. The airport is located about  southwest of the city, near the border with Morocco. On March 24, 2014, the Spanish government announced that they will rename the airport after last Prime Minister of Spain Adolfo Suarez.

### Terminal

The terminal has a total of 6 check-in counters, 3 boarding gates and 2 baggage reclaim carousels. It also has a Support Office for Passengers, Users and Clients / It is in charge of processing the suggestions of the passengers on the services and facilities of the airport. It also has claim forms from Aena Aeropuertos; Security control, passport control and a Melilla Turismo Stand in the arrivals area.

### Airfield

- Control tower
- Runway 15/33: 1433 m
- Platform: 6 parking spaces.
- Helicopter Platform: 1 parking space
- Fire station

## Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Melilla Airport:

### Passenger figures

Number of passengers, operations and cargo since the year 2000:

|style="width:40px"|Year|Passenger|Diff. Last year|Operations|Diff. Last year|Cargo (t)|Diff. Last year|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="7" style="text-align:right;"|_Source: Aena Statistics_|||||||

### Busiest domestic destinations

|Position|Destination|Passengers|(%)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Málaga|218.376|14.8|
|2|Madrid|117.635|72.5|
|3|Granada|40.932|54.6|
|4|Almeria|39.189|50.5|
|5|Seville|20.191|32.4|
|6|Barcelona|7.176|414.0|
|7|Gran Canaria|2.328|30.7|
|8|Palma de Mallorca|1.514|13.4|
|colspan="11" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|_Source: Melilla Airport, AENA._|||

## Incidents and accidents

- On 25 September 1998, PauknAir Flight 4101, a BAe 146, crashed into a hill on approach to Melilla killing all 38 occupants.

- On 17 January 2003, an Air Nostrum Fokker 50, operating for Iberia, overran the runway and broke apart. Nine people were injured but there were no fatalities.

## Other websites

- Official site at Aena.es

## Infobox (airport)

- **name**: Melilla Airport
- **stat-year**: 2022
- **metric-elev**: Y
- **metric-rwy**: Y
- **r1-number**: 15/33
- **r1-length-f**: 4,701
- **r1-length-m**: 1,433
- **r1-surface**: Asphalt
- **stat1-header**: Passengers
- **stat1-data**: 447,450
- **stat2-header**: Passengers change 21-22
- **stat2-data**: 34,6%
- **stat3-header**: Movements
- **stat3-data**: 9,772
- **stat5-header**: Cargo (tonnes)
- **stat5-data**: 22
- **website**: [http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Satellite/Aeropuerto-Melilla/es/Inicio.html aena-aeropuertos.es]
- **elevation-m**: 48
- **nativename**: _Aeropuerto de Melilla_
- **pushpin map**: Spain
- **image**: Melilla Airport.jpg
- **image-width**: 250
- **iata**: MLN
- **icao**: GEML
- **pushpin map caption**: Location of airport in Spain
- **elevation-f**: 156
- **pushpin label**: MLN
- **pushpin label position**: right
- **type**: Public
- **operator**: Aena
- **city-served**: Melilla
- **location**: Melilla, Spain
- **footnotes**: Source: Spanish Aeronautical Information Publication, AIP at European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, EUROCONTROL and [http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Satellite/Aeropuerto-Melilla/en/Page/1049125260880//Introduction.html Melilla Airport Statistics], Aena