Lleida–Alguaire Airport
Lleida–Alguaire Airport (Catalan: "Aeroport de Lleida-Alguaire", Spanish: "Aeropuerto de Lérida-Alguaire") is an airport located in Alguaire, Catalonia, Spain; about from the centre of Lleida and about from the centre of Barcelona. History. Lleida–Alguaire was designed as a regional airport to provide both passenger and cargo transport to Western Catalonia (the Ponent region and Catalan Pyrenees), Andorra and some counties (comarques) in La Franja. The airport construction project had a budget of 130 million euro and it was the first airport built and owned by the Generalitat of Catalonia, via its public-capital company  Aeroports de Catalunya. It is also one of the few Spanish airports not owned by Aena. The airport was inaugurated on 17 January 2010. Statistics. The following table shows total passenger numbers at Lleida–Alguaire Airport from 2010 to date. Ground transportation. Two new highways, the Autovías A-14 and A-22, provide road access to the airport.