Teruel Airport

Teruel Airport Aeropuerto de Teruel
Panoramic view of Teruel Airport in 2016, seen from the East
IATA: TEV ICAO: LETL
Summary
Airport type	Maintenance / Storage
Location	Teruel, Teruel (province), Spain
Opened	February 28, 2013 (2013-02-28)
Elevation AMSL	3,367 ft / 1,026 m
Coordinates	40°24′43″N 01°13′3″W / 40.41194°N 1.21750°W / 40.41194; -1.21750
Website	www.aeropuertodeteruel.com
Map
Teruel Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 9,268 2,825 Asphalt

Teruel Airport (IATA: TEV, ICAO: LETL) is an airport near Teruel in the Teruel Province of Spain. Known under the commercial name Plataforma Aeroportuaria-Teruel (PLATA), it was certified for public use by the Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency (AESA) on 5 February 2013, after being repurposed from an original military airbase. Permission for air operations was granted by the AESA on 28 February 2013.^[1]

The airport serves as an aircraft maintenance and aircraft storage facility for the Tarmac Aerosave [fr] company, and has no passenger traffic.^{[citation needed]}

The airport includes a main building with a control tower as well as a basic terminal, but is not equipped to handle passenger traffic. An aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) station is located next to the terminal. Also on site are three main maintenance and part-removal hangars (the original one for Boeing 747s and the newest for Airbus A340s). PLATA is owned by a consortium formed by the Government of Aragon and Teruel City Council, and does not belong to Aena Group, the Spanish airports management company.^{[citation needed]}

The dry climate makes the airport suitable for long-term aircraft storage, with capacity for 250 aircraft. During the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 100 grounded planes were parked there.^[2]