Asturia Airport Mini Guide
Asturias
Spain Region in the north of the country, on the Bay of Biscay. It covers 10565 sq km (4080 sq. miles) of a mostly mountainous land. Largely agricultural it has also deposits of lead, iron and copper. Its capital is
Oviedo.
Asturias airport is in the Municipio de Castelleon on the coastline of northern Spain.
Passenger numbers have gradually grown at Asturias over the last 10 years and last year around 1.5 million people passed through the airport.
Of the 20,000 flights which passed through the airport in 2007, the majority of them were to domestic destinations. If you want to go abroad try Easyjet and British Airways to Britain, while Iberia and Spainair offer some European flights.
The departures and arrivals areas at the airport are easy to navigate and there are a total of 11 check in desks and nine boarding gates with four on the ground floor and five on the first floor.
While there is not a huge retail section, a few shops and cafes scattered around the airport mean that you can buy a newspaper and get something to eat and drink while you wait for your flight.
There is no train service at Asturias and the taxis cost around 25 Euros to take you into the city.
Getting a car is certainly a worthwhile investment, especially as the nearby cities of
Gijon, Oviedo and
Aviles should be visited. There are quite a few car hire booths at Asturias. These are Hertz, Avis, Europcar and Atesa and you can find them on the ground floor of the airport near to the arrivals section. There are 666 parking spaces at Asturias, 524 of which are charged for while 12 are for disabled persons. 142 are for hire cars. The tariffs are as follows: for the first 30 minutes it costs €0.42, and for the half hour after that it’s €0.52. Then hourly rate becomes €1.03 with the daily maximum for up to four days being €10.55. But from the fifth day it reduces to €8.35. The car park is open from 6am to 12:30am every day of the year.