Lleida–Alguaire Airport

Lleida–Alguaire Airport is an airport located in Alguaire, Catalonia, Spain; about 15km from the centre of Lleida and about 150km from the centre of Barcelona.HistoryLleida–Alguaire has been 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) of 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 only Spanish Airports that is not owned by Aena.The opening took place on 17 January 2010.StatisticsIn 2010, The airport handled 61,679 passengers.Ground transportationTwo new highways, the Autovías A-14 and A-22, provide road access to the airport.