Alicante airport is located 9 kilometres to the south east of the region's capital city of Alicante in the municipality of Elche.
You can get to the airport on the A-7 national motorways and the N-332 coastal road. The journey by road from Alicante city centre takes approximately fifteen minutes or thirty minutes in rush hour.
The following Airlines operate to destinations in the UK and Ireland:
* Aer Lingus to Cork and Dublin
* bmi baby to Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, Heathrow and Manchester
* British Airways to Gatwick
* easyJet to Belfast, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Liverpool, Luton, Newcastle and Stansted
* to Bristol, Glasgow, Gatwick, Manchester and Newcastle
* Flybe to Exeter, Norwich and Southampton
* Flyglobespan to Aberdeen, Durham Tees Valley, Edinburgh and Glasgow
* jet2.com to Blackpool, Leeds Bradford and Manchester
* Monarch Airlines to Birmingham, Gatwick, Luton and Manchester
* MyTravelLite.com to Belfast, Birmingham, East Midlands, Gatwick, Glasgow, Humberside and Manchester
* Thomson Flights to Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Coventry, Doncaster Sheffield, Durham Tees Valley, East Midlands, Gatwick, Glasgow, Humberside, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester and Newcastle
For details of airlines flying to other destinations please check the AENA website
Information on Arrivals and Departures can be obtained from AENA, which is the operator of Alicante Airport. This information is regularly updated and the site information is available in Spanish and English.
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Buses are inexpensive and there are three routes operating from outside the terminal building to Alicante, Benidorm and Murcia.
Taxis are also available from outside the terminal building and the typical daytime fares are Alicante, €12; Altea, €61; Benidorm, €54; Calpe, €71; Denia €95; Santa Pola, €16; Torrevieja, €42. These rates increase during nightime and holidays.
Parking is available for 2000 cars opposite the terminal building and the rates are:
First half hour or less, €0.60; second half hour or less, €0.95; all or part of each additional hour, €1.55; daily maximum up to 4 days, €15.45; daily maximum from the fifth day, €12.35.
Alicante International Airport has a large selection of shops, bars, cafeterias and retaurants and full details of these facilities and opening hours can be found on the AENA website.