Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez Airport ALC / LEAL
Alicante · Spain · Aena
20.0Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATALEAL / ALC
OperatorAena
Coordinates38.2822°N, 0.5581°W
Elevation142 ft · 43 m
Time zoneEurope/Madrid (CET/CEST, UTC+1/+2)
Passengers / yr19,950,394 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenYes
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceLEAL — AIP Spain (ENAIRE)
Operating hoursH24
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal (Nueva Area Terminal, NAT), opened March 2011; designed capacity ~20M pax/year (96 check-in desks, 40 gates, 15 with airbridges). Former Terminals 1 and 2 closed since 2011.
Runways (1)
- 10/28 · 3,000 m / 9,843 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS CAT I (RWY 10)
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 6 providers
Groundforce (Globalia Handling)
Licensed ramp & passenger handling agent at ALC (listed on the airport handling page); arrivals ••• / departures •••.
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
Aviapartner
Licensed ramp & passenger handling agent at ALC; won Alicante in the 2024 AENA tender (7-year license, effective Apr 2024). Listed on the airport handling page.
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
Menzies Aviation
Licensed ramp & passenger handling agent at ALC; won Alicante among seven Spanish licenses in the 2024 AENA tender. Also provides easyJet self-handling support at ALC. Listed on the airport handling page.
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
South Europe Ground Services (SOEGS / South)
Present at ALC but in an autohandling/self-handling capacity for the IAG group only (Iberia, Iberia Express, Vueling, Level; plus pax handling for British Airways, Aer Lingus, Air Nostrum). IAG lost the AENA third-party ramp license at Alicante in the 2024 tender, so SOEGS does NOT hold a general third-party ALC license. Started mid-May 2024. Listed on the airport handling page.
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
AviaVIP (formerly Aviapartner Executive)
Executive/GA aircraft handling, parking and fuelling coordination at the ALC GA/FBO ramp. · 24/7
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
United Aviation Services S.L.
Executive/GA aircraft handling and ramp services at the ALC GA terminal (own handling equipment, pushback/towing, GPU). · 24/7
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available · 3 providers
Exolum
Operates the ALC fuel farm and underground hydrant network (DFBOT concession from AENA; ~EUR 12.5M tank/hydrant/firefighting expansion) for Jet A-1 storage and into-plane supply. Formerly CLH Aviacion.
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
SLCA (Servicios Logisticos de Combustibles de Aviacion)
Into-plane fuelling agent at ALC; SLCA's own airports list explicitly includes Alicante among its ~18 Spanish stations. Repsol/BP joint venture providing Jet A-1 (and Avgas) into-plane services, 24/7. · 24/7
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
United Aviation Services S.L.
Refuelling coordination for GA/business aircraft (Jet A-1 and Avgas 100LL) at the GA terminal. · 24/7
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Available · 4 providers
Avincis
Emergency-equipment shop — dedicated in-house workshop for inspection, repair and overhaul of helicopter life support equipment: life rafts, life jackets and floats; performed per OEM maintenance manuals under Avincis' Part-145 organisation (class rating unconfirmed).
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Verified 7 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Avincis
Dynamic-component shop — in-house overhaul of helicopter dynamic components: transmission systems, main rotor hubs, cargo hooks and tail rotor hubs, for AW139/AW109, Bell 407/212/412 and H145 types operated from the Alicante base (class rating unconfirmed).
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Verified 7 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Avincis
Composite/structures shop — major structural repair and rebuild of damaged helicopter airframes using one of only five airframe jigs in the world (four others held by Leonardo); in-house Part-21J/21G design/completion engineers support certification of repairs (class rating unconfirmed).
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Verified 7 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Avincis
Blade shop — in-house rotor-blade shop currently equipped for OEM-procedure visual inspection, with overhaul/repair capability under development/expansion (class rating unconfirmed).
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Verified 7 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight catering
Available
Newrest
Inflight catering unit ~6 min from the ramp (1,600 sqm); scheduled/charter, traditional catering + buy-on-board; ISO 9001 / HACCP. Confirmed on Newrest's own Alicante unit page.
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available · 2 providers
Groundforce (Globalia Handling)
Operates the Groundforce Cargo Terminal at Aeropuerto El Altet (import/export docs, ULD load/unload, cargo storage); cargo line •••.
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS)
Cargo handling at ALC operating out of the Groundforce Cargo Terminal, Aeropuerto El Altet (per WFS's own Alicante location page); Director Cargo Spain Humberto Castro. Note the listed email uses the 'agp' (Malaga) prefix as published on WFS's site.
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Not listed
Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available · 2 providers
AviaVIP (formerly Aviapartner Executive)
Business-aviation FBO at ALC General Aviation Terminal: pax/crew lounges, ramp coordination, supervision, customs/security; FBO manager Tarek Aboufakher; OCC Spain H24 (•••, •••). Formed from merger of Aviapartner Executive and Argos VIP. · 24/7
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
United Aviation Services S.L.
Business-aviation FBO at the ALC General Aviation Terminal (Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche, L'Altet): aircraft parking, flight planning, VIP/crew care; station manager Alicia Blazquez Martinez; 24H/365. · 24/7
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Verified 3 months ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
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