Ciudad Real Central Airport
| abandoned / shut down
Spain /
Ciudad Real /
Villar del Pozo /
World
/ Spain
/ Ciudad Real
/ Villar del Pozo
World / Spain / Castilla-La Mancha / Ciudad Real / n.a. (80)
airport, abandoned / shut down
Ciudad Real Central Airport (IATA: CQM, ICAO: LERL), previously known as Don Quijote Airport and South Madrid Airport, is an airport south of Ciudad Real in Spain..
Has been declared a White Elephant and held up as a symptom of Spain's mismanagement as the brand new airport closed in 2012 after being open for only 4 years and costing 1.5 billion Euros.
Featured in the 3rd episode of season 20 of Top Gear.
Has been declared a White Elephant and held up as a symptom of Spain's mismanagement as the brand new airport closed in 2012 after being open for only 4 years and costing 1.5 billion Euros.
Featured in the 3rd episode of season 20 of Top Gear.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Real_Central_Airport
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°51'31"N 3°58'20"W
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- Madrid Barajas Adolfo Suárez International Airport (MAD/LEMD) 190 km
- Naval Station Rota 323 km
- Oujda Angads Airport 484 km
- Sidi Slimane Air Base 545 km
- Al-Mashriyah Air Base 678 km
- Béchar Ouakda Airport 815 km
- Bin Jarir Air Base 826 km
- القاعدة العسكرية بن جرير 828 km
- Fort Lofti 1024 km
- Apron 1.8 km
- Airport terminal 2 km
- Railway traction substation 2.5 km
- Electrical substation 10 km
- Alarcos Castle 11 km
- Railway traction substation 12 km
- Helipad 15 km
- Plaza de Espana 15 km
- Indra Software Labs 16 km
- Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas. Agradecimientos. 16 km