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Gibraltar Airport
Gibraltar airport (IATA: GIB, ICAO: LXGB) is located about 2km from the town centre, adjacent to the frontier with Spain. The new £84m terminal, which opened in 2012, is spacious and pleasant to use. It has a design capacity of one million passengers a year. There were 424,386 passenger movements in 2024. Since March 2023, a tunnel has been in place that lets vehicles pass through even while planes are taking off or landing. The tunnel doesn’t go directly under the runway, though. Pedestrians are still allowed to cross the runway when the road is open, which gives them a shorter route than using the tunnel. As of 2021 EasyJet is the largest airline operator, with the airport also being served by British Airways.
There are no telescopic air-bridge walkways, so passengers arriving and departed are treated to an iconic view of the Rock from the top of the airplane steps. Visitors can watch as planes land and passengers disembark, and wave to arriving family and friends, from the outdoor public terrace.
The airport is famous for the main access road to Gibraltar from Spain called Winston Churchill Avenue, which crosses the runway and closes for each arrival and departure. It is often ranked as one of the most dangerous airports in the world, but actually has an excellent safety record.
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The planned Spanish terminal, which will include a dedicated Spanish passports and customs section, has yet to be constructed. Passengers travelling to Campo de Gibraltar and Costa del Sol must exit the airport in Gibraltar and walk or drive across the land border crossing.
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