Cordoba Airport

About Cordoba

Cordoba is located to the north of Sevilla and Jaén in Andalusia, Spain. The countryside is varied, with rolling plains around the city and Guadalquivir River basin, and jagged, forbidding mountain ranges in the north and west. Everywhere are the whitewashed villages with their characteristic baroque churches, Moorish forts and f courtyards. This region is famous for its dry white wines, similar to sherry but fruitier. The best known variety is named after the village of Moriles.

In the north of the Cordoba province is the town of Montoro, on a bend in the Guadalquiver River, spanned at this point by a 16th century bridge called El Puente de las Donadas, the ¨bridge of donations¨ because it took so long to build - 50 years - due to lack of funds that the local ladies had to sell their jewelery to see it to completion. Montoro is famous for its fine leather crafts and saddle-making.

North lies the forbidding mountain range of Sierra Morena, with pine and oak forests in which wild deer and boar roam at will, and the Valley of Los Pedroches, famous for its church towers inhabited by storks.

About Cordoba Airport

Córdoba airport is situated six kilometres from the city centre. It is used at present for agricultural treatment companies, transfers of organs to and from the transplant centre at the Reina Sofía hospital, military flights, charter passenger flights, aerial photography, flying courses, parachuting schools and other types of aerial work.

The terminal is situated on the ground floor of the main building and comprises departures and arrivals halls, cafeterias, services and offices. Cordoba airport also has a service building and an area for general aviation with hangars, warehouses and offices. The existing traffic at Córdoba airport is general aviation flights, with a marked concentration in the summer months.

During 2005 it handled 20,594 passengers and the aircraft movements totalled 9,380 operations.

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