Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea

Type	Government entity
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Area served	Mainly Spanish territory
Key people	Manuel Azuaga Moreno, Chairman
Industry	Aviation
Services	ATC, Airport management
Owner(s)	Spanish Government
Employees	>10.000
Divisions	Air Traffic Control, Airports
Website	http://www.aena.es

Aena is the Spanish state owned company that owns and manages all Spanish airports. Aena is also responsible for Air Traffic Control throughout Spain. AENA stands for Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea, literally Spanish Airports and Air Navigation.

Currently Aena is undergoing a major airport expansion program. A €6.2 billion expansion of Madrid Barajas International Airport was inaugurated in 2006.^{[citation needed]} Major expansion at Barcelona International Airport,Alicante Airport and Málaga Airport will be finished by 2008. Other airports on the network will be expanded to accommodate the increasing air traffic demand.

Aena is the biggest airport operator in the world,^{[citation needed]} with participation in airports in Mexico, the USA, Cuba, Colombia, Bolivia, Sweden and the UK.

Aena's proprietary Air Traffic Control system is called SACTA.

In 2008, 204 million passengers used the AENA airports in Spain ^[1].

Aena airports feature modern building facades and a standardized set of signs which are used in all of its airports.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Airport list

The most important Aena airports in Spain, with 2008 traffic figures ^[1]:

1. Madrid Barajas International Airport (50,846,104 passengers)
2. Barcelona International Airport (30,208,134 passengers)
3. Palma de Mallorca Airport (22,832,865 passengers)
4. Málaga Airport (12,813,764 passengers)
5. Gran Canaria International Airport (10,212,106 passengers)
6. Alicante Airport (9,578,308 passengers)
7. Tenerife South Airport (Reina Sofía) (8,252,017 passengers)
8. Valencia Airport (5,779,336 passengers)
9. Girona-Costa Brava Airport (5,507,294 passengers)
10. Lanzarote Airport (5,438,178 passengers)
11. Ibiza Airport (4,647,487 passengers)
12. Fuerteventura Airport (4,492,076 passengers)
13. San Pablo Airport (Sevilla) (4,391,794 passengers)
14. Tenerife North Airport (Los Rodeos)(4,236,169 passengers)
15. Bilbao Airport (4,172,901 passengers)
16. Menorca Airport (2,605,938 passengers)
17. Santiago de Compostela Airport (1,917,434 passengers)
18. Murcia-San Javier Airport (1,879,189 passengers)
19. Asturias Airport (1,530,248 passengers)
20. Federico García Lorca Airport (Granada) (1,422,013 passengers)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Aena Website in Spanish
• Aena Website in English
• Aena's statistics Webpage
• SACTA Webpage on Indra