Ciudad Real International Airport

Ciudad Real International Airport or CRIA (IATA: CQM, ICAO: LERL), previously known as Central Airport CR, Don Quijote Airport and South Madrid Airport, is an international airport and long-storage facility situated south of Ciudad Real in Spain. Constructed at a cost of €1.1 billion, it was opened in 2009, when it became the first private international airport in Spain. It was featured on the British television series Top Gear (season 20, episode 3) and gained popularity later on, thanks to the show.

Ciudad Real International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Ciudad Real
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorCRIA
ServesCiudad Real and Puertollano
LocationCiudad Real, Ballesteros de Calatrava and Villar del Pozo (Province of Ciudad Real, Spain)
Elevation AMSL646 m / 2,120 ft
Coordinates38°51′23″N 003°58′12″W
Map
CQM
Location in Spain
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 4,100 13,450 Asphalt

Operations at the site ran for three years until April 2012, when its previous management company filed for bankruptcy and went into receivership, after the last flight operator, low-cost airline Vueling, withdrew its last route from the airport. It remained closed for seven years until reopening in September 2019, however without any scheduled passenger traffic.

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