Ceuta Heliport

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Ceuta Heliport

Helipuerto de Ceuta
Helipuerto de Ceuta desde el parque de San Amaro.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAENA
ServesCeuta
Elevation AMSL2 m / 6.6 ft
Coordinates35°53′33″N 005°18′21″W / 35.89250°N 5.30583°W / 35.89250; -5.30583
Websiteaena.es
Map
JCU is located in Spain
JCU
JCU
Location of airport in Spain
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
H07/H25 253x42 830x138 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers71,654
Passenger change 18-19Increase37.3%
Aircraft Movements6,846
Movements change 18-19Increase31.3%
Source: AENA[1]

Ceuta Heliport (Spanish: Helipuerto de Ceuta) (IATA: JCU, ICAO: GECE) is the heliport, and only air transport facility, serving the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta, in North Africa.

Overview[]

Since 9 January 2004, it has been possible to fly between Ceuta and Málaga by helicopter. This heliport is the first in Spain to be constructed and managed by AENA in order to secure accessibility to the autonomous city by air. A rapid connection with the mainland is considered vital for the development of the Ceutan economy.

The heliport is situated in the port of Ceuta, between the cargo dock and the fishing port, on land reclaimed from the sea in the north of the city. The heliport consists of three helipads, a short runway, a two-storey terminal building, a power station and a fire station.

This infrastructure is key to Ceuta because it allowed passengers to connect in minutes through Málaga (mainland Spain's third airport by number of passengers), giving Ceuta access to almost all cities served from Andalusia. Destinations include more than one hundred cities in Europe (mainly in the United Kingdom, Central Europe and the Nordic countries, but also the main cities of Eastern Europe: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Budapest, Sofia, Warsaw, Riga and Bucharest), North Africa, the Middle East (Riyadh, Jeddah and Kuwait) and North America (New York City, Toronto and Montreal).

The former ICAO code of Ceuta was GECT. It was changed in mid-2009.[2]

Routes and services[]

The route was covered by Helicópteros del Sureste, a transport company based in Mutxamel, Alicante. The regular service operated since 1996, linking the city of Ceuta with Málaga Airport in thirty minutes. This route serves more than 20,000 annually, in approximately 2,600 flights. The helicopters used were the most recent versions of the AW139 which have a capacity of up to 15 passengers. It is due to become the main destination for helicopters leaving Algeciras Heliport.

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
[3] Algeciras, Málaga, Melilla

Statistics[]

In its second year of operation, the heliport served 20,233 passengers, handled 2,656 operations and 4.6 tonnes of cargo.


Annual passenger traffic at JCU airport. See source Wikidata query.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ceuta Heliport". AENA. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010. [1]
  2. ^ "GECE Changes". OurAirports. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Horarios Hélity" [Hélity timings]. Hélity (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-05-23.[permanent dead link]

External links[]

Media related to Ceuta Heliport at Wikimedia Commons

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