Tenerife North Airport
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The Tenerife North Airport (Spanish Aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte, formerly: Aeropuerto Internacional de los rodeos, english Tenerife North Airport ) is named after the Tenerife South Airport, the smaller of the two international airports of the Spanish island of Tenerife. The Spanish army uses the place as a base de Los Rodeos as barracks of Batallón de Helicópteros de Canarias ( BHELMA VI) his Army Fuerzas del Ejército de Tierra Aero Móviles ( FAMET ).
History
The airport was opened in 1946. Throughout its history it was, not least due to its location, which often wind shear and heavy fog due to several serious accidents. These here is the Tenerife air disaster of 27 March 1977 which is the most serious accident in the history of aviation.
In 1978, around 65 km away Opened in El Medano, the new Tenerife South Airport, which has since mastered a larger part of the air traffic of the island. 2006, about 30 percent of passenger traffic and 70 percent of freight traffic of the island was still used in northern Tenerife. He has meanwhile equipped with flight control systems on current technical status.
Location and Transport
The Airport is located on a plateau about 10 kilometers west of the capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the municipality of La Laguna.
Airlines and destinations in the winter timetable 2011/2012
Tenerife North is not served directly from German speaking countries. There are connecting flights with Iberia via Madrid and Binter Canarias via Gran Canaria.
More destinations are Bilbao, León and Fuerteventura. The only destinations outside Spain are Helsinki with Finnair and the only long-distance communication with Santa Barbara Airlines to Caracas.
Incidents
Since December 7, 1965 ( 32 victims ) people came by several accidents over 900 killed.
- At worst accident involving a Convair CV 990 arrived on December 3, 1972 all 155 occupants killed. The accident was also the heaviest of the airline Spantax at the same time.
- On 27 March 1977, the Tenerife air disaster called 583 lives by the collision of a Boeing 747-200 of KLM with a Pan Am - machine of the same type, which was still on the runway. Contributory the heaviest disaster of civil aviation without terrorist involvement, among others by the then lack of ground radar and harmful interference to radio communications.
- On April 25, 1980, all 146 people on board died when the Boeing 727-64 G- BDAN the British Dan - Air Services crashed on final approach at 1600 meters altitude against a mountain.
- On December 11, 2013 ATR 72 of Binter Canarias strayed with the registration EC- LFA at the landing of the runway. Here, the front wheel is stuck next to the runway on the ground. There were no injuries.