Gibraltar Airport

The Gibraltar airport was formally owned by the Ministry of Defense for use by the Royal Air Force. Nowadays civilian operators use the airport too; currently the only scheduled flights operate to the United Kingdom and Spain.

Gibraltar Airport has the distinction of being the closest airport to the city that it serves, being only 500 metres from Gibraltar’s city centre. The airport is also used by people visiting the most southern edge of the Costa del Sol.

EasyJet is the largest scheduled international carrier at Gibraltar Airport with between 14 and 18 weekly scheduled flights to London Gatwick. Monarch Airlines currently operates seven flights weekly to London Luton and three flights weekly to Manchester Airport. British Airways flies seven times weekly into Gibraltar also from London Gatwick. Andalus Airlines flies twice daily to Madrid and will do the same to Barcelona as from July 2009.

People from London, Manchester or Madrid can take good advantage of the Gibraltar airport as it is only 25 km away from the beautiful beaches, the golf courses and Polo fields of Sotogrande. Someone who lives in one of the above mentioned towns can easily live and work in their home towns and spend week ends or bank holidays in their second home at the Costa del Sol, just to play golf or enjoy the sunny weather at the Sotogrande beach or in their own gardens or terraces.

As the nearby Gibraltar airport makes it so easy – Don’t miss the opportunity of having a second home in Sotogrande far away from the usually rainy northern weather and the daily routine, and even more now that the property prices are sinking – even in the prestigious Sotogrande area.

Published in Costa del Sol Areas | 14/07/2009