Santander Airport

Santander Airport is situated in the municipality of Camargo, just 5 kilometres from the capital.

The airport has been extended and reformed in recent years, and in 2009 958,157 passengers and 18,753 flights were handled there. Although the number of visitors is a lot less than many other Spanish Airports, the number has increased compared to the 180,000 people who passed through there in 1995.

Santander Airport offers a new wireless internet service with access points in different areas: the departures lobby, restaurant area, boarding lounge and air-bridge module. Passengers with laptops or PDAs equipped with Wi-Fi technology will now have wireless access to the internet provided by Teléfónica de España.

Four car rental companies are based at Santander offering Santander Airport car hire and you will find their offices within the main terminal building.

Atesa at Santander Airport   -   Europcar at Santander Airport  - Hertz at Santander Airport and Solmar at Santander Airport 

Ryanair are the only UK low cost airline that currently offer direct flights to Santander.

Over the summer season Santander handles flights from London Stansted as well as domestic connections to Alicante, Barcelona, Dublin, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gran Canaria, Madrid, Malaga, Milan, Palma, Rome, Seville, Tenerife North and Valencia.

Air Nostrum (Iberia's regional airline) offer a good selection of internal flights from Alicante, Barcelona, Gran Canaria, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Tenerife North and Valencia.

We have provided information on flights from Dublin to Santander and Stansted to Santander

The main taxis at Santander airport can be found on a rank opposite the arrivals terminal. The taxi drivers know when the planes are scheduled to arrive and they are always waiting. Expect to pay about €15 for a taxi ride into Santander.

Telephone Radiotaxi: (00349 942 333 333)

The Santander airport bus stop is just outside the main terminal building and the buses run into Santander (bus station) at 06:40, 07:00 and every half hour until 23:00 and from Santander at 06:30, 06:50, 07:15 and every half hour until 22:45 The airport is only 5 kms from Santander so the journey is quick and costs just €2.00. Information Telephone: (0034) 942 211 995

Coach operator ALSA and the Santander bus company offer regular services between the airport and cities in the north of Spain including Bilbao, Oviedo, Gijón and Laredo. For information on all these routes please go to www.santanderbus.com , www.alsa.es or telephone (0034) 902 422 242.

There is also a bus from Santander which provides an overnight connection into Madrid Airport Terminal 4 for early flights. You can find out more at www.alsa.es

The departures traffic leaves from the ground floor of the terminal building and can handle 575 passengers an hour. Besides the check-in desks the departures area also houses the multi shop and restaurant.

We provide information on Santander Airport live flight departures

We provide a location map of Santander Airport and detailed driving instructions from the airport into Santander City Centre which is only a short distance away.

When you are visiting a new area or country it often takes a few days to find your way around. We have lived and worked in Spain for a number of years, and to make your life easier have written an Area Guide to Santander which contains information on Santander local attractions, golf courses in Santander, the best places to shop in Santander, Santander market days and where the best Santander beaches are. We have also included a list of recommended Santander restaurants.

Santander Weather tells you what the weather is like today and gives you a full 3 day, 5 day and 10 day forecast with information on the year round climate in Santander and the surrounding area.