SDR

Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport

Santander, Spain

Operated by AENA

ICAOLEXJElev16 ft

The Verdict

57/100Could be worse (but not by much)

Infrastructure is the weak link. The trajectory is flat — no improvement in sight.

Ranked #19 of 42 airportsBased on data from 2000–2026

Operational25%

90Actually decent

Sentiment25%

50Passable

Infrastructure15%

38Painful

Sent. Velocity15%

50Passable

Connectivity10%

25Dire

Operator10%

64Passable

What People Think

No sentiment data yet. The silence is deafening.

The Numbers

131KPassengers (2000)

-51.3%YoY Growth

131K passengers in 2000 — still 89% below the 2019 peak, though up -61% from the 2020 COVID crater.

2KInternational (2%)

129KDomestic (98%)

Passenger History

Tardiness Report

2014/12–2014/01 · 0 flights

—Flights Delayed

—Avg Delay

Where You Can Escape To

27 routes · 2 regions

Europe9

Madrid Barajas International Airport (MAD)—

Barcelona International Airport (BCN)—

London Stansted Airport (STN)—

Gran Canaria Airport (LPA)—

Jerez Airport (XRY)—

Valencia Airport (VLC)—

Vigo Airport (VGO)—

Tenerife Norte Airport (TFN)—

Sevilla Airport (SVQ)—

Africa1

Menara Airport (RAK)—

Ground Transport

MMetro

RRail

TTram

BBus

The Runway Report

1 Runway

11/297,612ft × 148ft · ASP · Lighted

The Backstory

HistoryUntil 2003, the premises were considered underused due to the limited number of flights and their high fees, which made a shift in potential passengers to the airport of Bilbao, 100 km away. From this date, following an agreement signed between...

ACI Service Quality Awards

None recorded. A clean record — in the worst sense.