BIOLEBB

Bilbao Airport

Bilbao, Spain · Europe

Europe Europe/Madrid IVCA 51.3

71direct destinations

28airlines

2runways

2,600 mLongest runway

1955opened

Bilbao Airport (IATA: BIO, ICAO: LEBB) is a minor international airport located 9 km (5.6 mi) north of Bilbao, in the municipality of Loiu, in Biscay. It is the largest airport in the Basque Country and northern Spain, with 6,336,441 passengers in 2023. It is famous for its new main terminal, which opened in 2000, designed by Santiago Calatrava.

Location

43.301°N, 2.911°O · 42 m s. n. m. (138 ft)

General data

CountrySpain

CityBilbao

IATA codeBIO

ICAO codeLEBB

Coordinates43.301°N, 2.911°O

Elevation42 m s. n. m. (138 ft)

Time zoneEurope/Madrid

Runways2

Longest runway2,600 m

OperatorAena

Opened1955

Direct destinations71

Official website Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 2

12/30

Length2,600 m8,530 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

10/28

Length1,910 m6,266 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 4

Tower

118.500

Ground

121.700

ATIS (automatic information)

118.825

Approach

120.700

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

On 19 February 1985, an Iberia flight from Madrid crashed into Mount Oiz; all passengers and crew died. In February 2009, plans were announced to expand the terminal building, the facilities and the car parking so as to double the current capacity to 8 million passengers. The work was expected be finished in 2014 and cost €114 million but in 2010 the Spanish Government announced the project would be delayed by at least five years due to spending cuts and a decline in passenger numbers.

Airlines operating here · 28

Other airlines with direct routes

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Eusko Jaurlaritza / Gobierno Vasco. geoEuskadi · CC BY 3.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_bio,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Bilbao Airport (BIO)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BIO},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BIO}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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