The price there has I believe gone up several times but is still going to be quite cheap. There is a doc in the Spanish AIP
… which is rather useless as it lists only landing and parking fees. Handling comes on top and it’s almost impossible to research these efficiently.
By the way, here is the AENA document for 2015 (just out).
This is the landing fees table:
So, there are only 7 airports which, based on landing fees alone, are very expensive. Problem is: even from the bottom three categories, many (and a seemingly growing number of) airports now charge steep handling fees (often for zero service).
Thanks for writing up all the very helpful comments tips on the Spanish airports Aart – very useful!
Thanks a lot for the feedback.
The current plan is to do a fuel stop in Southern France (Biarritz LFBZ or Tarbes LFBT) and continue straight to Morocco.
If that’s not possible (weather / headwind) we will go to Granada or Jerez.
Regarding landing fees Boscomantico has said it all.
For handling, in first place you should look in the AIP for each airport if handling is mandatory or not. In a lot of airports it is not mandatory, but if you ask for it to any handling agent they won’t say that to you (obviously).
In second place, if the handling is strictly required, then you should take into account this document from AOPA Spain.
Basically the history is like that: AENA regulates the maximum fee to be charged by handling agents for specific services. When handling is mandatory, only these specific services are required. But if you contact the handling agent they will try to charge you for any additional services (the do the same at the end, but giving it a different name) to avoid the regulated price. Then, when asking for a quote of the handling service one must make clear to the company that only wants the minimum regulated service. They don’t like it at all, and probably will try to bore you with evasives until you pay what they want. But if you stand firm, they will finally accept it. For this reason it is good to do it with some time, not just the afternoon before.
In addition to the AENA airports, in Spain there a lot of other marvelous airports with landing fees in the ranger of 5 – 10 € and no handling at all.
Art has already mentioned a lot of them.
