SCQ — Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport

Large airport in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
IATA code
SCQ
ICAO code
LEST
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
3,107,973
2025 · −14.3% on the year before
Nonstop routes
35
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC+1 / UTC+2
Europe/Madrid
Elevation
370 m
1,214 ft
Runways
1
Longest 3,200 m

Jan–Mar 2026: 433,040 passengers, −30.0% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About SCQ

Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport is a large airport serving Santiago de Compostela, Spain. It opened in 1937 and is run by ENAIRE and Spanish Air and Space Force. 3,107,973 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 35 nonstop routes from SCQ.

Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from SCQ

Route Distance Passengers / year
SCQ → MAD483 km 455,847
SCQ → BCN885 km 444,926
SCQ → SVQ645 km 283,893
SCQ → PMI1,005 km 247,668
SCQ → ALC839 km 233,612
SCQ → AGP767 km 233,576
SCQ → LPA1,775 km 183,520
SCQ → VLC765 km 165,057
SCQ → TFS1,804 km 155,000
SCQ → TFN1,751 km 123,838
SCQ → STN1,192 km 113,251
SCQ → ACE1,616 km 108,091
SCQ → LGW1,109 km 102,401
SCQ → GVA1,210 km 88,183
SCQ → BIO450 km 79,185
SCQ → DUB1,182 km 78,768
SCQ → FUE1,676 km 71,056
SCQ → BGY1,476 km 65,081
SCQ → CDG1,087 km 64,449
SCQ → BSL1,353 km 54,026
SCQ → AMS1,437 km 44,232
SCQ → ZAZ623 km 36,378
SCQ → FRA1,521 km 31,935
SCQ → ZRH1,423 km 31,330
SCQ → BVA1,090 km 30,647
SCQ → CRL1,292 km 29,796
SCQ → EDI1,496 km 26,985
SCQ → MAH1,108 km 26,192
SCQ → ORY1,057 km 25,963
SCQ → GRO926 km 24,036
SCQ → IBZ937 km 22,378
SCQ → BLQ1,594 km 20,922
SCQ → FMM1,560 km 20,476
SCQ → EWR5,328 km 6,761
SCQ → BNA6,527 km 90

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at SCQ on flights to and from the US

  • UA United Air Lines · 57 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Nearest airports

Code Airport Distance
LCGA Coruña Airport45 km
VGOVigo Airport76 km
BGCBragança Airport182 km
OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport185 km
VRLVila Real Airport189 km

Distance from SCQ to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
SCQ → LHR1,126 km —
SCQ → DXB6,052 km —
SCQ → CDG1,087 km 64,449
SCQ → FRA1,521 km 31,935
SCQ → IST3,054 km —
SCQ → AMS1,437 km 44,232
SCQ → JFK5,300 km —
SCQ → ATL6,505 km —
SCQ → LAX8,925 km —
SCQ → SIN11,712 km —
SCQ → HND10,739 km —
SCQ → DOH5,743 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
17/353,200 m 45 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain · 42.8963, -8.4151

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport has the IATA code SCQ and the ICAO code LEST. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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