La Cerdanya Aerodrome
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La Cerdanya Aerodrome is an airfield located in the Catalan
town of Alp
, in the Cerdanya
county. It was founded in 1971 with the establishment of the now-disappeared Aero Club de la Cerdanya.
The Aerdrome grew because of the gliding activity of the Centre de Vol a Vela La Cerdanya, which later became a section of the Aero Club Barcelona-Sabadell.
Integrated into the Catalan Government
's new airports plan, the airfield management, which belongs to Aeroports de Catalunya
and the Cerdanya
County Council, was put up for public tender in 2008, which was won by Gestió Aeronàutica Ceretana, S.L. consortium, composed by Aero Club Barcelona-Sabadell, CAT Helicòpters, Masella, and La Molina.
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
town of Alp
Alp, Spain
Alp is a town and municipality in the comarca of Cerdanya, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain. Its population is 1,576 ....
, in the Cerdanya
Cerdanya (comarca)
Cerdanya is a comarca in northern Catalonia, north-eastern Spain, in the Pyrenees, on the border of Catalonia with France and Andorra. Within Catalonia. Cerdanya is divided between Catalonian provinces of Lleida and Girona...
county. It was founded in 1971 with the establishment of the now-disappeared Aero Club de la Cerdanya.
The Aerdrome grew because of the gliding activity of the Centre de Vol a Vela La Cerdanya, which later became a section of the Aero Club Barcelona-Sabadell.
Integrated into the Catalan Government
Government of Catalonia
The Government of Catalonia is the executive branch of the Generalitat de Catalunya. It is responsible for the political action, reglamentation and administration of the Generalitat....
's new airports plan, the airfield management, which belongs to Aeroports de Catalunya
Aeroports de Catalunya
Aeroports de Catalunya is a public company, owned by the Government of Catalonia, and attached to its Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works...
and the Cerdanya
Cerdanya (comarca)
Cerdanya is a comarca in northern Catalonia, north-eastern Spain, in the Pyrenees, on the border of Catalonia with France and Andorra. Within Catalonia. Cerdanya is divided between Catalonian provinces of Lleida and Girona...
County Council, was put up for public tender in 2008, which was won by Gestió Aeronàutica Ceretana, S.L. consortium, composed by Aero Club Barcelona-Sabadell, CAT Helicòpters, Masella, and La Molina.