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San Luis Aerodrome

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Airport type
  
Private

Elevation AMSL
  
197 ft / 60 m

6,070
  
1,850

Phone
  
+34 971 36 16 72

Location
  
Mahon

02/20
  
6,070

Elevation
  
60 m

San Luis Aerodrome

Operator
  
Real Aero Club de Mahón

Address
  
07712 Sant Lluís, Balearic Islands, Spain

Similar
  
Asador Aeroclub, Club Marítimo Mahón, Malbuger Centro Deportivo, Club de Tenis Mahón, Menorca

Low pass flyby over san luis aerodrome lesl menorca spain


San Luis Aerodrome (Spanish: Aeródromo de San Luis) (ICAO: LESL) was the first civil airfield on Menorca. Originally built during the 1920s it was converted for military aircraft activities during the Spanish Civil War. The airfield is located in the Sant Lluís municipality in close proximity to Mahón (only 2½ km from the town centre). During 1949, San Luis was equipped as a customs airport and opened to domestic and international traffic in August. Over the following decade, the airport traffic increased which facilitated two extensions of the runway. However the airport could neither accommodate larger aircraft nor could the runway be extended. In 1967, San Luis was assigned to Real Aero Club de Mahón Menorca (Royal Mahon Flying Club) and since then this entity has been responsible for the conservation and maintenance of the facilities of the Pilot and Aeromodelling School. All civilian services were transferred to the island's newly constructed main airport on March 24, 1969. Today it is primarily used for general and leisure aviation, with approximately 3,000 flights per year.

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Aeronautical Fleet

San Luis Aerodrome has a fleet of five light aircraft:

  • Cessna 172 N with a Lycomig 170 hp engine.
  • Cessna 150 Aerobat with a Continental Rolls Royce O-240A 125 hp engine.
  • Aisa I-11-B with a Continental C-90 hp engine (first flight in 1953).
  • Aisa I-115 with an Emansa Tigre 150 hp engine (first flight in 1952).
  • Bücker, German plane of war of Spanish manufacture with an Emmasa Tigre G-IV 125 hp engine, used nowadays for acrobatic flights (first flight in 1950).
  • References

    San Luis Aerodrome Wikipedia