Alicante Airport (ALC)

The terminal at Alicante Airport

Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC) lies 9 kilometres southwest of Alicante, in the municipality of Elche, and Aena says that around 85% of the passenger flights it handles are international, with the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway as the main countries of origin. The airport works from one passenger terminal, and the new terminal area it opened in March 2011 can handle nearly 6,000 passengers an hour and 20 million passengers a year.

Inside, the check-in desks are on floor P2, where the boarding area is, and the ground floor holds the arrivals hall, the baggage reclaim, the car hire offices and the taxi and ride-hailing pick-up points. The airport's own map lists a single passenger terminal, and the information screens in the departures hall show which terminal and which check-in desks belong to your flight.

Airlines at Alicante Airport

Aena's airline directory says there is a total of 43 airlines operating at Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport, and names them: Aer Lingus, Air Algerie, Air Baltic, Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Air Serbia, Austrian Airlines, BA Euroflyer, Brussels Airlines, easyJet, easyJet Europe, Enter Air, Eurowings, Finnair, FlyOne Armenia, Iberia, Iberojet, Icelandair, Jet2.com, KLM, Lufthansa, Lufthansa City Airlines, Luxair, Neos, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Norwegian Air Sweden, Pegasus Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Ryanair, Ryanair UK, Scandinavian Airlines, SkyUp Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, TAP Portugal, Transavia, TUI Airways, TUI fly Belgium, Volotea, Vueling Airlines, Wizz Air Hungary, Wizz Air Malta and Wizz Air UK.

Getting to and from Alicante Airport

The C-6 bus runs between the terminal and the centre of Alicante every day of the year, stopping at the railway station and at the key points of the city, and it connects with the Metropolitan Tram at the stops Alfonso X El Sabio and Plaza de los Luceros. The R10 and R11 lines link the airport with the city of Elche, and the Alsa, Vectalia, Costa Azul and Globalia services go on to Calpe, Dénia, Jávea, Benidorm, Murcia, Santa Pola, Torrevieja and Cartagena.

The official taxi service is Radio Taxi Elche and Servitaxi Elche, whose cars carry a green stripe and the coat of arms of the city of Elche, and Radio Taxi Elche has an information point in the arrivals hall, open from 9 in the morning to 1 at night. Uber, Cabify and Bolt pick up at the passenger terminal, on floor 0, and eight car hire companies have their office on floor 0 of the arrivals.

Alicante Airport with children

Aena's page for families says the airport has several children's play areas in the boarding and the arrivals areas, baby changers in rooms equipped for it, and children's toilet areas in all the toilets of the terminal. The nursing room is on floor 2, in the boarding zone, and it has armchairs, microwaves, coat racks, changing rooms, toilets, and books and paints for the children.

There is also a pushchair loan service in the baggage reclaim area and the boarding area, and a Sensory Room for passengers with autism spectrum disorders, near the boarding area, whose access has to be asked for in person at the Barrier Free desk. The Fast Lane opens from 4:00 to 21:00, and children of 5 years and under go through it when they travel with adults who may use it.

Plan your stop at Alicante Airport

Aena's own rule is three hours before a non-Schengen flight and two hours before a domestic or a Schengen one, and it says most airlines let you check in online before you travel, so that with only hand luggage you can go straight to the security checkpoint. If you need the automatic machines, the six for Iberia are next to the check-in desks.

One thing to know is that the airport does not make announcements about the boarding gates or about changes to them, so keep an eye on the information screens. Keep your passport and any form you filled in on the plane with you from the aircraft door to the exit, and ask the embassy or the consulate of every country on your route which documents your family needs to enter it.

Plan your visit to Alicante

• Alicante travel guide

Sources

• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)