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Sabadell Airport

Aeroport de Sabadell
Sabadell Airport; Aeroport de Sabadell
	IATA: QSA; ICAO: LELL;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aena
Location	Sabadell, Spain
Elevation AMSL	485 ft / 148 m
Coordinates	41°31′N 2°6′E / 41.517°N 2.100°E
Runways
Statistics (2016)
Movements
Movements	36,002
Movements change 15-16	20.1%
	Sources: Aena

Sabadell Airport ( IATA: QSA, ICAO: LELL) is located next to the city of Sabadell, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Barcelona's city centre, in Catalonia. This, and the Cuatro Vientos Airport, are the most important airports for general aviation in Spain. There are more than 200 aircraft registered at this airport, completing around 150.000 operations per year. There are more than 400 people working at these facilities, including training schools, workshops, etc. This airport hosts the oldest aviation club in Spain.

70% of the activity of this airport is devoted to pilot training (both fixed wing and rotary). The other 30% is for advertising flights, photography, and aerotaxi, private flights and institutional flights.