Teruel Airport in eastern Spain is Europe's largest industrial airport. It might look like a plane junkyard, but most of the airplanes are waiting for the chance to fly again.
Where jumbo jets go to sleep —
Teruel Airport in eastern Spain is Europe's largest industrial airport. It might look like a plane junkyard, but most of the airplanes are waiting for the chance to fly again.
Miquel Ros
It hosts aircraft from all over the world that have been withdrawn from service, be it temporarily or permanently, and caters to their maintenance needs.
Withdrawn from service —
It hosts aircraft from all over the world that have been withdrawn from service, be it temporarily or permanently, and caters to their maintenance needs.
Miquel Ros
Some are ready to fly but need to wait for financial or legal issues to be sorted out first. Some are here because the airlines that own them need to temporarily adjust capacity to cope with fluctuating market conditions.
The waiting room —
Some are ready to fly but need to wait for financial or legal issues to be sorted out first. Some are here because the airlines that own them need to temporarily adjust capacity to cope with fluctuating market conditions.
Miquel Ros
Teruel's arid climate is ideal for storing the aircraft with minimum deterioration.
Perfect conditions —
Teruel's arid climate is ideal for storing the aircraft with minimum deterioration.
Miquel Ros
Teruel is one of only a few such facilities on the planet. There's one near Pau in France and another in the Mojave Desert in the United States.
Exclusive club —
Teruel is one of only a few such facilities on the planet. There's one near Pau in France and another in the Mojave Desert in the United States.
Miquel Ros
Teruel is also home to a whole range of other aviation-related activities, including drone and rocket-engine testing and pilot training.
Other activities —
Teruel is also home to a whole range of other aviation-related activities, including drone and rocket-engine testing and pilot training.
Miquel Ros
The troubles undergone by Russian airlines Transaero and UTAir have led to a recent influx of Russian airliners of all types, some of them almost new from the factory.
Russian economics —
The troubles undergone by Russian airlines Transaero and UTAir have led to a recent influx of Russian airliners of all types, some of them almost new from the factory.
Miquel Ros
An planned expansion of the airport grounds that will allow for more than 200 airliners to be stored simultaneously.
Expansion —
An planned expansion of the airport grounds that will allow for more than 200 airliners to be stored simultaneously.
Miquel Ros
While the airport isn't typically open to visitors, plane spotters can easily check it out from the nearby highway.
Plane spotting —
While the airport isn't typically open to visitors, plane spotters can easily check it out from the nearby highway.
Miquel Ros