Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Castellón de la Plana, in Valencia (community), Spain. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CDT.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CDT
- ICAO code
- LECH
- City
- Castellón de la Plana
- State or region
- Valencia (community)
- Country
- Spain
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 40.2139° N, 0.0733° E
- Elevation
- 360 m (1,182 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,700 m (8,858 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CDT means Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LECH. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 40.2139° N, 0.0733° E. It stands 360 metres (1,182 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Madrid, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,700 metres (8,858 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 44 airports of Spain on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 21.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,700 m 8,858 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Valencia AirportValencia | VLC | 93 km |
| Reus AirportReus | REU | 139 km |
| Lleida-Alguaire AirportLleida | ILD | 173 km |
| Ibiza AirportIbiza (Eivissa) | IBZ | 186 km |
| Zaragoza AirportZaragoza | ZAZ | 187 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,968 km | 8 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,214 km | 9 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,342 km | 6 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,252 km | 2 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,053 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,635 km | 12 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,086 km | 13 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,637 km | 13 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,372 km | 21 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.