Bilbao Airport Departures

Aeropuerto de Bilbao

Address: 48180 Loiu, Biscay, Spain
Departments: DHL Global Forwarding · Santa Gloria
IATA code: BIO
Elevation: 42 m
Telephone: +34 913 21 10 00
Province: Biscay
Year of construction: 1928
Owner: Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea
Website: aena.es/es/bilbao.html

BIO departures today

Schedule Time Estimated Time Destination Airline Flight Status
06:45 September-27 06:45 September-27 Madrid (MAD) Iberia IB443 estimated
06:45 September-27 06:45 September-27 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) Volotea V73296 estimated
06:50 September-27 06:50 September-27 Amsterdam (AMS) KLM KL1684 estimated
06:50 September-27 06:50 September-27 Frankfurt (FRA) Lufthansa LH1147 estimated
06:50 September-27 06:50 September-27 Lisbon (LIS) TAP Express TP1065 estimated
06:55 September-27 06:55 September-27 Lanzarote (ACE) Vueling VY3280 estimated
07:00 September-27 07:15 September-27 London (LGW) Vueling VY6305 estimated
07:10 September-27 07:30 September-27 Paris (CDG) Air France AF1377 estimated
07:10 September-27 07:10 September-27 Copenhagen (CPH) Vueling VY3292 estimated
07:10 September-27 07:10 September-27 Barcelona (BCN) Vueling VY1423 estimated
07:30 September-27 07:40 September-27 Seville (SVQ) Vueling VY2512 estimated
07:30 September-27 07:30 September-27 Jerez (XRY) Vueling VY2614 estimated
07:35 September-27 07:45 September-27 Munich (MUC) Lufthansa (Star Alliance Livery) LH1831 estimated
07:40 September-27 07:50 September-27 Faro (FAO) Volotea (10 Years Livery) V73526 estimated
07:40 September-27 07:40 September-27 Barcelona (BCN) Vueling VY1439 estimated
07:50 September-27 07:50 September-27 Santiago (SCQ) Iberia Regional IB8354 estimated
08:05 September-27 08:15 September-27 Madrid (MAD) Iberia IB435 estimated
08:15 September-27 08:15 September-27 Alicante (ALC) Vueling VY1450 estimated
08:30 September-27 08:30 September-27 Madrid (MAD) Air Europa UX7156 estimated
08:30 September-27 08:40 September-27 Madrid (MAD) AlbaStar estimated
08:55 September-27 08:55 September-27 Barcelona (BCN) Vueling VY1421 estimated
09:00 September-27 09:00 September-27 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) Vueling VY3944 estimated
09:10 September-27 09:20 September-27 Madrid (MAD) Iberia IB423 estimated
09:20 September-27 09:20 September-27 Malaga (AGP) Vueling VY2609 estimated
10:15 September-27 10:15 September-27 Lanzarote (ACE) Air Europa UX7028 estimated
10:35 September-27 10:35 September-27 Florence (FLR) Vueling VY6040 estimated
10:45 September-27 10:45 September-27 London (LGW) easyJet U28002 estimated
10:55 September-27 10:55 September-27 Mahon (MAH) Vueling VY3802 estimated
11:15 September-27 11:25 September-27 Manchester (MAN) easyJet U22006 estimated
11:30 September-27 11:45 September-27 Tangier (TNG) Air Arabia 3O836 estimated
11:30 September-27 11:30 September-27 Munich (MUC) Lufthansa (Star Alliance Livery) LH1825 estimated
11:30 September-27 11:30 September-27 Seville (SVQ) Vueling VY2510 estimated
11:40 September-27 11:40 September-27 Barcelona (BCN) Vueling VY1425 estimated
11:55 September-27 11:55 September-27 Alicante (ALC) Volotea (10 Years Livery) V73534 estimated
12:00 September-27 12:10 September-27 Amsterdam (AMS) KLM KL1686 estimated
12:00 September-27 12:00 September-27 Granada (GRX) Vueling VY2520 estimated
12:05 September-27 12:05 September-27 Amsterdam (AMS) Vueling VY8354 estimated
12:20 September-27 12:20 September-27 Paris (CDG) Air France AF1477 estimated
12:25 September-27 12:25 September-27 Lisbon (LIS) TAP Express TP1063 estimated
12:45 September-27 12:45 September-27 Madrid (MAD) Air Europa UX7158 estimated
13:35 September-27 13:35 September-27 Madrid (MAD) Iberia IB447 estimated
13:50 September-27 14:00 September-27 Brussels (BRU) Brussels Airlines SN3712 estimated
13:55 September-27 14:05 September-27 London (LGW) Vueling VY6307 estimated
14:00 September-27 14:10 September-27 Santiago (SCQ) Iberia Regional IB8358 estimated
14:25 September-27 14:25 September-27 Valencia (VLC) Vueling VY3968 estimated
14:55 September-27 14:55 September-27 Dusseldorf (DUS) Air Baltic EW9519 estimated
15:10 September-27 15:10 September-27 Munich (MUC) Lufthansa LH1827 estimated
15:10 September-27 15:20 September-27 Paris (CDG) Vueling VY1466 estimated
15:40 September-27 15:50 September-27 Gran Canaria (LPA) Vueling VY3270 estimated
15:45 September-27 15:55 September-27 Barcelona (BCN) Vueling VY1431 estimated
15:55 September-27 16:05 September-27 Seville (SVQ) Volotea V73528 estimated
16:00 September-27 16:10 September-27 Milan (LIN) Aliserio TJD401 estimated
16:05 September-27 16:05 September-27 Prague (PRG) Vueling VY3296 estimated
16:20 September-27 16:30 September-27 Mahon (MAH) Volotea (10 Years Livery) V73542 estimated
16:50 September-27 16:50 September-27 Madrid (MAD) Air Europa UX7154 estimated
16:55 September-27 17:05 September-27 Dublin (DUB) Aer Lingus EI749 estimated
17:15 September-27 17:15 September-27 Amsterdam (AMS) KLM KL1688 estimated
17:30 September-27 17:40 September-27 Barcelona (BCN) Vueling VY1429 estimated
17:40 September-27 17:40 September-27 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) Air Europa UX7505 estimated
17:45 September-27 17:45 September-27 Madrid (MAD) Iberia IB449 estimated
17:50 September-27 17:50 September-27 Brussels (BRU) Vueling VY1470 estimated
17:55 September-27 17:55 September-27 Paris (CDG) Air France AF1577 estimated
18:05 September-27 18:05 September-27 London (LGW) Vueling VY7292 estimated
18:10 September-27 18:10 September-27 Santiago (SCQ) Iberia IB8356 estimated
18:15 September-27 18:15 September-27 Istanbul (IST) Turkish Airlines TK1318 estimated
18:25 September-27 18:25 September-27 Lisbon (LIS) TAP Express TP1067 estimated
18:35 September-27 18:35 September-27 Alicante (ALC) Vueling VY1452 estimated
18:40 September-27 18:50 September-27 Munich (MUC) Lufthansa LH1829 estimated
18:45 September-27 18:45 September-27 Valencia (VLC) Iberia IB8311 estimated
18:50 September-27 18:50 September-27 Frankfurt (FRA) Lufthansa LH1145 estimated
19:05 September-27 19:05 September-27 Seville (SVQ) Vueling VY2508 estimated
19:30 September-27 Madrid (MAD) Iberia IB429 scheduled
19:30 September-27 19:40 September-27 Ibiza (IBZ) Vueling VY3974 estimated
19:50 September-27 20:00 September-27 Barcelona (BCN) Vueling VY1437 estimated
20:05 September-27 20:05 September-27 Malaga (AGP) Volotea V73512 estimated
20:45 September-27 20:45 September-27 Eindhoven (EIN) Transavia HV5276 estimated
21:05 September-27 21:05 September-27 Madrid (MAD) Air Europa UX7160 estimated
21:40 September-27 21:40 September-27 Venice (VCE) Volotea V71345 estimated
22:00 September-27 22:10 September-27 Malaga (AGP) Vueling VY2611 estimated
22:35 September-27 22:45 September-27 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) Vueling VY3932 estimated
22:40 September-27 22:50 September-27 Madrid (MAD) Carpatair V3236 estimated
23:00 September-27 23:10 September-27 Barcelona (BCN) Vueling VY1435 estimated
06:45 September-28 Madrid (MAD) Iberia IB443 scheduled
06:45 September-28 06:45 September-28 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) Volotea V73296 estimated
06:50 September-28 06:50 September-28 Amsterdam (AMS) KLM KL1684 estimated
06:50 September-28 06:50 September-28 Lisbon (LIS) TAP Express TP1065 estimated
06:55 September-28 06:55 September-28 Frankfurt (FRA) Lufthansa LH1147 estimated
07:00 September-28 07:00 September-28 Lanzarote (ACE) Vueling VY3280 estimated
07:00 September-28 07:00 September-28 Mahon (MAH) Vueling VY3802 estimated
07:10 September-28 07:10 September-28 Paris (CDG) Air France AF1377 estimated
07:10 September-28 07:10 September-28 Barcelona (BCN) Vueling VY1423 estimated
07:10 September-28 07:10 September-28 Seville (SVQ) Vueling VY2512 estimated
07:20 September-28 07:20 September-28 Paris (CDG) Vueling VY1468 estimated
07:35 September-28 07:35 September-28 Munich (MUC) Lufthansa LH1831 estimated
07:35 September-28 07:40 September-28 London (LGW) Vueling VY6305 estimated
07:40 September-28 07:50 September-28 Marrakesh (RAK) Vueling VY8510 estimated
07:40 September-28 07:40 September-28 Mahon (MAH) Volotea V73542 estimated
07:50 September-28 Santiago (SCQ) Iberia IB8354 scheduled
08:30 September-28 08:30 September-28 Madrid (MAD) Air Europa UX7156 estimated
08:50 September-28 Malaga (AGP) Vueling VY2609 scheduled

Discover Bilbao airport departures

Bilbao airport is a smaller airport just a few kilometer north of the city. It is located in the north of Spain and processes about 5-6 million passengers per year. The first Bilbao departures took place almost 100 years ago for military activities. Passenger flights only came later and the airport was increasingly renovated and expanded.

The city center of Bilbao is relatively close, the distance between Bilbao Airport and the old city center (Casco Viejo) and the new city center (Abando) is 13 km. BIO departures to both destinations can be by car in 15 minutes. San Sebastian is 95 km from Bilbao Airport, the journey time by car is about 70-80 minutes.

Bilbao Airport terminal

There is a terminal called La Paloma. It is a small terminal but fully equipped for BIO airport departures. After check-in at the upper level, go through security to the departures hall. There are 2 runways of 6,500 and 8,500 ft for all Bilbao flight departures.

Passenger Statistics

The airport has been slowly growing in passengers since 2000 with ups and downs. In 2019, nearly 6 million passengers used the airport. These were more than 25 thousand Bilbao airport departures. Many flights have been canceled due to corona and therefore there were only 1.7 million passengers in 2020. Because many of the offered routes are domestic, flights were soon added again in 2021.

Airlines and destinations at Bilbao airport

Most Bilbao departures are operated by Vueling with a market share of 35%. Other flights in operation are from the companies Lufthansa, Iberia, Air Europa, Easyjet, Norwegian Air, KLM, Air France, British Airways and Air Nostrum.

Many of these flights go to other Spanish destinations such as

Other Bilbao flight departures in Europe go to

Bilbao Airport history

In the region of Biscay there were several experiments to land and take off planes. In the year 1927 a plan was drawn up to build a real airport. However, it cost 10 years before construction started in Sondika. It was actually not ideal afterwards. Construction continued very steadily and it was not until the late 1940’s that it opened for a few flights to Madrid. There was no real terminal yet. It was not opened until two years later. There were already 2 runways of 1440 and 1500 meters long. In the 1960’s, the runways were upgraded (and extended) with the ILS landing system and a storm detection radio. The following decades saw several technological improvements and expansions at Bilbao Airport. In 2009 there was a new plan. The capacity had to be doubled to 8 million passengers per year.