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Cuatro Vientos Airport

the oldest Spanish airport and one of the civil airports of Madrid
Place airport Q1431985
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Summary

Cuatro Vientos Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (497 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cuatro Vientos Airport is located in Madrid[3].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport is in the country of Spain[4].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's instance of is recorded as air base[6].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's instance of is recorded as airport for antique aircraft[7].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport is operated by ENAIRE[8].
  • Madrid is named after Cuatro Vientos Airport[9].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as LECU[10].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's Commons category is recorded as Madrid-Cuatro Vientos Airport[11].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's occupant is recorded as Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica[12].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's occupant is recorded as Fundación Infante de Orleans[13].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's runway is recorded as 10/28[14].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's runway is recorded as 10L/28R[15].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 40.370555555556, 'longitude': -3.785}[16].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's significant event is recorded as Benedict XVI's Apostolic Journey to Spain (2011)[17].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's significant event is recorded as World Youth Day 2011[18].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's official website is recorded as http://www.aena.es[19].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Madrid[20].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 1911[21].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+692'}[22].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'latitude': 40.36905566853642, 'longitude': -3.7798672153035255}[23].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+39'}[24].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+261'}[25].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+270'}[26].
  • Cuatro Vientos Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+179'}[27].

Body

Geography

Cuatro Vientos Airport is in the country of Spain[4]. It is located in Madrid[3].

Physical Characteristics

Cuatro Vientos Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+692'}[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[5], air base[6], and airport for antique aircraft[7].

History and Context

Madrid is named after Cuatro Vientos Airport[9].

Why It Matters

Cuatro Vientos Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (497 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Spain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Patronage → {'amount': '+39'}, {'amount': '+261'}, {'amount': '+270'} +17
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Airport", "LEVS"]
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 40.370555555556, 'longitude': -3.785}
    Country → Spain
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "LEVS"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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