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Teruel Airport: an aircraft boneyard in Europe

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Teruel Airport, located between the largest cities in Spain: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza and Bilbao. And an aircraft boneyard storing dozens of retired aircraft.

Wikipedia: An aircraft boneyard, or aircraft graveyard in the United Kingdom, is a storage area for aircraft that are retired from service. Most aircraft at boneyards are either kept for storage or have their parts removed for reuse or resale and are then scrapped. Deserts, such as those in the Southwestern United States, are good locations for boneyards since the dry conditions reduce corrosion and the hard ground does not need to be paved. The largest facility of its kind, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, is colloquially known as “The Boneyard”.

This post was published on 29 January 2017 14:55

Bart Noëth

Working for 25 years in the aviation industry, I changed my career and became a firefighter/EMT in 2021. I like to spend my free time with my two sons, girlfriend, family and friends. I love to travel, wine and dine and support my favourite football squad KV Mechelen. Once an Ironman 70.3 finisher and dreaming of completing a full distance.

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