Asturias (OVD): one bus to Gijon, another to Oviedo
The consortium runs distinct Gijon and Oviedo airport lines. There are two stops at the terminal, one for departures and one for arrivals.
- There are two stops at the terminal: Aeropuerto - Salidas for departures and Aeropuerto - Llegadas for arrivals.
- Arriving passengers want Llegadas, which is the lower level stop.
- The Gijon to Aeropuerto line is the busier, about 149 scheduled calls, running across the full day.
- The Oviedo to Aeropuerto line has about 59 scheduled calls.
- The Gijon line runs via Aviles and Castrillon, the coastal towns between the airport and the city.
- Both lines show trips from just after one in the morning through to just before midnight in the published data, matching flight times rather than a commuter pattern.
- The airport is not in Oviedo. It is at Santiago del Monte in Castrillon, about 40 km from Oviedo and about 45 km from Gijon.
- Aviles is the closest town, roughly 15 km away.
Two lines, two cities
- The Consorcio de Transportes de Asturias runs two airport lines, one to Gijon and one to Oviedo. They are separate services, not two ends of one route.
- Gijon-Aeropuerto, via Aviles and Castrillon, has about 149 scheduled calls.
- Oviedo-Aeropuerto has about 59.
- Both show trips spread across the whole clock in the published data, from just after 01:00 to just before midnight, which reflects the flight schedule rather than commuter peaks.
The two stops
- Aeropuerto - Salidas is the departures stop.
- Aeropuerto - Llegadas is the arrivals stop, about 630 metres from the runway reference point.
- If you have just landed, look for Llegadas. Getting this wrong costs you a bus.
Where the airport actually is
- It is at Santiago del Monte in the municipality of Castrillon, on the coast west of Aviles.
- Oviedo is about 40 km away and Gijon about 45 km. Neither is close.
- Aviles, about 15 km off, is the nearest town and the Gijon line runs through it.
Planning
- Check which city you are going to before you board. The two lines diverge immediately.
- Asturias has a dense regional rail network, but it does not reach the airport, so the bus is the connection to it.
- Taxis are expensive here precisely because of the distances involved.
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