Bailén-Barranco

38°02'15"N 003°45'57"W
 

Runway: 05-23 - 1095x21m - asphalt
 

Bailén-Barranco airfield (Spanish: campo de vuelo de Bailén-Barranco, also known as El Barranco Bailen Jaen, ICAO: LE11) was a small airfield 260 kilometers south of Madrid. 

I could not trace when the airfield originated, but it remained in sporadic use until early this century, when it hosted a number of summer parachute camps. In October 2004 photography large white Xs had been painted on both ends of the runway. Aerial photography of 2013 (Google earth) suggests the airfield runway is largely covered in dust, suggesteing it has not seen use in some time.


The airfield when it was little used, but still open, in 2003 (Google Earth)



The airfield appeared to have been closed when this photo was taken after the summer of 2004, as indicated by the large Xs on the runway (Google Earth)


A very dusted over airfield showed in 2013 aerial photography, suggesting the airfield is no longer in use as such (Google Earth)