International Airport
The international airport of Valencia is 5 kilometers from Paterna, City of Business. Connected with the main national and European capitals, it is one of the most important airports in Spain and the largest in the Valencian Community in terms of air and passenger traffic. In 2011, the airport registered a traffic of 4,979,629 passengers, 70,572 operations and 10,484 tons of goods.
The area of influence of the Valencia airport is mainly industrial because, on the one hand, there is a large number of companies that are located in the airport environment itself, and on the other hand, it has an important communications network that favors travel to the airport. Airport (A-III, Madrid-Valencia and A-7, Autovía del Mediterráneo). Regarding the facilities of the Valencia airport, the following stand out:
- A passenger terminal distributed in 3 floors, the first and the ground floor used for the arrival and departure of passengers. The terminal has 52 information and check-in counters, and 16 boarding gates.
- The airport has expanded the commercial offer of its facilities to offer users a top quality, modern and safe service. The area for commercial activity is 985 square meters, and 2,140 square meters is occupied by restaurants and coffe shops.
- In addition to commercial services, the airport offers a VIP lounge that makes the passenger's stay more comfortable and an auditorium where business meetings can be held.
- It has car parkings adapted to all needs: long stay, stays less than 4 days, to carry or pick up passengers and a parking for rental cars.
Port of Valencia
Paterna, City of Business, is less than 20 kilometers (about 15 minutes) from Valencia Port, via the V-30
Valenciaport is Spain’s leading Mediterranean port in terms of commercial traffic, mostly containerised cargo, due to its dynamic area of influence and an extensive network connecting it to major world ports.
It has specialized facilities for all types of traffic (liquid bulk, solid bulk, conventional general merchandise, general containerized merchandise and passengers):
- More than 12,000 m of docks with openings of up to 17 meters that enable the scale of the largest container ships.
- 300 hectares of deposit area.
Valenciaport is the first and last port of call for regular shipping lines operating in the Western Mediterranean, with a powerful area of direct influence that efficiently distributes goods over a radius of 2000km, both in southern EU countries and in North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya), representing a huge market of 270 million consumers.
The enviable position in the Iberian Peninsula makes it the natural port for interoceanic traffic by providing reduced times in land transport, thanks to an advanced network of land connections by road and rail that unites it with the main productive centers of the Peninsula.
It is the natural port of Madrid and one of the essential platforms for the Iberian Peninsula, since its area of influence covers a radius of 350 km, where 55 percent of Spanish GDP is produced and half of the population resides.
Valenciaport offers a complete network of connections with major world ports thanks to:
- - Over 140 regular lines, among which are the world’s largest shipping companies..
- - Multiple regional connections that give Valenciaport an extensive capillary network for goods transport.
Road Network
Paterna, City of Business, is crossed by two main road axes: the A-7 (BYPASS) that runs in the direction S.W-N.E., and the CV-35 (Pista de Ademuz) that does it in the S.E.-N.W..
- BYPASS (A-7)
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which runs in the N-S direction, constitutes the most important road network of the Metropolitan Area of Valencia. It is part of the most important road of the Spanish Mediterranean Arc, since it connects the Spanish cities of the Mediterranean coast, as well as the entire eastern part of the Peninsula with Europe. The section of the A-7 that runs through the Paterna, known as the BYPASS, is a highway that circles the entire Metropolitan Area of Valencia, allowing easy and quick access to the all the towns of L'Horta , as well as the main communication routes that the province has: the A-3 (Valencia-Madrid), A-23 (Sagunto-Somport); and the N-340, direction Alicante, that connects with the regions of La Ribera Baixa, La Costera, La Vall d’Albaida and L’Alcoià.
- CV-35
- The CV-35 highway, better known as Pista de Ademúz, runs through the municipality SE-NO. It is the most important road west of Valencia, connecting the capital with the regions of Camp del Turia and Los Serranos. It is the natural access to Feria Valencia from the capital, and connects Paterna with the Palacio de Congresos of Valencia.
- CV-3103
- Parallel to the CV-35 is the regional road CV-3103, former road that connected Valencia with Llíria, it communicates with an important service area (Heron City), as well as with the neighboring towns of Burjassot and Godella .
- CV-31
- LThe CV-31 highway, also known as Ronda Norte, of recent construction and whose orientation is NNW-SSE, circles the town of Paterna by the east and connects the V-30 with the CV-35, allowing access to Feria Valencia from the south.
- CV-365
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The regional road CV-365 from Paterna to Plá del Pou runs parallel to the Pista Ademúz in the south. It connects with Fuente del Jarro Industrial Estate, the residential area of Canyada and Plantío, linking with the CV-35 along the border with San Antonio de Benagéber.
The proximity of Manises airport, just 5 km (10 minutes) by the VV-6177, allows Paterna to have air transport services.
Railway
- Valencia Underground
- Paterna, City of Business is crossed in a SOUTHEAST-NORTHEAST direction by the Line 1 of Valencia Underground (Metrovalencia). It has six stops in Paterna: Campamento station, Paterna station, Santa Rita station, Fuente del Jarro station, Canyada station and La Vallesa station.
- Tram
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Metrovalencia Line 4, is part of the city's tram line, which runs through the north of Valencia, and part of Paterna. The Line serves the residential area of Terramelar and Feria Valencia, Lloma Llarga, la Coma and the leisure park Heron City.
Also, the proximity to the city of Valencia allows quick access to its stations:
- Valencia Joaquín Sorolla from where long-distance routes are made: Barcelona, Alicante, Castellón and Albacete, highlighting the high-speed AVE train to Madrid
- Valencia Nord, with daily connections with Sevilla, Port Bou (French border), Granada, Zaragoza, Bilbao and trains to almost all Spanish provinces.