It might sound like a Spanish team you could select on a dodgy football video game, but Real Ciudad is actually one of the most significant infrastructure catastrophes of the 21st century.

Constructed at a price exceeding €1.1 billion, it launched in 2009 and pledged to become a major aviation hub that would ease congestion at Spain's other airports, whilst also drawing numerous budget airlines from throughout Europe.

Rather than succeeding, it barely lasted three years before closing down entirely, and gaining the moniker of Spain's "ghost airport."

The scheme was conceived during the peak of Spain's mid-2000s building frenzy, and its aspirations were vast.

Featuring one of Europe's longest runways at 4.1km, and with a terminal engineered to accommodate up to ten million passengers annually, investors rushed to what they believed was a guaranteed profitable venture, reports the Mirror.