Flew out to Murcia on Friday and came back from Alicante last night.
Timings:-
From San Javier airport to site - 40mins (this is on the new motorway and doing 100-120k all the way). Past Mar Menor, roundabout after Torre Pacheo hotel do a right, then follow the road until you get to the new motorway, foot down and go for it, the exact directions are on another thread of this forum.
To Alicante Airport from Site - not sure if the person who put 50mins mean't by helicopter? Last night door to door it was 1hr 10mins, easy as it is motorway all the way, but I very much doubt it can be done much quicker.
We stayed in Mazarron and from Le Cumbre hotel to Alicante airport it was 1hr 30mins.
Worth travelling to Alicante last night as the flight took off an hour earlier than the Murcia one which mean't I was home and got an extra hour in bed before work this morning, the Murcia flight is a bit of a killer, although good old Jet2.com did get us in 20mins early!
Not sure what it would be like doing the journey at night, didn't notice many lights on the road, although it is pretty much all motorway.
Lindsey & Martyn