Federico García Lorca Granada Airport

Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (IATA: GRX, ICAO: LEGR), also known as Granada International Airport, is the airport serving the province and city of Granada, in Spain, although it has Jaén in its name. The airport is located near to Chauchina and Santa Fe, about 9.4 miles (15 km) west of Granada and 62.5 miles (100 km) south of Jaén.

Granada International Airport

Aeropuerto Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerENAIRE
OperatorAena
ServesGranada
LocationGranada
Elevation AMSL1,860 ft / 567 m
Coordinates37°11′19″N 03°46′38″W
Websiteaena.es
Map
GRX
Location within Spain
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 9,514 2,900 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers1,126,389
Passengers change 17-1824.9%
Movements13,714
Movements change 17-18 9.4%
Cargo (t)0.3
Sources: Aena

Construction of the airport began in 1970 and it opened as Aeropuerto de Granada in 1972. On June 13, 2006 it was officially named after the poet Federico García Lorca, born near Granada.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air EuropaPalma de Mallorca
easyJet Berlin,[2] Bordeaux,[3] Nantes
IberiaMadrid
Iberia RegionalMadrid, Melilla, Valencia
VoloteaSeasonal: Menorca
VuelingBarcelona, Bilbao,[4] Gran Canaria,[4] Menorca,[5] Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife–North[4]

Statistics

Passenger numbers and operations since 2000:[6]

Year2009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Passengers1,187,813978,254872,752728,428638,288650,544707,268753,142901,9611 126 417
Operations16,30013,84313,14211,37510,56310,34811,08811,33112,53913,714

References

  1. 그라나다-하엔 페데리코 가르시아 로르카 공항. www.doopedia.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  2. Liu, Jim (31 January 2018). "easyJet outlines new routes from Berlin Tegel in S18". Routesonline. Informa Markets. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. "El aeropuerto de Granada ya tiene conexión con Nantes y Burdeos". Info Costa Tropical (in Spanish). 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  4. Liu, Jim (21 June 2017). "Vueling expands Granada operation from Dec 2017". Routesonline. Informa Markets. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  5. Liu, Jim. "Vueling July - Oct 2020 new routes update as of 03UL20". Routesonline. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. "Aena.es". www.aena.es.

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