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 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | ENAIRE | ||||||||||
| Operator | Aena | ||||||||||
| Serves | Granada | ||||||||||
| Location | Granada | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,860 ft / 567 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°11′19″N 03°46′38″W | ||||||||||
| Website | aena.es | ||||||||||
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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
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Europa | Palma de Mallorca |
| easyJet | Berlin,[2] Bordeaux,[3] Nantes |
| Iberia | Madrid |
| Iberia Regional | Madrid, Melilla, Valencia |
| Volotea | Seasonal: Menorca |
| Vueling | Barcelona, Bilbao,[4] Gran Canaria,[4] Menorca,[5] Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife–North[4] |
Statistics
Passenger numbers and operations since 2000:[6]
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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| Passengers | 1,187,813 | 978,254 | 872,752 | 728,428 | 638,288 | 650,544 | 707,268 | 753,142 | 901,961 | 1 126 417 |
| Operations | 16,300 | 13,843 | 13,142 | 11,375 | 10,563 | 10,348 | 11,088 | 11,331 | 12,539 | 13,714 |
References
- 그라나다-하엔 페데리코 가르시아 로르카 공항. www.doopedia.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- Liu, Jim (31 January 2018). "easyJet outlines new routes from Berlin Tegel in S18". Routesonline. Informa Markets. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- "El aeropuerto de Granada ya tiene conexión con Nantes y Burdeos". Info Costa Tropical (in Spanish). 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- Liu, Jim (21 June 2017). "Vueling expands Granada operation from Dec 2017". Routesonline. Informa Markets. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- Liu, Jim. "Vueling July - Oct 2020 new routes update as of 03UL20". Routesonline. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- "Aena.es". www.aena.es.
External links
Media related to Federico García Lorca Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in English and Spanish)
- Airport information for LEGR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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