Granada Airport

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Granada Airport Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport
IATA: GRX - ICAO: LEGR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aena
Serves		Granada
Elevation AMSL		1860 ft (567 m)
Coordinates		37°11′19″N, 03°46′38″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
09/27	9,514	2,900	Asphalt

Granada Airport (IATA: GRX, ICAO: LEGR), also known as Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, is the airport serving the provinces of Granada and Jaén in Andalusia, Spain. The airport is located near to Romilla, about 15 km west of Granada and 100 km south of Jaén. It is named for the poet Federico García Lorca from Granada. Most traffic is domestic Spanish aircraft, although there are international routes to Liverpool, London and Frankfurt.

[edit] Statistics

Passenger numbers (in thousands) and operations since 2000:

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Passengers (thousands)	509	515	487	526	591	876
Operations	9,908	10,444	11,188	12,804	13,584	15,746

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Air Europa (Palma de Mallorca)
• Iberia (Barcelona, Madrid)
  • Iberia operated by Air Nostrum (Las Palmas, Melilla, Tenerife-Norte)
• Monarch Airlines (London Gatwick)
• Ryanair (Hahn, Liverpool, London Stansted, Milan-Bergamo, Nottingham/East Midlands)
• Vueling Airlines (Barcelona, Madrid)

[edit] External links

• Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (official site) (English)
• World Aero Data airport information for LEGR
• Map from MultiMap
• Satellite image from TerraServer