Federico García Lorca Granada Airport
| Granada 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 / 37.18861°N 3.77722°WCoordinates: 37°11′19″N 03°46′38″W / 37.18861°N 3.77722°W | ||||||||||
| Website | aena.es | ||||||||||
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Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (IATA: GRX, ICAO: LEGR), also known as Granada 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.
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
Statistics
Passenger numbers and operations since 2000:[5]
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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| Passengers | 509,442 | 514,966 | 486,756 | 525,869 | 590,931 | 875,827 | 1,086,236 | 1,467,625 | 1,422,013 | 1,187,813 | 978,254 | 872,752 | 728,428 | 638,288 | 650,544 | 707,268 | 753,142 | 901,961 |
| Operations | 9,906 | 10,444 | 11,188 | 12,804 | 13,584 | 15,746 | 17,583 | 21,822 | 19,279 | 16,300 | 13,843 | 13,142 | 11,375 | 10,563 | 10,348 | 11,088 | 11,331 | 12,539 |
References
- ↑ "그라나다-하엔 페데리코 가르시아 로르카 공항". www.doopedia.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ↑ "easyJet outlines new routes from Berlin Tegel in S18". Routesonline. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- ↑ "EasyJet anunciará hoy la conexión entre Granada y Berlín a partir de septiembre". 30 January 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Vueling expands Granada operation from Dec 2017".
- ↑ "Aena.es". www.aena.es.
External links
- Official website (in English) (in Spanish)
- Airport information for LEGR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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