Granada airport is located in the district of La Vega del
Genil, 17 kilometres from the region's capital city.
Granada Airport, situated in the Vega del Genil region 17
kilometres outside the city, mainly handles scheduled flights
to Barcelona and Madrid and therefore plays a key role in
the socio-economic development of Granada and its area of
influence: the Granada province, Jaén and the south-east
of the Cordoba province.
At present, the airport has a single runway, 2,900 by 45
metres and a 90,350-square metre apron with twenty-five aircraft
stands, of which eleven are for commercial planes. The passenger
terminal has a surface area of 5,116 square metres and comprises
the departures and arrivals zones, a cafeteria and restaurant,
the VIP lounge, car hire offices and other services.
In 2003 Granada handled a total of 525,870 passengers, mainly
concentrated over the Easter period and the summer months.
By contrast, the majority of aircraft operations, which reached
a total of 12,804 last year, take place in December, January
and March. The airport also handled 101,2 tons of cargo.
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