Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport , also known as Granada International Airport, is the

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

serving the

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and city of

Granada Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...

, in

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

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, although it has ''Jaén'' in its name. The airport is located near to

Chauchina Chauchina is a municipality in the province of Granada, in Spain. References Municipalities in the Province of Granada {{Granada-geo-stub ...

and Santa Fe, about 9.4 miles (15 km) west of

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 Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...

, born near Granada.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Granada Airport:

Statistics

Passenger numbers and operations since 2000:

References

External links

* Airports in Andalusia Province of Granada Airports established in 1972 {{Spain-airport-stub