Granada Airport

Granada Airport

(Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport)

18329 Granada

Airport Code: GRX

Telephone: 0034 958 245 200

Aeropuerto de Granada / Granada Flughafen

 

I last visited Granada Airport in February 2006 and to me it looks like there is quite a bit of expansion work going on. Before you get to the airport 4 or 5 car hire companies have opened up new offices, a private long term car park has opened and a couple of petrol stations have also opened up.

In the last 12 months both Ryanair and Monarch have started to fly into Granada Airport from the UK so maybe there are more routes planned for the future and they are getting the infrastructure ready now.

There are five main Granada airport car hire companies all of them offer a good range of cars and it may well be possible to rent the car from this airport and return it to one of the others in Andalucia. The companies are: Avis at Granada Airport - Europcar at Granada Airport - Goldcar Europa at Granada Airport - Hertz at Granada Airport and National Atesa at Granada Airport

There are direct flights between Granada and the Spanish Cities of Barcelona, Girona, Madrid, Melilla and Palma de Mallorca along with the Milan, Paris and Rome in Europe. . You can get more information about these flights through www.iberia.es

In the last twelve months Ryanair have started to fly to Granada. We have pages with information on all: Flights from Gatwick to Granada - Flights from Liverpool to Granada  - Flights from Nottingham to Granada -  Flights from Stansted to Granada  

You could book your own private Granada airport transfers through Spain's leading company Shuttle Direct. You will then be meet in the arrivals hall by your own driver and taken straight to your holiday destination.

The are no trains at Granada Airport but there are direct Granada Airport buses into the City Centre that run at regular intervals coinciding with the flight arrivals and costing €3 each way.  From Granada the buses depart from Palacio de Congresos at 05:25, 06:30, 07:30, 08:30, 09:45, 10:45, 11:45, 12:45, 13:45, 14:45, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 18:45, 19:45 and 20:30 hours and from the airport they leave at the same times from outside the arrivals hall, It's only a short journey (17km) and stops at Airport – Bus Station – La Caleta – Avenida de la Constitución – Jardines del Triunfo – Gran Vía – Puerta Real – Palacio de Congresos.

You can call the bus company on +34 958 490 164 or visit the buses website

Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport is located 17 kilometres from Granada and 106 kilometres from Jaén. Granada Airport Taxis are pretty cheap, the trip into the city centre costs about €17, the Alhambra €25, Albaicin €23 and it will cost you around €63 to go up into the ski resort the Sierra Nevada Mountains. You will always be able to find a taxi just outside the main arrivals hall at Granada Airport.

Telephone Radiotaxi: (0034)958 280 654

Parking at Granada Airport used to be free but like 99% of the other airports in Spain you now have to pay to park here. The car park has 450 spaces for private cars, 99 for hired cars and 4 for buses For details of current tariffs visit Granada Airport parking

The airport terminal building is on one level with the departures area to the right and the arrivals area to the left. In the middle are the check in desks, about 11 in total. After check in it is best to stay in the public area of the airport. You can get a coffee, sandwich or cold drink at a small coffee bar just past security. Granada have also upgraded the land-side facilities with a new and much improved catering service with a larger seating/tabled area and reasonably priced hot and cold food. Click here for information on live flight departures at Granada Airport

The Granada Airport arrivals hall is at the opposite end of the terminal building and as you go through the exit you will find the taxis and bus stop.

Arrivals are handled on the ground floor of the passenger terminal and has two doors. The general arrivals area has a capacity for up to 595 passengers with a baggage reclaim area where there are three luggage carousels, the national police, civil guard and customs. This area leads into the arrivals hall, which has a capacity of up to 399 persons and has car hire offices, cash machines, toilets and a waiting area with seats. You can find out information on live flight arrivals at Granada Airport here

To save you time finding your way around when you arrive in Granada, we have provided an up to the minute Granada Area Guide on sporting and leisure amenities which includes the best Granada Shops, Granada Markets, Golf Courses in Granada, the beautiful Villages of Granada, recommended Granada Restaurants and Granada Local Attractions.

Granada Airport have opened up a small coffee bar just past security where you can get a coffee, sandwich or cold drink. There is also a cafe in the public zone offering reasonably priced hot and cold food.

Within the departures area is a shop that sold gifts and that kind of thing but I don't remember seeing any cigarettes on sale. This may be because of the new no smoking laws in Spain.

In some ways the most important aspect of all, Granada Weather gives you a full 3 day, 5 day and 10 day forecast with information on the year round climate in Granada and the surrounding area

There is no left luggage store at Granada Airport.

 

 

The passenger numbers at the airport have definitely increased in the last few years. Back in 2002 just under 500,000 people passed through the airport, but last year (2007) the passenger numbers had increased to 1,467,590 with 21,820 flioght operations. In Spanish the airport is known as Aeropuerto de Granada.

Granada Airport is an interesting airport to travel to and gives good access to some unknown parts of Andalucia. Apart form the City of Granada and Alhambra Palace, from here you are within easy reach of the Costa Tropical with towns such as Motril, Almunecar, Salobrena, La Herradura.

This airport also gives very easy access to Europe's southern most ski resort in the Sierra Nevada mountains and I believe that both Monarch and Ryanair have made a good move in securing routes to Granada.

If your looking for a holiday home near Granada then Medina Elvira could be the answer. Medina Elvira is set in in wonderful natural surroundings in the Atarfe Region of Granada. Easily accessible by public transport. Medina Elvira is only 10 mins away from Granada's International Airport and city, 20 mins from the Sierra Nevada Ski Resort and only 50 mins away from the beaches of Motril on Spain's Costa Tropical.