Granada Airport, situated in the area known as "Vega del Genil" or plains of the River Genil 16km west of the city of Granada and 106km south of the city of Jaen. It mainly handles national flights to Madrid and Barcelona but recently has expanded with a number of international flights from low cost airlines.
The terminal building was opened in 1972. The Airport has a single runway, 2,900 m long by 45 metres wide named 09 - 27 and an apron with twenty-five aircraft stands, of which eleven are for commercial planes. In 2006 Granada handled a total of 777.000 passenger movements (departures plus arrivals).
The first recorded flight at the Santa Fe location was in 1911 to celebrate Corpus Cristi. In 1922 the town hall donated the land for the construction of a permanent facility which was opened in 1925 and named Aerَdromo Dلvila in memory of Luis Dلvila Ponce de Leَn. The first regular scheduled service was to Seville.
Location & Communications


Granada Airport is located about 16 Kilometres west of the city near the small town of Santa Fé. The access to the Airport is directly south from the A92 Seville motorway.
There are several departures a day for buses to the city centre. Operated by Autocares Gonzalez. Their website is www.autocaresjosegonzalez.com (Tel:958 490 164) but in flash and difficult to navigate.

Busses to the city from the Airport are "following the arrival of every aeroplane" The journey time is 45minutes and the cost is 3 Euro.

The return bus to the Airport departs the Palacio de Congresos (next to Bar Ventorrillo) at 05:30 (except Sundays) and 06:40, 07:40, 08:45, 09:45, 10:45, 11:45, 12:45, 13:45, 14:45, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 18:45, 19:45, 20:45.


The route is:
Gran Via de Colon (1ھ Parada Bus Urbano y Parada Bus, Antigüo Americano,
Avda Constituciَn (infront of the train station),
The entrance to Coach Station,
Avenida de Andalucيa (corner of Calle Periodista Eugenio Selles),
1st Urban bus stop on Triunfo,
La Caleta (Infront of hospital Ruيz de Alda).
There are taxis available at the airport. The cost is about 17 EUR to the city. 25 EUR to the Alhambra, 63 EUR to the Sierra Nevada Ski resort.
Car parking is available for 450 cars First half hour is 0,40 €; second half hour 0,50 €; each additional hour or fraction is 0,90 €; Maximum daily up to four days is 9,00 €; thereafter 7,20 € per day. Lost ticket 45 €.
Flight arrival and departure information from the AENA web site. The real time information is provided from two hours before the flight to twenty four hours after the flight.