# Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO / LEGE)

**Girona-Costa Brava Airport** (IATA: GRO, ICAO: LEGE) is a large airport in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It opened on 1 Apr 1967. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aena. In 2025 it handled 2.2 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lege

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GRO / LEGE
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Aena
- Owner: ENAIRE
- Serves: Girona, Catalonia, Spain
- Opened: 1 Apr 1967
- Elevation: 143 m / 468 ft
- Coordinates: 41.9046, 2.7618
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 m / 7,874 ft
- Passengers: 2,181,567 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Madrid
- Website: https://www.aena.es/es/girona-costa-brava.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girona%E2%80%93Costa_Brava_Airport (36 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1142410
- Weather station: LEGE · WMO 08184
- Ident: LEGE

## Timeline

- 1 Apr 1967: Girona-Costa Brava Airport opens.
- 14 Sep 1999: Britannia Airways Flight 226A. 1 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 014° / 194° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 2,147,356 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 1,757,864 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 1,646,736 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,933,530 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 2,010,868 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 1,921,023 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 164,875 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 308,688 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 1,310,144 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 1,580,029 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 1,992,961 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 2,181,567 | Eurostat |

## Routes

47 destinations in 16 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (10)

- [PSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirp.md) Pisa International Airport · Italy · 653 km / 406 mi · Ryanair
- [FKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edsb.md) Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport · Germany · 870 km / 541 mi · Ryanair
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 960 km / 597 mi · Ryanair
- [NUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddn.md) Nuremberg Airport · Germany · 1,062 km / 660 mi · Ryanair
- [NRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlv.md) Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport · Germany · 1,108 km / 688 mi · Ryanair
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,126 km / 700 mi · Ryanair
- [BEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmd.md) Beni Mellal Airport · Morocco · 1,326 km / 824 mi · Ryanair
- [WRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwr.md) Copernicus Wrocław Airport · Poland · 1,483 km / 921 mi · Ryanair
- [RAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmx.md) Marrakesh Menara Airport · Morocco · 1,493 km / 928 mi · Ryanair
- [KRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkk.md) Kraków John Paul II International Airport · Poland · 1,593 km / 990 mi · Ryanair

### Seasonal (36)

- [BVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfob.md) Beauvais-Tillé airport · France · 841 km / 523 mi · Ryanair
- [FMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edja.md) Memmingen Allgau Airport · Germany · 896 km / 557 mi · Ryanair
- [PSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libp.md) Abruzzo Airport · Italy · 942 km / 585 mi · Ryanair
- [HHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edfh.md) Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · Germany · 959 km / 596 mi · Ryanair
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 1,009 km / 627 mi · Ryanair, TUI fly Belgium
- [TNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmtt.md) Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport · Morocco · 1,017 km / 632 mi · Air Arabia
- [MST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehbk.md) Maastricht Aachen Airport · Netherlands · 1,027 km / 638 mi · Ryanair
- [BOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eghh.md) Bournemouth Airport · United Kingdom · 1,048 km / 651 mi · Ryanair
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 1,052 km / 654 mi · TUI Airways, easyJet
- [EIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eheh.md) Eindhoven Airport · Netherlands · 1,080 km / 671 mi · Ryanair
- [RTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehrd.md) Rotterdam The Hague Airport · Netherlands · 1,125 km / 699 mi · Transavia
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,126 km / 700 mi · Jet2.com
- [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · United Kingdom · 1,133 km / 704 mi · Jet2.com, Ryanair
- [ZAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldza.md) Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport · Croatia · 1,148 km / 713 mi · Ryanair
- [PAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlp.md) Paderborn Lippstadt Airport · Germany · 1,167 km / 725 mi · Ryanair
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 1,167 km / 725 mi · Transavia
- [BRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libd.md) Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · Italy · 1,167 km / 725 mi · Ryanair
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 1,221 km / 759 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · United Kingdom · 1,253 km / 779 mi · Jet2.com, Ryanair
- [SJJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lqsa.md) Sarajevo International Airport · Bosnia & Herzegovina · 1,285 km / 798 mi · Ryanair
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 1,327 km / 825 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair
- [LPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggp.md) Liverpool John Lennon Airport · United Kingdom · 1,338 km / 831 mi · easyJet
- [PED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpd.md) Pardubice Airport · Czechia · 1,346 km / 836 mi · Ryanair
- [LBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnm.md) Leeds Bradford Airport · United Kingdom · 1,370 km / 851 mi · Jet2.com, Ryanair
- [ORK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eick.md) Cork International Airport · Ireland · 1,394 km / 866 mi · Ryanair
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 1,438 km / 894 mi · Wizz Air
- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 1,446 km / 899 mi · Ryanair
- [SNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/einn.md) Shannon Airport · Ireland · 1,485 km / 923 mi · Ryanair
- [NCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnt.md) Newcastle International Airport · United Kingdom · 1,496 km / 930 mi · Jet2.com
- [BFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egaa.md) Belfast International Airport · United Kingdom · 1,563 km / 971 mi · Ryanair
- [POZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppo.md) Poznań-Ławica Airport · Poland · 1,575 km / 979 mi · Ryanair
- [NOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eikn.md) Ireland West Airport Knock · Ireland · 1,585 km / 985 mi · Ryanair
- [GLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpf.md) Glasgow Airport · United Kingdom · 1,638 km / 1,018 mi · Jet2.com
- [AAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekyt.md) Aalborg Airport · Denmark · 1,763 km / 1,095 mi · Ryanair
- [RIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/evra.md) Riga International Airport · Latvia · 2,249 km / 1,397 mi · Ryanair
- [HEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efhk.md) Helsinki Vantaa Airport · Finland · 2,542 km / 1,580 mi · Ryanair

### Seasonal charter (3)

- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 1,571 km / 976 mi · Enter Air
- [POZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppo.md) Poznań-Ławica Airport · Poland · 1,575 km / 979 mi · Enter Air
- [GDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epgd.md) Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · Poland · 1,803 km / 1,120 mi · Enter Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GRO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- ORZ [Zorex Air Transport](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zorex-air-transport)

### Passenger (9)

- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 37
- LS [Jet2.com](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jet2-com) · 8 · seasonal
- E4 [Enter Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/enter-air) · 3 · seasonal charter
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 3 · seasonal
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 2 · seasonal
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 2 · seasonal
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 1 · seasonal
- TB [TUI fly Belgium](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-belgium) · 1 · seasonal
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.2M (2025) | #551 of 3,974 | #147 in Europe | #17 in ES |
| Longest runway | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | =2,846 of 29,858 | =553 in Europe | =35 in ES |
| Elevation | 143 m / 468 ft | =27,715 of 43,403 | =2,877 in Europe | #228 in ES |
| Age | Opened 1967 | =5,747 of 15,079 | =1,051 in Europe | =40 in ES |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =25 in ES |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.900 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [ES-0109](https://dromopedia.com/airports/es-0109.md) Folgueroles Airfield · 38 km / 24 mi
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [PGF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfmp.md) Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [LEU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lesu.md) Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel Airport · 122 km / 76 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Girona–Costa Brava Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Girona–Costa_Brava_Airport&oldid=1376900222), revision of 26 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lege/data