GRX

F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport

ICAO LEGR37.1887°N 3.7774°W567 m / 1,860 ftMedium airport
On the map
Aeropuerto de Granada
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F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (IATA: GRX, ICAO: LEGR) is a medium airport in Granada, Andalucía, Spain. It opened in 1972. It has one runway, 2,900 m (9,514 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aena. In 2025 it handled 1.2 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1972–1992
1972
OpenedF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport opens.
30 MAR 1992
DisasterAviaco Flight 231.No deaths
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH2,900 m9,514 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
649K
704K
750K
900K
1.1M
1.3M
386K
501K
909K
1.0M
1.1M
1.2M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

14 destinations · 5 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km500 mi1,000 miMLN · Melilla Airport · 225 km / 140 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 368 km / 229 miOPO · Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · 618 km / 384 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 626 km / 389 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 680 km / 423 miBIO · Bilbao Airport · 684 km / 425 miSDR · Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport · 694 km / 431 miOVD · Asturias Airport · 734 km / 456 miNTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport · 1,122 km / 697 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 1,376 km / 855 miLPA · Gran Canaria Airport · 1,495 km / 929 miTFN · Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport · 1,519 km / 944 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 1,655 km / 1,028 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 1,809 km / 1,124 miAMSLTNTFNORYNTEOVDSDRBIOBCNPMIOPOMADMLNLPAGRX
Year-round14
MLNMelilla AirportSpain · Iberia225 km140 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia368 km229 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Volotea618 km384 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Air Europa, Vueling626 km389 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling680 km423 miBIOBilbao AirportSpain · Vueling684 km425 miSDRSeve Ballesteros-Santander AirportSpain · Volotea694 km431 miOVDAsturias AirportSpain · Volotea734 km456 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Volotea1,122 km697 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Vueling1,376 km855 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Vueling1,495 km929 miTFNTenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportSpain · Vueling1,519 km944 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air1,655 km1,028 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Transavia1,809 km1,124 mi
Most destinationsVueling 6Volotea 4Iberia 2Air Europa 1Wizz Air 1Transavia 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GRX. From the Wikipedia article “Federico García Lorca Granada Airport” (revision of 21 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#766of 3,974 · #191 Europe · #22 ESLongest runway2,900 m9,514 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,500of 29,823 · =235 Europe · #22 ESElevation567 m1,860 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=9,592of 43,341 · =558 Europe · =145 ESAgeOpened 19722026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,633of 15,079 · =1,144 Europe · =50 ESRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =25 ES
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
GNDGND121.925
TWRTWR118.850
ATIS120.625