Granada -Jaen Airport is located in the region of La Vega del Genil and is situated 17 km from Granada and 106 km from Jaen. The A-92 national motorway connects Granada Airport with the city centre and heads towards Malaga to the west and Almeria to the east.
The Airport gives good access to some unknown parts of Andalucia. Apart form the City of Granada and Alhambra Palace it also provides easy access to Europe's southern most ski resort in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the Costa Tropical and towns such as Motril, Almunecar and Salobrena.
Passengers arriving into Granada Airport go through one of two gates on the ground floor of the terminal building. The baggage reclaim area has 3 luggage belts and is where the passport control and the Granada tourist board information desk is located. Once you have exited the baggage reclaim area you will come out into the arrivals hall which is where you will find a seated waiting area, Servired cash machines, toilets and the car hire desks. The 5 car hire companies based at Granada Airport are Auriga Crown, Avis, Europcar, Goldcar Europa and Solmar.
If you need to get a taxi, you will find that the airport taxi costs are quite reasonable with a trip into the city centre costing around 17 euros, to the Alhambra 25 euros, Albaicin 23 euros and around 65 euros to go up into the Sierra Nevada ski resort. Taxis at Granada Airport are readily available and situated directly outside the arrivals hall.
No train service is present at Granada Airport but there is a bus service into the city centre that runs at regular intervals and coincides with the flight arrivals. A single fare will set you back just 3 euros. From Granada Airport the buses depart at 05:20, 06:25, 07:45, 10:00, 11:00, 12:99, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00 and 20:00 and from the city centre they leave at the same times from the Palacio de Congresos. The journey is reasonably short and includes the following 7 stops from the Airport, Bus Station - La Caleta - Jardines del Triunfo - Gran Vía - Cathedral - Puerta Real - Palacio de Congresos.
If you are picking someone up at Granada Airport or if you are flying out from Granada Airport and need to park your car there the parking costs are not that expensive but it if you are planning on leaving your car at Granada airport for a while it may be worthwhile parking in the long term car park on the approach road to the Airport. The short term car park is directly opposite the terminal building.
Departures at Granada Airport are handled on the ground floor and consists of 14 check-in desks and automatic check-in machines for Iberia and Spanair. The airport information desks for Aena and the Granada tourist board are also situated here. There is also a restaurant and cafe bar available which are always open whilst the airport is operational, with a selection of shops situated opposite. The boarding lounge is immediately after the security control checkpoint where you will board the aircraft via one of the 4 boarding gates.
The low cost airline Ryanair recently begun operating a new daily flight with Madrid. With this new service added to the 5 existing flights with Iberia, Granada-Jaen Airport now has flights connecting it with the Spanish capital from first thing in the morning to last thing in the evening.
Passengers can now also access Granada Airport's Wi-Fi network using any portable device with internet access. The service, which offers broadband connection through laptops, phones or PDAs, is provided by Telefonica.
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