Jerez Airport
| Jerez Airport Aeropuerto de Jerez |
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IATA: XRY – ICAO: LEJR
 XRY
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Aena | ||
| Location | Jerez de la Frontera | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 28 m / 93 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 36°44′41″N 006°03′36″W / 36.74472°N 6.06°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 02/20 | 2,300 | 7,546 | Asphalt |
| Source: Spanish AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] | |||
Jerez Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Jerez) (IATA: XRY, ICAO: LEJR), also known as La Parra Airport,[2] is an airport located 8 km (5.0 mi) northeast[1] of Jerez de la Frontera in Southern Spain, about 50 mi (80 km) from Sevilla and 28.1 mi (45.2 km) from Cadiz. It is a modern airport with the principal arrivals and departures areas on the ground floor.
Jerez Airport is conveniently located for access to Gibraltar, Cadiz, Tarifa, Seville or even the Costa del Sol which is a 90 minute drive away.
Most visitors at the airport arrive from Germany and the UK however around 36% of all passengers arrive at Jerez Airport are on domestic Spanish flights.
Ryanair introduced regular flights between Jerez Airport and London which helped increase passenger numbers at the airport to 1.1 million in 2004.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Berlin | Palma de Mallorca Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf |
| Air Europa | Palma de Mallorca |
| Air Méditerranée | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| ArkeFly | Seasonal: Amsterdam, Málaga |
| Condor Flugdienst | Düsseldorf, Frankfurt Seasonal: Hamburg, Stuttgart |
| Finnair | Seasonal: Helsinki |
| Germanwings | Cologne/Bonn [begins 25 March 2012] |
| Iberia | Madrid |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum | Bilbao, Madrid, Valencia |
| Jetairfly | Brussels |
| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg |
| Niki | Seasonal: Vienna |
| Ryanair | Barcelona Seasonal: Hahn, London-Stansted, Madrid |
| Transavia.com | Seasonal: Amsterdam |
| TUIfly | Hamburg Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart |
[edit] Statistics
Passenger numbers (in thousands) and operations since 2000:[3]
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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| Passengers (thousands) | 692 | 802 | 771 | 846 | 1,117 | 1,297 | 1,382 | 1,608 | 1,304 |
| Operations | 24,800 | 26,988 | 32,687 | 24,946 | 26,599 | 38,235 | 46,535 | 50,374 | 50,511 |
[edit] Ground Transportation
There are regular buses to and from the airport to Jerez, El Puerto de Santa Maria and Cádiz. Taxis and car rental companies are available, too.
A new train station with links to Jerez and Sevilla is under construction, with platforms to the west of the short term car park. This project is aimed to be completed by Winter 2011.
[edit] References
- ^ a b EAD Basic
- ^ "Sales Offices in Spain." Spanair. Retrieved on 6 May 2009.
- ^ "AENA Airport Statistics". http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?pagename=Estadisticas/Home.
