Jerez Airport
| Jerez Airport Aeropuerto de Jerez | |||||||||||
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| 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 6.06000°W | ||||||||||
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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 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 and the Costa del Sol which is a 90-minute drive away.
Most visitors at the airport arrive from Germany (39%) and the UK (7%), however around 48% of all arriving passengers at Jerez Airport are on domestic flights.
Ryanair introduced regular flights between Jerez Airport and London which helped to increase passenger numbers at the airport to 1.1 million in 2004.
FTE Jerez, a large pilot training academy, is colocated at the site.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Berlin | Berlin-Tegel[3] |
| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal: Vienna (begins 26 May 2016)[4] |
| Brussels Airlines | Seasonal: Brussels[5] |
| Condor | Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover (begins 13 May 2016),[6] Munich, Stuttgart |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum | Madrid |
| Jetairfly | Seasonal: Brussels |
| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg |
| Ryanair | Barcelona Seasonal: Hahn, London–Stansted |
| Thomson Airways operated by Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: London–Gatwick |
| TUIfly | Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart |
| Vueling | Barcelona |
Statistics
Passenger numbers (in thousands) and operations since 2000:[7]
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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| Passengers (thousands) | 692 | 802 | 771 | 846 | 1,117 | 1,297 | 1,382 | 1,608 | 1,304 | 1,002 | 1,043 | 1,032 | 941 | 812 | 758 |
| Operations | 24,800 | 26,988 | 32,687 | 24,946 | 26,599 | 38,235 | 46,535 | 50,374 | 50,511 | 45,451 | 50,941 | 41,713 | 38,701 | 42,257 | 38,358 |
Busiest routes
| Rank | Country | City | Passengers (2013) | Passengers (2014) | Change | Carriers |
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| 1 |  Spain |
Madrid | 195,808 | 192,663 |  1.6% |
Air Nostrum |
| 2 | Spain |
Barcelona | 58,852 | 83,949 |  42.6% |
Ryanair, Vueling |
| 3 |  Germany |
Frankfurt | 75,105 | 65,335 | 13.0% |
Condor, TUIfly |
| 4 | Spain |
Majorca | 63,077 | 58,289 | 7.6% |
Air Berlin |
| 5 | Germany |
Düsseldorf | 73,990 | 57,377 | 22.5% |
Condor, Eurowings, TUIfly |
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.
Jerez Airport train station is situated to the west of the airport, this is the other side of the car parking. Both medium distance and local trains operate a regular timetable.
References
- 1 2 EAD Basic
- ↑ "Sales Offices in Spain." Spanair. Retrieved on 6 May 2009.
- ↑ "airberlin S16 Planned New European Routes". airlineroute. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ↑ tip-online.at (25 February 2016). "Mit der AUA nach Jerez oder Sardinien" [With AUA to Jerez or Sardinia]. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/10/20/sn-europe-s16/
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/05/de-hajxry-may16/
- ↑ "AENA Airport Statistics".
External links
- Official website (English) (Spanish)
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