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Girona-Costa Brava Airport

Girona, Spain

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ICAO

LEGE

Elevation

468 ft

The gateway in a glance

The Essence of Girona-Costa Brava Airport

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Location

Girona · CT · Spain

Connectivity

49 routes · 49 destinations

Position

41.905°, 2.762° · 468 ft elev.

Visa & Entry

Schengen Visa (C), National Visa (D)Official

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Costa Brava's gateway serving Catalonia's scenic northeast.

Opened

1967

Location

Girona, Spain

Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO/LEGE) is an international airport located approximately 11 kilometres south of Girona city centre in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. It primarily serves leisure traffic bound for the Costa Brava coastline, the Pyrenees, and the broader Girona and northern Barcelona region. The airport gained significant commercial prominence in the 2000s as a key base for Ryanair, which uses it as an alternative gateway to Barcelona. At its peak it handled over 5 million passengers annually, though traffic has fluctuated with changes in low-cost carrier operations. Managed by AENA, Spain's national airport authority, Girona-Costa Brava Airport operates a single passenger terminal and runway, offering scheduled and charter services primarily to European destinations.

Terminals

The airport operates a single passenger terminal handling all departures and arrivals.

Getting to & from

Bus services operated by Sagalés connect the airport to Girona city centre and Barcelona, with journey times of approximately 35–40 minutes and 1 hour 15 minutes respectively.

Airlines here

Ryanair is the dominant carrier at Girona, having historically used it as a primary base for routes across Europe.

Notable facts

›Ryanair marketed Girona Airport as 'Barcelona Girona' to attract passengers seeking an alternative to Barcelona El Prat.
›The airport has a single 2,400-metre runway designated 02/20.
›Passenger numbers peaked at over 5 million in 2008 before declining significantly.
›The airport is managed by AENA, Spain's public airport authority.
›It is situated at an elevation of approximately 143 metres above sea level.

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Route map (48 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Routes

GRO → BGYFR · 738

GRO → BREFR · 738

GRO → BRSFR · 738

GRO → BVAFR · 738

GRO → EMAFR · 738

GRO → FMMFR · 738

GRO → GRQFR · 738

GRO → IBZFR · 738

GRO → LBAFR · 738

GRO → MANFR · 738

GRO → STNFR · 738

GRO → TMPFR · 738

GRO → WROFR · 738

GRO → BDSFR · 738

GRO → CGNFR · 738

GRO → DTMFR · 738

GRO → EINFR · 738

GRO → LTNFR · 738

GRO → MLAFR · 738

GRO → NRNFR · 738

GRO → RAKFR · 738

GRO → SFTFR · 738

GRO → SKGFR · 738

GRO → TPSFR · 738

GRO → AHOFR · 738

GRO → BLLFR · 738

GRO → BOHFR · 738

GRO → BTSFR · 738

GRO → CRLFR · 738

GRO → DUBFR · 738

GRO → KRKFR · 738

GRO → NCLFR · 738

GRO → PSAFR · 738

GRO → PSRFR · 738

GRO → CAGFR · 738

GRO → FKBFR · 738

GRO → FMOFR · 738

GRO → HHNFR · 738

GRO → LPPFR · 738

GRO → MSTFR · 738

GRO → PMIFR · 738

GRO → POZFR · 738

GRO → RBAFR · 738

GRO → TLLFR · 738

GRO → BRUHQ · 320

GRO → AMSHV · 73H

GRO → RTMHV · 73H 73W

GRO → IEVWU · 320

GRO → LWOWU · 320

Aircraft operating here

Boeing 737-80044 routes Airbus A3203 routes 73H2 routes 73W1 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Girona–Costa Brava Airport is an airport located 12.5 km (7.8 mi) southwest of the city of Girona, next to the small village of Vilobí d'Onyar, in the north-east of Catalonia, Spain. The airport is well connected to the Costa Brava and the Pyrenees. Girona Airport is used as an alternative airport for Barcelona as well, even though the airport is 74 km (46 mi) north of the center of Barcelona.

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