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Costa Brava Airport
Airport Directory » Spain » Gerona » Costa Brava AirportGirona-Costa Brava Airport (IATA: GRO, ICAO: LEGE) is an airport turn up 12 kilometre southward of the town of Girona, next to the little small town of Vilobí d'Onyar, in the north east of Catalonia, Spain. It is good connected to the Costa Brava, Barcelona and the Pyrenees.
The airport was built in 1965, but rider traffic was modest. The early 2000s saw rider figure turn stunningly after Ryanair pick out Girona as 1 of its European hubs. In 1993, Girona Airport handled with only 275,000 riders; but in the last 6 yr the figure of riders increased 10 clips from 557,000 in 2002 to 5,507,000 in 2008.
Many individuals use Girona Airport as an alternative airport for Barcelona, though the airport is 92 kilometre (57.5 land mile) northward of Barcelona. Passengers is able to transport to Barcelona by passenger vehicle or cab from the airport, or by railroad train from Girona railroad terminal.
Statistics
Passenger figure 1997 to 2008:
| Year | Passengers |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 533,445 |
| 1998 | 610,607 |
| 1999 | 631,235 |
| 2000 | 651,402 |
| 2001 | 622,410 |
| 2002 | 557,187 |
| 2003 | 1,448,796 |
| 2004 | 2,962,988 |
| 2005 | 3,533,567 |
| 2006 | 3,614,223 |
| 2007 | 4,848,604 |
| 2008 | 5,507,294 |
To and around the airport
Girona Airport is convenient for the fall back alongside the Costa Brava, such as Lloret de Mar, l'Estartit and Blanes. It is approximately a 40 min drive from the French boundary line and many individuals use Girona Airport as a fashion of getting to the Pyrenees and the ski resort of Andorra.
By auto
The airport is assisted by 3 main routes:
- E-15/AP-7 turnpike (Perpignan, France - southward of Spain)
- C-25 (Lleida - Girona)
- N-II, no-toll route (Madrid - Barcelona - Perpignan, France)
By coach
There are four bus line functioning in the airport:
- Airport - Barcelona (one 60 minute ten min., times of departure depending on voyages. On Sunday the last passenger vehicle go forth Barcelona at 7.15pm)
- Airport - Costa Brava/Maresme (Stops at Tossa de Mar, Lloret de Mar, Blanes, Malgrat de Mar, Santa Susanna, Pineda de Mar and Calella de lah Costa),
- Airport - North Costa Brava (Stops at Figueres, Roses, Pineda de Mar, Calella de lah Costa and Tossa de Mar)
- Airport - Girona (25 min., 1 every 60 minute).
- Airport - Perpignan in France. Frogbus. Six clips daily. Stops at Le Boulou.
By railroad train
There is no railway station at the airport. The closest 1 is in Girona town. There is a labor to construct a station for the future AVE line LGV Perpignan-Figueres, now (2008) under building.
Accidents and incidents
Main article: Britannia Airways Flight 226AOn 14 September 1999, at 21:47 UTC, a Boeing 757-204 charter voyage from Cardiff, Wales, UK, with 236 riders and nine crew go forth the landing track when districting in a violent storm and break apart. After going forth the landing track, it ran 343 metres across flat grassland beside the landing track, before locomoting diagonally over a real world hill adjacent to the airport bound, getting semi-airborne as a effect. Beyond the hill it hit and break up a figure of medium sized trees and the right engine struck the bound fence. The aircraft then yawed well to the right, passed through the fence, re-landed in a field and both independent districting pitches break. It eventually halt after a 244 metre skid across the field.
Damage was real: the fuselage was broken in 2 locations and the districting pitch and both engines detached. Remarkably, there were no immediate fatalities but 44 mortals, including the aircraft's captain, had infirmary intervention for severe to minor harms.
Original article.