Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport , also known as Granada Airport, is the airport

Airport

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 serving the province

Granada (province)

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 and city of Granada, in Spain

Spain

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. although it has Jaén in its name. The airport is located near to Chauchina

Chauchina

Chauchina is a municipality in the province of Granada, in Spain....

 and Santa Fe

Santa Fe, Granada

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, about 9.4 miles (15 km) west of Granada and 62.5 miles (100 km) south of Jaén

Jaén, Spain

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. On June 13, 2006 it was officially named after the poet Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca

Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads...

 from Granada. Most traffic is domestic Spanish flights, although there are seasonal international routes to Paris

Paris

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, and Rome

Rome

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.

Statistics

Passenger numbers and operations since 2000:

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Passengers	509,442	514,966	486,756	525,869	590,931	875,827	1,086,236	1,467,625	1,422,013
Operations	9,906	10,444	11,188	12,804	13,584	15,746	17,583	21,822	19,279

Airlines and destinations

External links

• Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (official site)