Jerez Airport

Jerez Airport Aeropuerto de Jerez
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IATA: XRY – ICAO: LEJR XRY Location of airport in Andalusia
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aena
Location	Jerez de la Frontera
Elevation AMSL	28 m / 93 ft
Coordinates
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 2,300 7,546 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 758,309 Passenger change 13–14 6.5%
Source: Spanish AIP at EUROCONTROL

Jerez Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Jerez) (IATA: XRY, ICAO: LEJR), also known as La Parra Airport, is an airport located 8 km (5.0 mi) northeast 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
Air Berlin	Palma de Mallorca (ends 27 March 2016)
Brussels Airlines	Seasonal: Brussels (begins 4 May 2016)
Condor	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover (begins 13 May 2016), Munich, Stuttgart
Eurowings	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf
Express Airways	Seasonal: Bremen (begins 29 April 2016)
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

File:Trafico Aereo Jerez.jpg

Passenger numbers (in thousands) and operations since 2000:

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
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
1	Spain	Madrid	195,808	192,663	01.6%	Air Nostrum
2	Spain	Barcelona	58,852	83,949	042.6%	Ryanair, Vueling
3	Germany	Frankfurt	75,105	65,335	013.0%	Condor, TUIfly
4	Spain	Majorca	63,077	58,289	07.6%	Air Berlin
5	Germany	Düsseldorf	73,990	57,377	022.5%	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.

External links

• Official website (English) (Spanish)