Girona Airport
www.inSpain.tv - Girona Airport - Costa Brava Airport is an airport located twelve
kilometres south from the city of Girona, in the north-east of Catalonia, Spain. It
is well connected to the Costa Brava, Barcelona and the Pyrenees.
Over the last couple of years the passenger traffic at the Airport has grown spectacularly
due to Ryanair and Martinair now using it as one of its European destinations. In
1993 Girona Airport only dealt with 275,000 passengers but by 2004 that number had
escalated to 2,956,471 passengers.
Many people use Girona Airport as an alternative airport for Barcelona. Girona Airport
is about 100 km to the north of Barcelona so the transfer times do put some people
off. You can transfer into Barcelona via a direct airport bus, taxi or by heading
into Girona city and catching one of the trains.
Driving down to Barcelona will take between 60 and 90 minutes via the AP-7 toll road.
The facilities at the airport are not bad and there are plenty of companies offering
car hire etc. There are also a couple of shops to look around and cafes serving sandwiches
and drinks. From Girona Airport you can easily reach the resorts along the Costa Brava,
places such as Lloret de Mar, l'Estartit, Blanes. You are also only about a 40 minute
drive from the French border and many people use Girona Airport as a way of getting
to the Pyrenees and the Ski Resort of Andorra.