Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria - Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, España
N 27° 56.228 W 015° 23.432
28R E 461579 N 3090299
Airport on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria
Waymark Code: WM104K7
Location: Islas Canarias, Spain
Date Posted: 02/25/2019
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Gran Canaria Airport (IATA: LPA, ICAO: GCLP), sometimes also known as Gando Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria), is a passenger and freight airport on the island of Gran Canaria. It is an important airport within the Spanish air-transport network (owned and managed by a public enterprise, AENA), as it holds the sixth position in terms of passengers, and fifth in terms of operations and cargo transported. It is also ranks first of the Canary Islands in all three categories, although the island of Tenerife has higher passenger numbers overall between the two airports located on the island.
The airport is located in the eastern part of Gran Canaria on the Bay of Gando.
The airport was opened in 1939 and over the years has been extended in several stages and adapted to the current conditions.
Type: International
ICAO Airport Code: GCLP
IATA Airport Code: LPA
FAA Identifier: LPA
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