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Granada-Jaén enhances its air connection

This action is included in the Infrastructure Strategic Plan 2005-2020, approved by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. Due to Granada Airport’s activity growth in recent years, as well as the need to adapt its existing infrastructures, AENA planned a series of actions to expand the Movement Area and the Passenger Terminal, aiming to avoid saturation of the airfield.

The works carried out consist of the extension of the taxiways parallel to the existing tracks and their connection with both runway heads 09 and 27, as well as both holding/racetracks. To achieve this, the axes of the current parallel taxiways (617.54 meters towards head 27 and 617.43 meters towards head 09) are extended while maintaining the same separation with the axis of the runway, until reaching the points where this axis unfolds, allowing two runway entries per head.

A holding point is available in each head, located 90 meters away from the runway’s axis. The holding/racetracks enable the parking of aircrafts up to category D, which can be overtaken by other aircrafts up to category E, so that they can occupy a position farther from the Platform or Terminal.

Likewise, the project also includes the modification of the horizontal and vertical signaling, as well as the beaconing, in order to provide appropriate visual aid to the pilot.