Gran Canaria Airport

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Gran Canaria Airport is an airport used by private jets in Las Palmas, Spain. It has a maximum runway length of 3,100 meters. There is only one runway in total at the airport.

Gran Canaria Airport, sometimes also known as Gando Airport, 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.[3] The airport is located in the eastern part of Gran Canaria on the Bay of Gando, 19 km (12 mi) to the south of Las Palmas, and 25 km (16 mi) from the popular tourist areas in the south. In 2014 it handled over 10.3 million passengers, ranking 1st in the Canary Islands and 5th in Spain by passenger traffic. Gran Canaria Airport is an important hub for passengers travelling to West Africa (Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Cape Verde, among others), and to the Atlantic Isles of Madeira and the Azores.

Sometimes referred to as GCLP - its ICAO code - on private jet quotes, for example, it can also be called LPA - its IATA code name. Both these shorthands are used by aircrafts to refer to the airport.

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