La Parra Airport or Jerez Airport is located ten kilometres from the city of Jerez. It is also quite close to Seville which is just a fifty kilometre drive away and Cadiz which is forty five kilometres away.
Thirty six percent of passengers who visit Jerez Airport do so on domestic flights. The majority of international visitors come from Germany and the United Kingdom. The Costa del Sol region is just a one hour and a half journey.
In the year 2000 almost seven hundred thousand passengers used the airport. By 2005 this had almost doubled with passenger numbers close to 1.3 million. 2007 was a record breaking year with over 1.6 million. Unfortunately in keeping with worldwide travel trends there was a drop in traffic in 2008 of around three hundred thousand.
Spanair offer domestic flights to Barcelona, Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Madrid, and Tenerife while Ryanair offer flights from Frankfurt and London Stansted. The best option for Irish travelers wishing to visit Jerez is probably getting a direct flight to Seville Airport.
Transport options from the airport include a bus service which costs just eighty five cent for a trip into Jerez. There is also the option of a taxi which will set you back about fifteen euro. There are six car hire Jerez firms at the airport. There is certainly no shortage of choice when it comes to hiring a car in Jerez, try a search on our booking engine and see for yourself.