Car Hire Gran Canaria Airport - Mini guide to Gran Canaria Airport
Gran Canaria International Airport is located 18kms south of Las Palmas. It handles daily flights to destinations all over Europe and beyond, and it is estimated that six million passengers pass through the airport annually.
The airport has a single terminal, with three floors. The ground floor handles arrivals and the first floor handles departures. Arrivals and Departures halls are subdivided into three areas: European Union (A), international (B) and inter-island (C).
Passenger facilities are excellent, and include a full service bank on the ground floor (open weekdays 08:00 – 14:15) and electronic banking machines on the first floor. Bureaux de change are situated in the EU arrivals hall and in the check-in halls on the ground floor. There is a post office in the international arrivals hall and an internet café is situated after security on the first floor of the EU departures hall.
A business conference room is situated in the corridor connecting the international and EU check-in halls. Lost luggage offices are situated in all zones. There is a medical centre near the EU arrivals hall, a chapel is located on the second floor of the international hall, and baby changing rooms are also available. Lifts and ramps are provided for disabled access to the terminals. Telephones can be found all over the terminal building and accept both cash and credit cards.
There are coffee shops, bars and fast-food stalls on both the Arrivals Departures floors. Shops at the airport include a duty-free shop, clothes shop, sportswear shop, toy and sweet shop, several gift shops, a leather goods shop, a florist, a jeweller, a clothing accessories shop, an electrical goods and music shop, and a mini supermarket.
Las Palmas’ airport is located in the middle of the east coast of Gran Canaria, about 20 minutes up the motorway from the city of Las Palmas and 45 minutes down the motorway from Puerto Rico. To reach the airport from Las Palmas, take the island’s main north-south motorway GC-1. From here the airport is well signposted. Taxis are available from outside the terminal building, and regular buses run between the airport and the capital, as well as to other destinations on the island. There are almost 2000 parking spaces at the airport for both long- and short-term parking.
Information desks are situated on the first floor of the airport in all three zones. There is also a tourist information help line: +34 (0) 928 579130
