Malaga Airport

A useful guide to Malaga Airport on the Costa del Sol

Information about Malaga Airport and the flights to and from Malaga (AGP)

Malaga Airport is situated just outside of the city centre of Malaga on the Costa del Sol with easy access from the main N340 / A7 highway. Travelling times by car from Marbella or Puerto Banus are about 45 minutes to an hour depending on traffic conditions. From Fuengirola the journey should take about 20 to 25 minutes and from Nerja (east of Malaga) it should take around 40 minutes.

Although the bew terminal 3 building at Malaga Airport is virtually complete there is still lots of work be carried out on the local road infrastructure so please allow extra time and pay careful attention to road signs as the traffic flow is open to change.

Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 - Malaga International Airport

Terminals 1 and 2 are in adjoining buildings and are connected internally.

The Brand New Terminal 3 Building - Malaga Airport

Due to open to the public in March 2010 the brand new terminal 3 building at Malaga Airport will be a state of the art facility increasing the number of flights that can be handled at Malaga Airport quite considerably. It will also have one the of largest 'food halls' in Europe and bring to the Costa del Sol some brand new outlets such as Starbucks Coffee Shop, the Whoppa Bar and much more.

Click here to see more information about Terminal 3 at Malaga Airport »

How to get to and from Malaga Airport

By Car - From the Marballa area take the N340 / A7 highway and follow until you see the sign for Malaga Airport just after the highway reduces from 3 to 2 lanes. At various stages of the N340 / A7 you can choose to take the AP7 (toll road), which is a much quieter road. The toll road will merge with the N340 again just after Fuengirola. Tolls vary at different times of the year and are dependent upon where you join it.
From the East of Malaga take the N340 and stay on it until you see the signs for the airport exit.

By Taxi - All towns have taxi ranks and the cost will obviously depend upon where you are travelling from. As a guide you should expect to pay around 70 to 75 euros from Marbella. At the airport itself there is a taxi rank just outside of the arrivals terminal.

By Bus - There are many buses than run to and from Malaga Airport to many different towns of the Costa del Sol. If you are travelling to a smaller village or town you may have to change at one of the bus stations.

By Rental Car - Most car rental companies at Malaga Airport are either within the airport or just outside it. For those that are outside they all provide a courtesy bus service.

By Train - There is a train station at Malaga Airport which runs from Fuengirola and Arroyo de la Miel. The train also runs through to Malaga city centre and the RENFE station where you can connect to Madrid, Sevilla and other cities in Spain.

Malaga Airport Technical Information

Facilities at Malaga Airport are very good and at the moment there is a single asphalt runway which is 3,200 metres long. However as part of the current expansion palns there will be another runway in operation around 2010. There will also be an addition of a third terminal building which recent visitors will already be aware of due to the major construction work that has been ongoing for the last few years. The planned completion of the new Malaga Airport terminal building should be in 2008.

During the year 2006 Malaga International Airport received a staggering 13 million passengers, which is a huge increase from the 6.6 million that it used to receive back in 1996. Numbers will increase significantly when the new runway and terminal buildings are completed and it is estimated that numbers will be in the region of 20 million each year by 2015.

Malaga Airport is one of the main hubs for tourism in Spain as it serves flights to and from 60 different countries worldwide. To this day the main and busiest routes remain the UK and Ireland.

Being the forth largest Spanish airport investment in Malaga Airport is huge with some 890 million euros being invested between 2004 and 2010.

As part of the expansion of Malaga Airport there will be 3,000 new car parking spaces available to visitors.

Airline operators that fly to Malaga

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