PLEASE NOTE - MALAGA AIRPORT DOES NOT HAVE BAGGAGE STORAGE NOR LOCKERS!  The closest place to leave your bags for a day is at the Malaga Bus Station in the city.

Getting In and Out:
By car, the airport is situated just off the N340 (also signposted as the E-15) which is the main dual-carriageway that runs all along the south-coast.  The airport is well signposted.  There is plenty of parking available and there is a long-term car-park outside Terminal 1, which costs approx. €4.50 per day for stays over 4 days.
There is also a train-link to downtown Malaga, which runs between 6am and midnight every half-hour and costs about €1.  The train station is accessed by an elevated walkway from just outside Terminal 2 departures.  From Malaga you can link up with both the train to Madrid and the other coastal and inland routes.  Since the airport is on the the Malaga - Fuengirola local line, you can also get to other local resorts such as Torremolinos and Fuengirola very quickly.  See the Spanish state railways website (www.renfe.es) for more details.
There are also 2 bus handy bus services from the airport, one to Malaga (which leaves every half an hour from T1 and T2) and one direct to Marbella.
And there are always loads of taxis outside the arrival halls, and they are not too expensive - certainly in comparison to Northern European and US cities.  Example fares are: Central Malaga - €15, Fuengirola - €20, Marbella - €45, Puerto Banús - €50, Estepona - €70.  There is a compulsory  €4.50 charge for an airport pickup/drop-off that will be added to the meter at the end.

Further Information:
For further information have a look at Malaga Airport website by clicking here.  The site is only in Spanish at the moment, but should be translated into English and German soon.