Ionic transport in alpha-Al2O3 at high temperatures is important for oxidation/corrosion resistance of Al2O3-forming heat resistant alloys. Whereas most of previous studies were performed at temperatures above 1000degreesC, this work concerns the temperature range 400 to 1000degreesC. Electrical proper-ties of polycrystalline and single crystal alpha-Al2O3 were measured in air by using impedance spectroscopy in order to study the ionic transport in Al2O3. The influence of grain size was investigated by measurements on a series of highly pure and dense samples with well-defined grain size ranging from 0.5 to 15 mum, produced by the spark plasma sintering technique. The results show that the grain size has a certain influence on the conductivity in the temperature range between 650 and 1000degreesC, where the activation energy for conductivity decrease from 2.4 to 1.6 eV with increasing grain size. At lower temperatures the activation energy is about 1.0 eV and independent of the grain size, indicating a different conduction mechanism.