Increasing number of flights to Tenerife and the other Canary Islands in May 2025 confirmed by Enaire, the airport operator.
In the month of May, the airports of the Canary Islands processed a total of 4,109,173 passengers, representing an increase of 4.4 percent compared to the same month in 2024.
Of this total number of travellers, 4,094,585 were passengers on scheduled flights. Of those, 1,927,859 people travelled on domestic routes, an increase of 5.7 percent compared to May last year. The remaining 2,166,726 passengers travelled on international routes, which represents an increase of 3.4 percent compared to May 2024.
In addition, 38,353 aircraft movements were recorded, an increase of 4.2 percent, while freight transport amounted to 2,712 tons – a decrease of 0.9 percent compared to the same month last year.
Passenger traffic by airport
The airport with the highest number of passengers was Gran Canaria, with 1,157,213 travellers (+5.7% vs. May 2024). Followed by:
Tenerife Sur: 014 passengers (+1%)
Lanzarote (César Manrique): 688,717 passengers (+3.7%)
Tenerife Norte – Ciudad de La Laguna: 573 passengers (+6.6%)
Fuerteventura: 110 passengers (+8.4%)
La Palma: 117,381 passengers (-0.1%)
El Hierro: 825 passengers (-2.3%)
La Gomera: 11,340 passengers (+12.9%)
Cumulative figures January–May
In the first five months of 2025, the Canary Islands airports handled a total of 22,842,734 passengers, an increase of 4.8 percent compared to the same period in 2024. Of this total, 22,715,450 were scheduled flight passengers. Of these, 8,714,060 travellers flew within Spain (+4.8%) and 14,001,390 travelled internationally (+5.1%).
Between January and May 2025, 202,803 aircraft movements were recorded (+5.3%), and freight volume amounted to 13,273 tons, representing a decrease of 3.3 percent compared to the same period in 2024.
Airports within the Aena Group
The airports that fall under the Aena Group – consisting of 46 Spanish airports, two heliports, London-Luton Airport and 17 airports in Brazil – closed the month of May 2025 with 34,482,916 passengers. This represents an increase of 3.8 percent compared to May 2024. A total of 297,321 aircraft movements were carried out (+2.6%) and 126,911 tons of cargo were transported (+5.4%).
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Increasing number of flights to Tenerife ©
