canary islands airport passenger numbers may 2026

Canary Islands airports see near-flat passenger numbers in May

Canary Islands airport passenger numbers stall in May

The Canary Islands’ airports recorded 4,109,171 passengers in May, virtually the same volume as in the same month of 2025, according to data published this Friday by the Spanish airport authority Aena. The figures point to a year-on-year stagnation in air traffic across the archipelago. **[NOTE: The source text references ‘2025’ as the comparison year. As the current date is June 2026, this appears to be a factual error. It is likely the data is being compared to May 2025, or the current year is 2026. The translation has kept the original text’s year for accuracy, but this discrepancy should be verified with the client.]**

Gran Canaria leads, Tenerife South sees sharp drop

Gran Canaria Airport registered the highest number of passengers, with 1,175,039, representing a 1.5% increase compared to May 2025. It was followed by Tenerife South Airport, which handled 938,372 passengers but saw a decline of 4.8% year-on-year. César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport came next with 682,989 travellers, a drop of 0.8%, while Tenerife North-Ciudad de La Laguna recorded 636,405 passengers, an increase of 3.9%.

Mixed results for smaller islands

Fuerteventura Airport handled 504,264 passengers, down 1.3% compared to the previous year. La Palma saw significant growth, with 133,687 passengers, an increase of 13.9%. El Hierro recorded 27,718 passengers, up 11.7%, while La Gomera registered 10,697 passengers, a decrease of 5.7%.

International traffic dips slightly

Aena detailed that, across the Canary Islands as a whole, 4,091,752 of the total passengers were on commercial flights. Of these, 1,938,069 flew on domestic routes, an increase of 0.5% compared to the same month last year. Meanwhile, 2,153,683 travelled on international flights, a decrease of 0.6% year-on-year. Additionally, the islands’ airports handled 38,970 aircraft movements and transported 2,503 tonnes of cargo.

January to May cumulative figures show slight decline

Looking at the cumulative figures for the first five months of the year, the Canary Islands’ airports registered 22,694,672 passengers between January and May, a 0.6% decrease compared to the same period in 2025. Of the 22,599,593 commercial travellers, 8,650,681 flew on domestic routes, a year-on-year decline of 0.7%, while 13,948,912 flew internationally, also down 0.4% compared to the same period last year.

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