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El Hierro airport recorded 29,575 passengers during September 2026, an increase of 3.6% compared with the same month the previous year, according to data published by Aena.
El Hierro bucks the wider Canary Islands trend
The growth at the island’s airport contrasts with the performance of Canary Islands airports as a whole, which handled 4,204,223 passengers in September, a fall of 0.9% compared with the same month in 2025. El Hierro was one of just five airports in the archipelago to increase its passenger traffic.
Which airports saw passenger numbers rise and fall?
La Palma (+8%), La Gomera (+4.2%), Gran Canaria (+0.7%) and Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna (+0.5%) also posted increases. Tenerife Sur, César Manrique-Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, meanwhile, recorded declines of 4.2%, 0.9% and 2.4% respectively.
Domestic and international traffic across the archipelago
Across the Canary Islands as a whole, 4,191,911 passengers used commercial flights during September. Of these, 1,949,562 travelled on domestic flights and 2,242,349 on international services, with year-on-year falls of 0.3% and 0.9% respectively. Between January and September, Canary Islands airports accumulated 40,518,433 passengers, 0.3% fewer than in the same period of 2025.
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