Tenerife South Airport
Tenerife South "Reina Sofia" Airport (IATA: TFS ICAO: GCTS) is an airport in the south-west of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands.
| Tenerife South Airport Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur Tenerife Sur/Reina Sofía Airport - GCTS | |||
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| IATA: TFS – ICAO: GCTS | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | ENAIRE | ||
| Operator | Aena | ||
| Serves | Tenerife | ||
| Location | Granadilla de Abona | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 64 m / 209 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 28°02′40″N 016°34′21″W / 28.04444°N 16.57250°WCoordinates: 28°02′40″N 016°34′21″W / 28.04444°N 16.57250°W | ||
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| Location in the Canary Islands | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 07/25 | 3,200 | 10,498 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2018) | |||
| Passengers | 11,042,481 | ||
| Passenger change 17-18 |  1.8%
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| Movements | 69,910 | ||
| Movements change 17-18 |  0.1%
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| Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[1][1] Spanish AIP, AENA[2] | |||
This is actually one of two airports in Tenerife, the other one is Tenerife North (Los Rodeos). Most of the flights bringing people on holiday to the island use this airport. The airport was opened in 1978 after it was decided in a few years earlier that Tenerife needed a new airport urgently due to foggy weather closing Tenerife North airport quite often. The first flight to land at the airport was carrying the Queen of Spain Her Majesty Queen Sofia, the airport is named after her. The airport is operated by a company called AENA which operates all civil airports in Spain.
In 2009, just over 7 million passengers used the airport. In 2017, it had traffic of 11,249,327 passengers, 69,846 flight operations and 2,797 tons of merchandise.[3]
Tenerife South Airport Media
Flughafen Teneriffa-Süd, Abflughalle
Turm des Flughafens Teneriffa Süd.
View of the platform on a busy day.
Exterior of airport (2010)
Sources
- ↑ "Estadísticas – Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea – aena-aeropuertos.es". Aena.es. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ↑ Spanish AIP (AENA) Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Tenerife Sur". www.aena.es. Retrieved 2022-04-28.