List of the busiest airports in Spain explained

This is a list of the busiest airports in Spain, including airports in the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. Data is compiled from statistics published by Aena, the public body that owns and operates the majority of airports in the country.

30 busiest airports in Spain by passenger traffic

2021

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2021, from Aena statistics.^[1]

Rank	Airport	IATA	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	MAD	Madrid		41.0%
2	Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas	BCN	Barcelona		48.2%
3	Palma De Mallorca	PMI	Palma De Mallorca		137.3%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	AGP	Málaga		71.9%
5	Gran Canaria	LPA	Gran Canaria		34.4%
6	Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández	ALC	Alicante		56.2%
7	Ibiza	IBZ	Ibiza		129.9%	6
8	Tenerife South	TFS	Tenerife		35.8%	1
9	Valencia	VLC	Valencia		64.0%	1
10	Tenerife North-Ciudad de La Laguna	TFN	Tenerife		37.3%	2
11	Sevilla	SVQ	Sevilla		48.7%
12	Lanzarote-César Manrique	ACE	Lanzarote		35.5%	3
13	Fuerteventura	FUE	Fuerteventura		45.2%	1
14	Bilbao	BIO	Bilbao		52.7%
15	Menorca	MAH	Menorca		115.9%
16	Santiago-Rosalía de Castro	SCQ	Santiago de Compostela		76.8%
17	Asturias	OVD	Avilés		66.7%	1
18	La Palma	SPC	La Palma		5.5%	1
19	A Coruña	LCG	A Coruña		36.1%
20	Vigo	VGO	Vigo		80.9%	2
21	Seve Ballesteros-Santander	SDR	Santander		50.2%
22	Federico García Lorca Granada–Jaén	GRX	Granada		28.8%	2
23	Jerez de la Frontera	XRY	Jerez de la Frontera		102.8%	1
24	Melilla	MLN	Melilla		69.9%	2
25	Almería	LEI	Almería		58.4%
26	Girona-Costa Brava	GRO	Girona		81.3%	3
27	Región de Murcia	RMU	Murcia		30.1%	4
28	Zaragoza	ZAZ	Zaragoza		61.6%
29	El Hierro	VDE	El Hierro		31.3%	2
30	Reus	REU	Reus		302.7%	6
Total	For all ~50 reported airports				57.7%

2020

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2020, from Aena statistics.^[2] The large decrease in passenger numbers was caused by travel restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rank	Airport	IATA	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	MAD	Madrid		72.3%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	BCN	Barcelona		75.8%
3	Palma De Mallorca	PMI	Palma De Mallorca		79.4%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	AGP	Málaga		74.0%
5	Gran Canaria	LPA	Gran Canaria		61.3%	1
6	Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández	ALC	Alicante		75.1%	1
7	Tenerife South	TFS	Tenerife		69.6%
8	Tenerife North-Ciudad de La Laguna	TFN	Tenerife		52.1%	5
9	Lanzarote-César Manrique	ACE	Lanzarote		65.2%	2
10	Valencia	VLC	Valencia		70.9%	2
11	Sevilla	SVQ	Sevilla		69.3%	1
12	Fuerteventura	FUE	Fuerteventura		61.9%	2
13	Ibiza	IBZ	Ibiza		74.1%	4
14	Bilbao	BIO	Bilbao		71.4%	2
15	Menorca	MAH	Menorca		69.2%
16	Santiago-Rosalía de Castro	SCQ	Santiago de Compostela		67.8%
17	La Palma	SPC	La Palma		51.4%	1
18	Asturias	OVD	Avilés		64.8%	1
19	A Coruña	LCG	A Coruña		67.7%	1
20	Federico García Lorca Granada–Jaén	GRX	Granada		68.8%	1
21	Seve Ballesteros-Santander	SDR	Santander		71.5%	1
22	Vigo	VGO	Vigo		70.0%	4
23	Región de Murcia	RMU	Murcia		80.0%	1
24	Jerez de la Frontera	XRY	Jerez de la Frontera		80.7%	1
25	Almería	LEI	Almería		79.5%	2
26	Melilla	MLN	Melilla		55.0%	3
27	El Hierro	VDE	El Hierro		33.6%	4
28	Zaragoza	ZAZ	Zaragoza		63.2%
29	Girona-Costa Brava	GRO	Girona		91.1%	12
30	Pamplona	PNA	Pamplona		65.5%	3
Total	For all ~50 reported airports				72.4%

2019

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2019, from provisional AENA statistics.^[3]

Rank	Airport	IATA	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	MAD	Madrid		6.6%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	BCN	Barcelona		5.0%
3	Palma De Mallorca	PMI	Palma De Mallorca		2.2%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	AGP	Málaga		4.4%
5	Alicante–Elche	ALC	Alicante		7.6%
6	Gran Canaria	LPA	Gran Canaria		2.3%
7	Tenerife South	TFS	Tenerife		1.1%
8	Valencia	VLC	Valencia		9.9%	1
9	Ibiza	IBZ	Ibiza		0.6%	1
10	Sevilla	SVQ	Sevilla		18.2%	1
11	Lanzarote	ACE	Lanzarote		0.5%	1
12	Bilbao	BIO	Bilbao		8.0%	2
13	Tenerife North	TFN	Tenerife		6.3%
14	Fuerteventura	FUE	Fuerteventura		7.9%	2
15	Menorca	MAH	Menorca		1.5%
16	Santiago de Compostela	SCQ	Santiago de Compostela		6.5%
17	Girona	GRO	Girona		4.4%
18	La Palma	SPC	La Palma		4.5%
19	Asturias	OVD	Avilés		1.2%
20	A Coruña	LCG	A Coruña		6.4%	1
21	Granada–Jaén	GRX	Granada		11.1%	2
22	Seve Ballesteros-Santander	SDR	Santander		6.5%	2
23	Jerez de la Frontera	XRY	Jerez de la Frontera		1.2%	2
24	Murcia-Corvera	RMU	Murcia
25	Reus	REU	Reus		0.8%	1
26	Vigo	VGO	Vigo		10.4%	3
27	Almería	LEI	Almería		1.3%
28	Zaragoza	ZAZ	Zaragoza		4.4%
29	Melilla	MLN	Melilla		24.9%
30	San Sebastián	EAS	San Sebastián		10.7%
Total	For all ~50 reported airports			275,237,801	4.4%

2018

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2018, from provisional AENA statistics.^[4]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	Madrid		8.4%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona		6.1%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Palma De Mallorca		4.0%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	Málaga		2.1%
5	Alicante–Elche	Alicante		2.0%
6	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria		3.7%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife		1.8%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza		2.5%
9	Valencia	Valencia		15.2%	1
10	Lanzarote	Lanzarote		0.8%	1
11	Sevilla	Sevilla		24.9%	1
12	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura		1.2%	1
13	Tenerife North	Tenerife		16.7%	1
14	Bilbao	Bilbao		10.0%	1
15	Menorca	Menorca		0.2%
16	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela		3.0%
17	Girona	Girona		3.8%
18	La Palma	La Palma		9.0%	1
19	Asturias	Avilés		0.5%	1
20	Murcia–San Javier	Murcia		6.4%
21	A Coruña	A Coruña		7.4%
22	Jerez	Jerez de la Frontera		8.3%	1
23	Vigo	Vigo		6.0%	1
24	Granada–Jaén	Granada		24.9%	3
25	Seve Ballesteros–Santander	Santander		17.7%	1
26	Reus	Reus		1.8%	2
27	Almería	Almería		1.5%	2
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza		11.6%
29	Melilla	Melilla		7.3%
30	San Sebastián	San Sebastián		2.7%
Total	For all ~50 reported airports		263,753,406	5.8%

2017

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2017, from provisional AENA statistics.^[5]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	Madrid		5.9%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona		7.1%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Palma De Mallorca		6.5%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	Málaga		11.7%
5	Alicante–Elche	Alicante		11.1%
6	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria		8.3%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife		7.4%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza		6.6%
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote		10.5%
10	Valencia	Valencia		16.3%
11	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura		6.6%
12	Sevilla	Sevilla		10.5%
13	Bilbao	Bilbao		8.4%
14	Tenerife North	Tenerife		11.5%
15	Menorca	Menorca		8.1%
16	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela		5.3%
17	Girona	Girona		16.9%
18	Asturias	Oviedo		9.8%
19	La Palma	La Palma		16.7%
20	Murcia–San Javier	Murcia		9.1%
21	A Coruña	A Coruña		7.3%
22	Vigo	Vigo		11.7%
23	Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez de la Frontera		14.1%	1
24	Reus	Reus		25.1%	1
25	Almería	Almería		9.5%	2
26	Seve Ballesteros–Santander	Santander		20.5%
27	Granada–Jaén	Granada		20.1%
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza		4.4%
29	Melilla	Melilla		1.7%
30	San Sebastián	San Sebastián		6.6%
Total	For all ~50 reported airports		249,223,044	8.3%

2016

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2016, from AENA statistics.^[6]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	Madrid		7.7%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona		11.2%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Palma De Mallorca		10.6%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	Málaga		15.8%
5	Alicante–Elche	Alicante		16.7%	1
6	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria		13.8%	1
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife		14.9%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza		14.5%
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote		9.1%
10	Valencia	Valencia		14.7%
11	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura		12.9%
12	Sevilla	Sevilla		7.3%
13	Bilbao	Bilbao		7.3%
14	Tenerife North	Tenerife		10.6%
15	Menorca	Menorca		10.8%
16	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela		9.3%
17	Girona	Girona		6.2%
18	Asturias	Oviedo		14.5%
19	La Palma	La Palma		14.9%	2
20	Murcia–San Javier	Murcia		2.7%	1
21	A Coruña	A Coruña		3.7%	1
22	Vigo	Vigo		33.7%	2
23	Almería	Almería		33.1%	4
24	Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez de la Frontera		11.3%	1
25	Reus	Reus		16.0%	1
26	Seve Ballesteros–Santander	Santander		11.1%	4
27	Granada–Jaén	Granada		6.5%	2
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza		1.0%
29	Melilla	Melilla		3.9%
30	San Sebastián	San Sebastián		3.7%
Total	For all ~50 reported airports^[7]		230,229,523

2015

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2015, from final AENA statistics.^[8]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	Madrid		11.9%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona		5.7%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Palma De Mallorca		2.7%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	Málaga		4.8%
5	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria		3.0%
6	Alicante–Elche	Alicante		5.1%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife		0.6%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza		4.3%
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote		4.2%
10	Valencia	Valencia		10.0%	1
11	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura		5.5%	1
12	Sevilla	Sevilla		10.9%	1
13	Bilbao	Bilbao		6.5%	1
14	Tenerife North	Tenerife		5.0%
15	Menorca	Menorca		8.9%
16	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela		10.2%	1
17	Girona	Girona		17.8%	1
18	Asturias	Oviedo		5.1%	1
19	Murcia–San Javier	Murcia		2.5%	1
20	A Coruña	A Coruña		3.7%
21	La Palma	La Palma		12.6%
22	Seve Ballesteros–Santander	Santander		7.4%	1
23	Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez de la Frontera		8.6%	1
24	Vigo	Vigo		4.9%	2
25	Granada–Jaén	Granada		8.7%	2
26	Reus	Reus		17.1%	4
27	Almería	Almería		7.2%	2
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza		1.3%
29	Melilla	Melilla		0.5%
30	San Sebastián	San Sebastián		3.9%
Total	For all ~50 reported airports^[9]		207,421,046

2014

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2014, from AENA statistics.^[10]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	Madrid		5.3%
2	Barcelona-El Prat	Barcelona		6.7%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Palma De Mallorca		1.5%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	Málaga		6.4%
5	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria		5.6%
6	Alicante–Elche	Alicante		4.4%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife		5.5%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza		8.5%
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote		10.3%
10	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura		11.9%	1
11	Valencia	Valencia		0.6%	1
12	Bilbao	Bilbao		5.6%
13	Sevilla	Sevilla		5.3%
14	Tenerife North	Tenerife		3.2%
15	Menorca	Menorca		2.6%	1
16	Girona	Girona		21.1%	1
17	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela		0.5%
18	Murcia–San Javier	Murcia		4.0%
19	Asturias	Oviedo		2.5%
20	A Coruña	A Coruña		17.7%	2
21	La Palma	La Palma		6.6%	3
22	Reus	Reus		12.4%	1
23	Santander	Santander		16.3%	3
24	Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez de la Frontera		6.6%	1
25	Almería	Almería		5.6%
26	Vigo	Vigo		0.2%
27	Granada–Jaén	Granada		1.9%
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza		8.5%
29	Melilla	Melilla		10.4%
30	San Sebastián	San Sebastián		0.2%	1

2013

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2013, from AENA statistics.^[11]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Madrid Barajas	Madrid		12.1%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona		0.2%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Majorca		0.4%
4	Málaga	Málaga		2.7%
5	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria		1.2%
6	Alicante	Alicante		8.8%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife		2.0%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza		3.1%
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote		3.2%
10	Valencia	Valencia		3.2%
11	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura		3.2%
12	Bilbao	Bilbao		8.9%	1
13	Seville	Seville		14.1%	1
14	Tenerife North	Tenerife		5.4%
15	Girona	Girona		3.8%
16	Menorca	Menorca		0.8%
17	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela		5.5%
18	Murcia	Murcia		3.5%	1
19	Asturias	Oviedo		20.6%	1
20	Santander	Santander		12.8%
21	Reus	Reus		3.6%	1
22	A Coruña	A Coruña		0.7%	2
23	Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez de la Frontera		11.2%
24	La Palma	La Palma		16.2%	3
25	Almería	Almería		5.9%	1
26	Vigo	Vigo		18.1%	1
27	Granada–Jaén	Granada		12.4%
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza		17.1%
29	Melilla	Melilla		8.3%	1
30	Valladolid	Valladolid		31.2%	1

2012

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2012, from AENA statistics.^[12]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Madrid Barajas	Madrid		9.0%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona		2.2%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Majorca		0.3%
4	Málaga	Málaga		1.9%
5	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria		6.1%
6	Alicante	Alicante		10.7%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife		1.5%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza		1.6%
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote		6.8%
10	Valencia	Valencia		4.6%
11	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura		11.1%	1
12	Seville	Seville		13.5%	1
13	Bilbao	Bilbao		3.1%	1
14	Tenerife North	Tenerife		9.2%	1
15	Girona	Girona		5.4%
16	Menorca	Menorca		1.2%
17	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela		10.9%
18	Asturias	Oviedo		2.2%	1
19	Murcia	Murcia		6.4%	1
20	Santander	Santander		0.1%	1
21	La Palma	La Palma		9.5%	1
22	Reus	Reus		31.2%	4
23	Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez de la Frontera		11.5%
24	A Coruña	A Coruña		16.5%
25	Vigo	Vigo		15.1%
26	Almería	Almería		4.0%	1
27	Granada–Jaén	Granada		16.5%	1
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza		26.6%
29	Valladolid	Valladolid		18.2%
30	Melilla	Melilla		10.2%

2011

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2011, from AENA statistics.^[13]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Madrid–Barajas	Madrid	49,671,270	0.4%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona	34,398,226	17.8%
3	Palma de Mallorca	Majorca	22,726,707	7.6%
4	Málaga	Málaga	12,823,117	6.3%
5	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	10,538,829	11.1%
6	Alicante	Alicante	9,913,731	5.7%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife	8,656,487	17.6%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza	5,643,180	12.0%	3
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote	5,543,744	12.3%	1
10	Valencia	Valencia	4,979,511	0.9%	1
11	San Pablo	Seville	4,959,359	17.4%
12	El Matorral	Fuerteventura	4,948,018	18.6%	1
13	Los Rodeos	Tenerife	4,095,103	1.1%	1
14	Bilbao	Bilbao	4,046,172	4.0%
15	Girona–Costa Brava	Girona	3,007,977	38.2%	3
16	Menorca	Menorca	2,576,200	2.6%
17	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	2,464,330	13.4%
18	Reus	Reus	1,362,683	4.0%
19	Asturias	Asturias	1,339,010	1.2%	1
20	Murcia–San Javier	Murcia	1,262,597	6.4%
21	Santander	Santander	1,116,398	21.4%
22	La Palma	La Palma	1,067,431	7.6%
23	Jerez	Jerez de la Frontera	1,032,493	1.0%
24	A Coruña	A Coruña	1,012,800	8.0%
25	Vigo–Peinador	Vigo	976,152	10.7%
26	Granada–Jaén	Granada	872,752	10.8%
27	Almería	Almería	780,853	0.8%
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza	751,097	24.0%
29	Valladolid	Valladolid	462,504	17.8%
30	Melilla	Melilla	286,701	2.0%

Notes and References

Web site: Tráfico de pasajeros, operaciones y carga en los aeropuertos - año 2021 . Passenger, operations and freight traffic at airports - year 2021 . Aena . 19 August 2023.
Web site: Tráfico de pasajeros, operaciones y carga en los aeropuertos españoles - año 2020 . Passenger, operations and freight traffic at Spanish airports - year 2020 . Aena . 19 August 2023.
Web site: Passenger traffic at Spanish Airports – 2019. AENA . 21 December 2020.
Web site: Passenger traffic at Spanish Airports – 2018. AENA . 20 August 2019.
Web site: Passenger traffic at Spanish Airports – 2017 (provisional) . AENA . 18 March 2018.
Web site: Passenger traffic at Spanish Airports – 2016 (definitivo) . AENA . 17 January 2018.
Web site: Passenger traffic at Spanish Airports ALL – 2016 . AENA . 11 January 2017.
Web site: Passenger traffic at Spanish Airports – 2015 . AENA . 3 January 2016.
Web site: Passenger traffic at Spanish Airports ALL – 2015 . AENA . 3 January 2016.
Web site: Passenger traffic at Spanish Airports – 2014 . AENA . 4 February 2016.
Web site: Passenger traffic at Spanish Airports – 2013 . AENA . 4 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150125152138/http://www.aena.es/csee/ccurl/894/319/Estadistica%20Anual%20definitiva%202013.pdf . 25 January 2015 .
Web site: Passenger traffic at Spanish Airports – 2012 . AENA . 4 February 2016.
Web site: Passenger traffic at Spanish Airports – 2011 . AENA . 4 February 2016.