The César Manrique airport has received a total of 644,858 travelers so far this year, 11.2% more than those who arrived in the same period of 2022. The Lanzarote airport registers the second largest increase among the major airports in the Canary Islands, only surpassed by the airport of Tenerife South, where an increase of 12.1% was registered with respect to the previous year.
In all the Canary Islands airports, 19,838,342 passengers have been registered so far this year, exceeding by 20.4% the accumulated data from January to May 2022.
Of the number of travelers on commercial flights, 11,967,352 did so on international flights (20.7% more than the accumulated figure for 2022) and 7,642,792 did so on domestic flights (19.9% more than last year).
Until the end of May, 177,247 aircraft movements were managed, reflecting an increase of 10.9% over the same accumulated period of 2022. In addition, 12,599 tons of merchandise were transported, 6.4% less than in the same months of 2022.
By airports, the one in Gran Canaria registered the highest number of passengers with 998,304, which represents 10.7% more than in May 2022.
It is followed by the Tenerife South Airport, which with 868,770 passengers accounts for an increase of 12.1% over 2022; Tenerife North-Ciudad de La Laguna, with 519,878 (+10%); Fuerteventura, with 450,757 (+8.8%); La Palma, with 107,116 (-2.9%), El Hierro, with 24,186 (+10.9%) and La Gomera, with 9,349 passengers, where the highest percentage growth is recorded with an increase of 32.4%.
