List of the busiest airports in Spain

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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.

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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]

RankAirportIATALocationTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas MAD Madrid 24,135,039Increase2.svg41.0%Steady2.svg
2 Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas BCN Barcelona 18,875,461Increase2.svg48.2%Steady2.svg
3 Palma De Mallorca PMI Palma De Mallorca 14,497,159Increase2.svg137.3%Steady2.svg
4 Málaga–Costa Del Sol AGP Málaga 8,874,635Increase2.svg71.9%Steady2.svg
5 Gran Canaria LPA Gran Canaria 6,899,523Increase2.svg34.4%Steady2.svg
6 Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández ALC Alicante 5,841,144Increase2.svg56.2%Steady2.svg
7 Ibiza IBZ Ibiza 4,851,941Increase2.svg129.9%Increase2.svg 6
8 Tenerife South TFS Tenerife 4,606,911Increase2.svg35.8%Decrease2.svg 1
9 Valencia VLC Valencia 4,078,485Increase2.svg64.0%Increase2.svg 1
10 Tenerife North-Ciudad de La Laguna TFN Tenerife 3,840,160Increase2.svg37.3%Decrease2.svg 2
11 Sevilla SVQ Sevilla 3,444,465Increase2.svg48.7%Steady2.svg
12 Lanzarote-César Manrique ACE Lanzarote 3,438,219Increase2.svg35.5%Decrease2.svg 3
13 Fuerteventura FUE Fuerteventura 3,114,105Increase2.svg45.2%Decrease2.svg 1
14 Bilbao BIO Bilbao 2,581,064Increase2.svg52.7%Steady2.svg
15 Menorca MAH Menorca 2,325,323Increase2.svg115.9%Steady2.svg
16 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro SCQ Santiago de Compostela 1,653,663Increase2.svg76.8%Steady2.svg
17 Asturias OVD Avilés 831,791Increase2.svg66.7%Increase2.svg 1
18 La Palma SPC La Palma 761,111Increase2.svg5.5%Decrease2.svg 1
19 A Coruña LCG A Coruña 594,584Increase2.svg36.1%Steady2.svg
20 Vigo VGO Vigo 549,094Increase2.svg80.9%Increase2.svg 2
21 Seve Ballesteros-Santander SDR Santander 503,466Increase2.svg50.2%Steady2.svg
22 Federico García Lorca Granada–Jaén GRX Granada 502,590Increase2.svg28.8%Decrease2.svg 2
23 Jerez de la Frontera XRY Jerez de la Frontera 438,766Increase2.svg102.8%Increase2.svg 1
24 Melilla MLN Melilla 332,446Increase2.svg69.9%Increase2.svg 2
25 Almería LEI Almería 317,509Increase2.svg58.4%Steady2.svg
26 Girona-Costa Brava GRO Girona 312,230Increase2.svg81.3%Increase2.svg 3
27 Región de Murcia RMU Murcia 283,488Increase2.svg30.1%Decrease2.svg 4
28 Zaragoza ZAZ Zaragoza 278,449Increase2.svg61.6%Steady2.svg
29 El Hierro VDE El Hierro 234,406Increase2.svg31.3%Decrease2.svg 2
30 Reus REU Reus 158,887Increase2.svg302.7%Increase2.svg 6
TotalFor all ~50 reported airports119,952,578Increase2.svg57.7%

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.

RankAirportIATALocationTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas MAD Madrid 17,112,246Decrease2.svg72.3%Steady2.svg
2 Barcelona–El Prat BCN Barcelona 12,738,769Decrease2.svg75.8%Steady2.svg
3 Palma De Mallorca PMI Palma De Mallorca 6,108,514Decrease2.svg79.4%Steady2.svg
4 Málaga–Costa Del Sol AGP Málaga 5,161,243Decrease2.svg74.0%Steady2.svg
5 Gran Canaria LPA Gran Canaria 5,134,252Decrease2.svg61.3%Increase2.svg 1
6 Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández ALC Alicante 3,739,567Decrease2.svg75.1%Decrease2.svg 1
7 Tenerife South TFS Tenerife 3,392,527Decrease2.svg69.6%Steady2.svg
8 Tenerife North-Ciudad de La Laguna TFN Tenerife 2,796,788Decrease2.svg52.1%Increase2.svg 5
9 Lanzarote-César Manrique ACE Lanzarote 2,538,345Decrease2.svg65.2%Increase2.svg 2
10 Valencia VLC Valencia 2,487,495Decrease2.svg70.9%Decrease2.svg 2
11 Sevilla SVQ Sevilla 2,315,825Decrease2.svg69.3%Decrease2.svg 1
12 Fuerteventura FUE Fuerteventura 2,144,695Decrease2.svg61.9%Increase2.svg 2
13 Ibiza IBZ Ibiza 2,110,348Decrease2.svg74.1%Decrease2.svg 4
14 Bilbao BIO Bilbao 1,690,011Decrease2.svg71.4%Decrease2.svg 2
15 Menorca MAH Menorca 1,076,952Decrease2.svg69.2%Steady2.svg
16 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro SCQ Santiago de Compostela 935,395Decrease2.svg67.8%Steady2.svg
17 La Palma SPC La Palma 721,298Decrease2.svg51.4%Increase2.svg 1
18 Asturias OVD Avilés 498,952Decrease2.svg64.8%Increase2.svg 1
19 A Coruña LCG A Coruña 436,775Decrease2.svg67.7%Increase2.svg 1
20 Federico García Lorca Granada–Jaén GRX Granada 390,312Decrease2.svg68.8%Increase2.svg 1
21 Seve Ballesteros-Santander SDR Santander 335,280Decrease2.svg71.5%Increase2.svg 1
22 Vigo VGO Vigo 303,466Decrease2.svg70.0%Increase2.svg 4
23 Región de Murcia RMU Murcia 217,912Decrease2.svg80.0%Increase2.svg 1
24 Jerez de la Frontera XRY Jerez de la Frontera 216,319Decrease2.svg80.7%Decrease2.svg 1
25 Almería LEI Almería 200,411Decrease2.svg79.5%Increase2.svg 2
26 Melilla MLN Melilla 195,636Decrease2.svg55.0%Increase2.svg 3
27 El Hierro VDE El Hierro 178,595Decrease2.svg33.6%Increase2.svg 4
28 Zaragoza ZAZ Zaragoza 172,344Decrease2.svg63.2%Steady2.svg
29 Girona-Costa Brava GRO Girona 172,171Decrease2.svg91.1%Decrease2.svg 12
30 Pamplona PNA Pamplona 84,059Decrease2.svg65.5%Increase2.svg 3
TotalFor all ~50 reported airports76,065,601Decrease2.svg72.4%

2019

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

RankAirportIATALocationTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas MAD Madrid 61,734,037Increase2.svg6.6%Steady2.svg
2 Barcelona–El Prat BCN Barcelona 52,686,314Increase2.svg5.0%Steady2.svg
3 Palma De Mallorca PMI Palma De Mallorca 29,721,123Increase2.svg2.2%Steady2.svg
4 Málaga–Costa Del Sol AGP Málaga 19,856,299Increase2.svg4.4%Steady2.svg
5 Alicante–Elche ALC Alicante 15,047,840Increase2.svg7.6%Steady2.svg
6 Gran Canaria LPA Gran Canaria 13,261,405Decrease2.svg2.3%Steady2.svg
7 Tenerife South TFS Tenerife 11,168,506Decrease2.svg1.1%Steady2.svg
8 Valencia VLC Valencia 8,539,403Increase2.svg9.9%Increase2.svg 1
9 Ibiza IBZ Ibiza 8,155,635Increase2.svg0.6%Decrease2.svg 1
10 Sevilla SVQ Sevilla 7,544,473Increase2.svg18.2%Increase2.svg 1
11 Lanzarote ACE Lanzarote 7,292,720Decrease2.svg0.5%Decrease2.svg 1
12 Bilbao BIO Bilbao 5,905,804Increase2.svg8.0%Increase2.svg 2
13 Tenerife North TFN Tenerife 5,840,483Increase2.svg6.3%Steady2.svg
14 Fuerteventura FUE Fuerteventura 5,635,330Decrease2.svg7.9%Decrease2.svg 2
15 Menorca MAH Menorca 3,495,025Decrease2.svg1.5%Steady2.svg
16 Santiago de Compostela SCQ Santiago de Compostela 2,903,427Increase2.svg6.5%Steady2.svg
17 Girona GRO Girona 1,932,255Decrease2.svg4.4%Steady2.svg
18 La Palma SPC La Palma 1,483,720Increase2.svg4.5%Steady2.svg
19 Asturias OVD Avilés 1,417,433Increase2.svg1.2%Steady2.svg
20 A Coruña LCG A Coruña 1,352,583Increase2.svg6.4%Increase2.svg 1
21 Granada–Jaén GRX Granada 1,251,926Increase2.svg11.1%Increase2.svg 2
22 Seve Ballesteros-Santander SDR Santander 1,174,896Increase2.svg6.5%Increase2.svg 2
23 Jerez de la Frontera XRY Jerez de la Frontera 1,120,742Decrease2.svg1.2%Decrease2.svg 2
24 Murcia-Corvera RMU Murcia 1,090,954Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
25 Reus REU Reus 1,046,062Increase2.svg0.8%Increase2.svg 1
26 Vigo VGO Vigo 1,012,447Decrease2.svg10.4%Decrease2.svg 3
27 Almería LEI Almería 978,997Decrease2.svg1.3%Steady2.svg
28 Zaragoza ZAZ Zaragoza 467,774Decrease2.svg4.4%Steady2.svg
29 Melilla MLN Melilla 434,660Increase2.svg24.9%Steady2.svg
30 San Sebastián EAS San Sebastián 320,440Increase2.svg10.7%Steady2.svg
TotalFor all ~50 reported airports275,237,801Increase2.svg4.4%

2018

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

RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Madrid 57,891,340Increase2.svg8.4%Steady2.svg
2 Barcelona–El Prat Barcelona 50,172,457Increase2.svg6.1%Steady2.svg
3 Palma De Mallorca Palma De Mallorca 29,081,787Increase2.svg4.0%Steady2.svg
4 Málaga–Costa Del Sol Málaga 19,021,784Increase2.svg2.1%Steady2.svg
5 Alicante–Elche Alicante 13,981,320Increase2.svg2.0%Steady2.svg
6 Gran Canaria Gran Canaria 13,573,242Increase2.svg3.7%Steady2.svg
7 Tenerife South Tenerife 11,042,481Decrease2.svg1.8%Steady2.svg
8 Ibiza Ibiza 8,104,316Increase2.svg2.5%Steady2.svg
9 Valencia Valencia 7,769,867Increase2.svg15.2%Increase2.svg 1
10 Lanzarote Lanzarote 7,327,019Decrease2.svg0.8%Decrease2.svg 1
11 Sevilla Sevilla 6,380,465Increase2.svg24.9%Increase2.svg 1
12 Fuerteventura Fuerteventura 6,118,893Increase2.svg1.2%Decrease2.svg 1
13 Tenerife North Tenerife 5,493,994Increase2.svg16.7%Increase2.svg 1
14 Bilbao Bilbao 5,469,453Increase2.svg10.0%Decrease2.svg 1
15 Menorca Menorca 3,442,752Increase2.svg0.2%Steady2.svg
16 Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela 2,724,750Increase2.svg3.0%Steady2.svg
17 Girona Girona 2,019,876Increase2.svg3.8%Steady2.svg
18 La Palma La Palma 1,420,277Increase2.svg9.0%Increase2.svg 1
19 Asturias Avilés 1,400,481Decrease2.svg0.5%Decrease2.svg 1
20 Murcia–San Javier Murcia 1,273,424Increase2.svg6.4%Steady2.svg
21 A Coruña A Coruña 1,225,763Increase2.svg7.4%Steady2.svg
22 Jerez Jerez de la Frontera 1,133,621Increase2.svg8.3%Increase2.svg 1
23 Vigo Vigo 1,129,689Increase2.svg6.0%Decrease2.svg 1
24 Granada–Jaén Granada 1,126,389Increase2.svg24.9%Increase2.svg 3
25 Seve Ballesteros–Santander Santander 1,103,353Increase2.svg17.7%Increase2.svg 1
26 Reus Reus 1,037,576Increase2.svg1.8%Decrease2.svg 2
27 Almería Almería 992,043Decrease2.svg1.5%Decrease2.svg 2
28 Zaragoza Zaragoza 489,064Increase2.svg11.6%Steady2.svg
29 Melilla Melilla 348,121Decrease2.svg7.3%Steady2.svg
30 San Sebastián San Sebastián 289,444Increase2.svg2.7%Steady2.svg
TotalFor all ~50 reported airports263,753,406Increase2.svg5.8%

2017

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

RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Madrid 53,402,506Increase2.svg5.9%Steady2.svg
2 Barcelona–El Prat Barcelona 47,284,500Increase2.svg7.1%Steady2.svg
3 Palma De Mallorca Palma De Mallorca 27,970,655Increase2.svg6.5%Steady2.svg
4 Málaga–Costa Del Sol Málaga 18,628,876Increase2.svg11.7%Steady2.svg
5 Alicante–Elche Alicante 13,713,061Increase2.svg11.1%Steady2.svg
6 Gran Canaria Gran Canaria 13,092,117Increase2.svg8.3%Steady2.svg
7 Tenerife South Tenerife 11,249,327Increase2.svg7.4%Steady2.svg
8 Ibiza Ibiza 7,903,892Increase2.svg6.6%Steady2.svg
9 Lanzarote Lanzarote 7,389,025Increase2.svg10.5%Steady2.svg
10 Valencia Valencia 6,745,394Increase2.svg16.3%Steady2.svg
11 Fuerteventura Fuerteventura 6,049,401Increase2.svg6.6%Steady2.svg
12 Sevilla Sevilla 5,108,807Increase2.svg10.5%Steady2.svg
13 Bilbao Bilbao 4,973,712Increase2.svg8.4%Steady2.svg
14 Tenerife North Tenerife 4,704,863Increase2.svg11.5%Steady2.svg
15 Menorca Menorca 3,434,615Increase2.svg8.1%Steady2.svg
16 Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela 2,644,925Increase2.svg5.3%Steady2.svg
17 Girona Girona 1,946,816Increase2.svg16.9%Steady2.svg
18 Asturias Oviedo 1,407,217Increase2.svg9.8%Steady2.svg
19 La Palma La Palma 1,302,485Increase2.svg16.7%Steady2.svg
20 Murcia–San Javier Murcia 1,196,605Increase2.svg9.1%Steady2.svg
21 A Coruña A Coruña 1,141,242Increase2.svg7.3%Steady2.svg
22 Vigo Vigo 1,065,595Increase2.svg11.7%Steady2.svg
23 Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera 1,046,251Increase2.svg14.1%Increase2.svg 1
24 Reus Reus 1,022,964Increase2.svg25.1%Increase2.svg 1
25 Almería Almería 1,007,446Increase2.svg9.5%Decrease2.svg 2
26 Seve Ballesteros–Santander Santander 937,641Increase2.svg20.5%Steady2.svg
27 Granada–Jaén Granada 901,961Increase2.svg20.1%Steady2.svg
28 Zaragoza Zaragoza 438,035Increase2.svg4.4%Steady2.svg
29 Melilla Melilla 324,366Decrease2.svg1.7%Steady2.svg
30 San Sebastián San Sebastián 281,859Increase2.svg6.6%Steady2.svg
TotalFor all ~50 reported airports249,223,044Increase2.svg8.3%

2016

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

RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Madrid 50,418,909Increase2.svg7.7%Steady2.svg
2 Barcelona–El Prat Barcelona 44,154,722Increase2.svg11.2%Steady2.svg
3 Palma De Mallorca Palma De Mallorca 26,254,110Increase2.svg10.6%Steady2.svg
4 Málaga–Costa Del Sol Málaga 16,673,151Increase2.svg15.8%Steady2.svg
5 Alicante–Elche Alicante 12,344,945Increase2.svg16.7%Increase2.svg 1
6 Gran Canaria Gran Canaria 12,093,646Increase2.svg13.8%Decrease2.svg 1
7 Tenerife South Tenerife 10,472,713Increase2.svg14.9%Steady2.svg
8 Ibiza Ibiza 7,416,161Increase2.svg14.5%Steady2.svg
9 Lanzarote Lanzarote 6,683,966Increase2.svg9.1%Steady2.svg
10 Valencia Valencia 5,799,104Increase2.svg14.7%Steady2.svg
11 Fuerteventura Fuerteventura 5,676,817Increase2.svg12.9%Steady2.svg
12 Sevilla Sevilla 4,624,038Increase2.svg7.3%Steady2.svg
13 Bilbao Bilbao 4,588,339Increase2.svg7.3%Steady2.svg
14 Tenerife North Tenerife 4,219,633Increase2.svg10.6%Steady2.svg
15 Menorca Menorca 3,178,612Increase2.svg10.8%Steady2.svg
16 Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela 2,510,740Increase2.svg9.3%Steady2.svg
17 Girona Girona 1,664,763Decrease2.svg6.2%Steady2.svg
18 Asturias Oviedo 1,281,979Increase2.svg14.5%Steady2.svg
19 La Palma La Palma 1,116,146Increase2.svg14.9%Increase2.svg 2
20 Murcia–San Javier Murcia 1,096,980Increase2.svg2.7%Decrease2.svg 1
21 A Coruña A Coruña 1,063,291Increase2.svg3.7%Decrease2.svg 1
22 Vigo Vigo 954,006Increase2.svg33.7%Increase2.svg 2
23 Almería Almería 919,808Increase2.svg33.1%Increase2.svg 4
24 Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera 916,451Increase2.svg11.3%Decrease2.svg 1
25 Reus Reus 817,611Increase2.svg16.0%Increase2.svg 1
26 Seve Ballesteros–Santander Santander 778,318Decrease2.svg11.1%Decrease2.svg 4
27 Granada–Jaén Granada 753,142Increase2.svg6.5%Decrease2.svg 2
28 Zaragoza Zaragoza 419,529Decrease2.svg1.0%Steady2.svg
29 Melilla Melilla 330,116Increase2.svg3.9%Steady2.svg
30 San Sebastián San Sebastián 264,422Increase2.svg3.7%Steady2.svg
TotalFor 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]

RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Madrid 46,824,838Increase2.svg11.9%Steady2.svg
2 Barcelona–El Prat Barcelona 39,711,237Increase2.svg5.7%Steady2.svg
3 Palma De Mallorca Palma De Mallorca 23,745,023Increase2.svg2.7%Steady2.svg
4 Málaga–Costa Del Sol Málaga 14,404,206Increase2.svg4.8%Steady2.svg
5 Gran Canaria Gran Canaria 10,627,218Increase2.svg3.0%Steady2.svg
6 Alicante–Elche Alicante 10,575,288Increase2.svg5.1%Steady2.svg
7 Tenerife South Tenerife 9,117,514Decrease2.svg0.6%Steady2.svg
8 Ibiza Ibiza 6,477,283Increase2.svg4.3%Steady2.svg
9 Lanzarote Lanzarote 6,128,971Increase2.svg4.2%Steady2.svg
10 Valencia Valencia 5,055,127Increase2.svg10.0%Increase2.svg 1
11 Fuerteventura Fuerteventura 5,027,415Increase2.svg5.5%Decrease2.svg 1
12 Sevilla Sevilla 4,308,845Increase2.svg10.9%Increase2.svg 1
13 Bilbao Bilbao 4,277,725Increase2.svg6.5%Decrease2.svg 1
14 Tenerife North Tenerife 3,815,316Increase2.svg5.0%Steady2.svg
15 Menorca Menorca 2,867,521Increase2.svg8.9%Steady2.svg
16 Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela 2,296,248Increase2.svg10.2%Increase2.svg 1
17 Girona Girona 1,775,318Decrease2.svg17.8%Decrease2.svg 1
18 Asturias Oviedo 1,119,273Increase2.svg5.1%Increase2.svg 1
19 Murcia–San Javier Murcia 1,067,576Decrease2.svg2.5%Decrease2.svg 1
20 A Coruña A Coruña 1,025,688Increase2.svg3.7%Steady2.svg
21 La Palma La Palma 971,676Increase2.svg12.6%Steady2.svg
22 Seve Ballesteros–Santander Santander 875,920Increase2.svg7.4%Increase2.svg 1
23 Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera 823,177Decrease2.svg8.6%Increase2.svg 1
24 Vigo Vigo 713,563Increase2.svg4.9%Increase2.svg 2
25 Granada–Jaén Granada 707,268Increase2.svg8.7%Increase2.svg 2
26 Reus Reus 705,067Decrease2.svg17.1%Decrease2.svg 4
27 Almería Almería 691,488Decrease2.svg7.2%Decrease2.svg 2
28 Zaragoza Zaragoza 423,873Increase2.svg1.3%Steady2.svg
29 Melilla Melilla 317,806Decrease2.svg0.5%Steady2.svg
30 San Sebastián San Sebastián 255,071Increase2.svg3.9%Steady2.svg
TotalFor 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]

RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Madrid 41,833,374Increase2.svg5.3%Steady2.svg
2 Barcelona-El Prat Barcelona 37,559,044Increase2.svg6.7%Steady2.svg
3 Palma De Mallorca Palma De Mallorca 23,115,499Increase2.svg1.5%Steady2.svg
4 Málaga–Costa Del Sol Málaga 13,749,134Increase2.svg6.4%Steady2.svg
5 Gran Canaria Gran Canaria 10,315,732Increase2.svg5.6%Steady2.svg
6 Alicante–Elche Alicante 10,065,873Increase2.svg4.4%Steady2.svg
7 Tenerife South Tenerife 9,176,274Increase2.svg5.5%Steady2.svg
8 Ibiza Ibiza 6,211,882Increase2.svg8.5%Steady2.svg
9 Lanzarote Lanzarote 5,883,039Increase2.svg10.3%Steady2.svg
10 Fuerteventura Fuerteventura 4,764,632Increase2.svg11.9%Increase2.svg 1
11 Valencia Valencia 4,592,512Decrease2.svg0.6%Decrease2.svg 1
12 Bilbao Bilbao 4,015,352Increase2.svg5.6%Steady2.svg
13 Sevilla Sevilla 3,884,146Increase2.svg5.3%Steady2.svg
14 Tenerife North Tenerife 3,638,953Increase2.svg3.2%Steady2.svg
15 Menorca Menorca 2,632,615Increase2.svg2.6%Increase2.svg 1
16 Girona Girona 2,160,646Decrease2.svg21.1%Decrease2.svg 1
17 Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela 2,083,873Increase2.svg0.5%Steady2.svg
18 Murcia–San Javier Murcia 1,095,343Decrease2.svg4.0%Steady2.svg
19 Asturias Oviedo 1,065,570Increase2.svg2.5%Steady2.svg
20 A Coruña A Coruña 988,834Increase2.svg17.7%Increase2.svg 2
21 La Palma La Palma 862,836Increase2.svg6.6%Increase2.svg 3
22 Reus Reus 850,648Decrease2.svg12.4%Decrease2.svg 1
23 Santander Santander 815,636Decrease2.svg16.3%Decrease2.svg 3
24 Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera 758,004Decrease2.svg6.6%Decrease2.svg 1
25 Almería Almería 744,847Increase2.svg5.6%Steady2.svg
26 Vigo Vigo 680,387Increase2.svg0.2%Steady2.svg
27 Granada–Jaén Granada 650,544Increase2.svg1.9%Steady2.svg
28 Zaragoza Zaragoza 418,576Decrease2.svg8.5%Steady2.svg
29 Melilla Melilla 319,603Increase2.svg10.4%Steady2.svg
30 San Sebastián San Sebastián 245,422Increase2.svg0.2%Increase2.svg 1

2013

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

RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Madrid Barajas Madrid 39,729,027Decrease2.svg12.1%Steady2.svg
2 Barcelona–El Prat Barcelona 35,210,735Increase2.svg0.2%Steady2.svg
3 Palma De Mallorca Majorca 22,768,082Increase2.svg0.4%Steady2.svg
4 Málaga Málaga 12,922,403Increase2.svg2.7%Steady2.svg
5 Gran Canaria Gran Canaria 9,770,253Decrease2.svg1.2%Steady2.svg
6 Alicante Alicante 9,638,860Increase2.svg8.8%Steady2.svg
7 Tenerife South Tenerife 8,701,983Increase2.svg2.0%Steady2.svg
8 Ibiza Ibiza 5,726,581Increase2.svg3.1%Steady2.svg
9 Lanzarote Lanzarote 5,334,598Increase2.svg3.2%Steady2.svg
10 Valencia Valencia 4,599,990Decrease2.svg3.2%Steady2.svg
11 Fuerteventura Fuerteventura 4,259,341Decrease2.svg3.2%Steady2.svg
12 Bilbao Bilbao 3,800,789Decrease2.svg8.9%Increase2.svg 1
13 Seville Seville 3,687,727Decrease2.svg14.1%Decrease2.svg 1
14 Tenerife North Tenerife 3,516,445Decrease2.svg5.4%Steady2.svg
15 Girona Girona 2,736,867Decrease2.svg3.8%Steady2.svg
16 Menorca Menorca 2,565,466Increase2.svg0.8%Steady2.svg
17 Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela 2,073,055Decrease2.svg5.5%Steady2.svg
18 Murcia Murcia 1,140,447Decrease2.svg3.5%Increase2.svg 1
19 Asturias Oviedo 1,039,409Decrease2.svg20.6%Decrease2.svg 1
20 Santander Santander 974,043Decrease2.svg12.8%Steady2.svg
21 Reus Reus 971,166Increase2.svg3.6%Increase2.svg 1
22 A Coruña A Coruña 839,837Decrease2.svg0.7%Increase2.svg 2
23 Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera 811,504Decrease2.svg11.2%Steady2.svg
24 La Palma La Palma 809,521Decrease2.svg16.2%Decrease2.svg 3
25 Almería Almería 705,552Decrease2.svg5.9%Increase2.svg 1
26 Vigo Vigo 678,720Decrease2.svg18.1%Decrease2.svg 1
27 Granada–Jaén Granada 636,289Decrease2.svg12.4%Steady2.svg
28 Zaragoza Zaragoza 457,284Decrease2.svg17.1%Steady2.svg
29 Melilla Melilla 289,551Decrease2.svg8.3%Increase2.svg 1
30 Valladolid Valladolid 260,271Decrease2.svg31.2%Decrease2.svg 1

2012

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

RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Madrid Barajas Madrid 45,195,014Decrease2.svg9.0%Steady2.svg
2 Barcelona–El Prat Barcelona 35,145,176Increase2.svg2.2%Steady2.svg
3 Palma De Mallorca Majorca 22,666,682Decrease2.svg0.3%Steady2.svg
4 Málaga Málaga 12,582,191Decrease2.svg1.9%Steady2.svg
5 Gran Canaria Gran Canaria 9,892,288Decrease2.svg6.1%Steady2.svg
6 Alicante Alicante 8,855,441Decrease2.svg10.7%Steady2.svg
7 Tenerife South Tenerife 8,530,817Decrease2.svg1.5%Steady2.svg
8 Ibiza Ibiza 5,555,071Decrease2.svg1.6%Steady2.svg
9 Lanzarote Lanzarote 5,169,386Decrease2.svg6.8%Steady2.svg
10 Valencia Valencia 4,752,020Decrease2.svg4.6%Steady2.svg
11 Fuerteventura Fuerteventura 4,399,183Decrease2.svg11.1%Increase2.svg 1
12 Seville Seville 4,287,488Decrease2.svg13.5%Decrease2.svg 1
13 Bilbao Bilbao 4,171,092Increase2.svg3.1%Increase2.svg 1
14 Tenerife North Tenerife 3,717,944Decrease2.svg9.2%Decrease2.svg 1
15 Girona Girona 2,844,682Decrease2.svg5.4%Steady2.svg
16 Menorca Menorca 2,545,944Decrease2.svg1.2%Steady2.svg
17 Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela 2,194,611Decrease2.svg10.9%Steady2.svg
18 Asturias Oviedo 1,309,640Decrease2.svg2.2%Increase2.svg 1
19 Murcia Murcia 1,181,490Decrease2.svg6.4%Increase2.svg 1
20 Santander Santander 1,117,617Increase2.svg0.1%Increase2.svg 1
21 La Palma La Palma 965,779Decrease2.svg9.5%Increase2.svg 1
22 Reus Reus 937,446Decrease2.svg31.2%Decrease2.svg 4
23 Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera 913,301Decrease2.svg11.5%Steady2.svg
24 A Coruña A Coruña 845,452Decrease2.svg16.5%Steady2.svg
25 Vigo Vigo 828,720Decrease2.svg15.1%Steady2.svg
26 Almería Almería 749,712Decrease2.svg4.0%Increase2.svg 1
27 Granada–Jaén Granada 728,428Decrease2.svg16.5%Decrease2.svg 1
28 Zaragoza Zaragoza 551,406Decrease2.svg26.6%Steady2.svg
29 Valladolid Valladolid 378,419Decrease2.svg18.2%Steady2.svg
30 Melilla Melilla 315,852Increase2.svg10.2%Steady2.svg

2011

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

RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Madrid–Barajas Madrid 49,671,270Decrease2.svg0.4%Steady2.svg
2 Barcelona–El Prat Barcelona 34,398,226Increase2.svg17.8%Steady2.svg
3 Palma de Mallorca Majorca 22,726,707Increase2.svg7.6%Steady2.svg
4 Málaga Málaga 12,823,117Increase2.svg6.3%Steady2.svg
5 Gran Canaria Gran Canaria 10,538,829Increase2.svg11.1%Steady2.svg
6 Alicante Alicante 9,913,731Increase2.svg5.7%Steady2.svg
7 Tenerife South Tenerife 8,656,487Increase2.svg17.6%Steady2.svg
8 Ibiza Ibiza 5,643,180Increase2.svg12.0%Increase2.svg 3
9 Lanzarote Lanzarote 5,543,744Increase2.svg12.3%Increase2.svg 1
10 Valencia Valencia 4,979,511Increase2.svg0.9%Decrease2.svg 1
11 San Pablo Seville 4,959,359Increase2.svg17.4%Steady2.svg
12 El Matorral Fuerteventura 4,948,018Increase2.svg18.6%Increase2.svg 1
13 Los Rodeos Tenerife 4,095,103Increase2.svg1.1%Decrease2.svg 1
14 Bilbao Bilbao 4,046,172Increase2.svg4.0%Steady2.svg
15 Girona–Costa Brava Girona 3,007,977Decrease2.svg38.2%Decrease2.svg 3
16 Menorca Menorca 2,576,200Increase2.svg2.6%Steady2.svg
17 Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela 2,464,330Increase2.svg13.4%Steady2.svg
18 Reus Reus 1,362,683Decrease2.svg4.0%Steady2.svg
19 Asturias Asturias 1,339,010Decrease2.svg1.2%Increase2.svg 1
20 Murcia–San Javier Murcia 1,262,597Decrease2.svg6.4%Steady2.svg
21 Santander Santander 1,116,398Increase2.svg21.4%Steady2.svg
22 La Palma La Palma 1,067,431Increase2.svg7.6%Steady2.svg
23 Jerez Jerez de la Frontera 1,032,493Decrease2.svg1.0%Steady2.svg
24 A Coruña A Coruña 1,012,800Decrease2.svg8.0%Steady2.svg
25 Vigo–Peinador Vigo 976,152Decrease2.svg10.7%Steady2.svg
26 Granada–Jaén Granada 872,752Decrease2.svg10.8%Steady2.svg
27 Almería Almería 780,853Decrease2.svg0.8%Steady2.svg
28 Zaragoza Zaragoza 751,097Increase2.svg24.0%Steady2.svg
29 Valladolid Valladolid 462,504Increase2.svg17.8%Steady2.svg
30 Melilla Melilla 286,701Decrease2.svg2.0%Steady2.svg

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