List of the busiest airports in Spain

Last updated December 20, 2024

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.

At a glance

Ten busiest airports in Spain. See Wikidata query.

30 busiest airports in Spain by passenger traffic

2023

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2023, from AENA statistics.^[1]

Rank	Airport	IATA	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	MAD	Madrid	60,221,163	018.9%
2	Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas	BCN	Barcelona	49,910,900	019.9%
3	Palma De Mallorca	PMI	Palma De Mallorca	31,106,165	08.9%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	AGP	Málaga	22,344,261	021.1%
5	Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández	ALC	Alicante	15,747,699	019.2%
6	Gran Canaria	LPA	Gran Canaria	13,961,507	012.4%
7	Tenerife South	TFS	Tenerife	12,337,325	014.0%
9	Ibiza	IBZ	Ibiza	8,931,574	09.5%	1
8	Valencia	VLC	Valencia	9,948,261	022.8%	1
10	Lanzarote-César Manrique	ACE	Lanzarote	8,213,259	011.7%
11	Sevilla	SVQ	Sevilla	8,071,524	019.1%
12	Bilbao	BIO	Bilbao	6,336,365	023.5%	2
13	Tenerife North-Ciudad de La Laguna	TFN	Tenerife	6,120,505	010.0%
14	Fuerteventura	FUE	Fuerteventura	6,020,403	06.7%	2
15	Menorca	MAH	Menorca	4,045,211	03.7%
16	Santiago-Rosalía de Castro	SCQ	Santiago de Compostela	3,537,447	09.2%
17	Asturias	OVD	Avilés	1,974,847	035.7%
18	Girona-Costa Brava	GRO	Girona	1,586,458	020.7%
19	La Palma	SPC	La Palma	1,368,821	04.7%
20	A Coruña	LCG	A Coruña	1,252,022	029.9%	1
21	Seve Ballesteros-Santander	SDR	Santander	1,242,089	012.7%	1
22	Vigo	VGO	Vigo	1,136,159	019.2%
23	Reus	REU	Reus	1,045,425	014.7%	1
24	Federico García Lorca Granada–Jaén	GRX	Granada	1,039,423	014.4%	1
25	Jerez de la Frontera	XRY	Jerez de la Frontera	904,823	01.3%	2
26	Región de Murcia	RMU	Murcia	878,193	04.7%
27	Almería	LEI	Almería	775,385	010.2%
28	Zaragoza	ZAZ	Zaragoza	685,690	09.2%
29	Melilla	MLN	Melilla	501,069	012.0%
30	San Sebastián	EAS	San Sebastián	482,662	025.8%
Total	For all ~50 reported airports			283,201,865	016.2%

2022

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2022, from AENA statistics.^[2]

Rank	Airport	IATA	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	MAD	Madrid	50,633,759	0109.8%
2	Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas	BCN	Barcelona	41,641,444	0120.6%
3	Palma De Mallorca	PMI	Palma De Mallorca	28,573,350	097.1%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	AGP	Málaga	18,458,006	0108.0%
5	Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández	ALC	Alicante	13,206,430	0126.1%	1
6	Gran Canaria	LPA	Gran Canaria	12,417,604	080.0%	1
7	Tenerife South	TFS	Tenerife	10,821,476	0134.9%	1
8	Ibiza	IBZ	Ibiza	8,156,708	068.1%	1
9	Valencia	VLC	Valencia	8,114,821	099.0%
10	Lanzarote-César Manrique	ACE	Lanzarote	7,350,648	0113.8%	2
11	Sevilla	SVQ	Sevilla	6,779,453	096.8%
12	Fuerteventura	FUE	Fuerteventura	5,641,500	081.2%	1
13	Tenerife North-Ciudad de La Laguna	TFN	Tenerife	5,566,245	044.9%	3
14	Bilbao	BIO	Bilbao	5,129,584	098.7%
15	Menorca	MAH	Menorca	3,900,935	067.8%
16	Santiago-Rosalía de Castro	SCQ	Santiago de Compostela	3,238,531	095.8%
17	Asturias	OVD	Avilés	1,454,917	074.9%
18	Girona-Costa Brava	GRO	Girona	1,314,441	0321.0%	8
19	La Palma	SPC	La Palma	1,306,822	071.7%	1
20	Seve Ballesteros-Santander	SDR	Santander	1,102,439	0119.0%	1
21	A Coruña	LCG	A Coruña	963,952	062.1%	2
22	Vigo	VGO	Vigo	953,170	073.6%	2
23	Jerez de la Frontera	XRY	Jerez de la Frontera	916,464	0108.9%
24	Reus	REU	Reus	911,822	0473.9%	6
25	Federico García Lorca Granada–Jaén	GRX	Granada	908,710	080.8%	3
26	Región de Murcia	RMU	Murcia	839,166	0196.0%	1
27	Almería	LEI	Almería	703,380	0121.5%	2
28	Zaragoza	ZAZ	Zaragoza	627,837	0125.5%
29	Melilla	MLN	Melilla	447,450	034.6%	5
30	San Sebastián	EAS	San Sebastián	383,579	0146.9%	1
Total	For all ~50 reported airports			243,693,689	0103.2%

2021

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2021, from Aena statistics.^[3]

Rank	Airport	IATA	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	MAD	Madrid	24,135,039	041.0%
2	Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas	BCN	Barcelona	18,875,461	048.2%
3	Palma De Mallorca	PMI	Palma De Mallorca	14,497,159	0137.3%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	AGP	Málaga	8,874,635	071.9%
5	Gran Canaria	LPA	Gran Canaria	6,899,523	034.4%
6	Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández	ALC	Alicante	5,841,144	056.2%
7	Ibiza	IBZ	Ibiza	4,851,941	0129.9%	6
8	Tenerife South	TFS	Tenerife	4,606,911	035.8%	1
9	Valencia	VLC	Valencia	4,078,485	064.0%	1
10	Tenerife North-Ciudad de La Laguna	TFN	Tenerife	3,840,160	037.3%	2
11	Sevilla	SVQ	Sevilla	3,444,465	048.7%
12	Lanzarote-César Manrique	ACE	Lanzarote	3,438,219	035.5%	3
13	Fuerteventura	FUE	Fuerteventura	3,114,105	045.2%	1
14	Bilbao	BIO	Bilbao	2,581,064	052.7%
15	Menorca	MAH	Menorca	2,325,323	0115.9%
16	Santiago-Rosalía de Castro	SCQ	Santiago de Compostela	1,653,663	076.8%
17	Asturias	OVD	Avilés	831,791	066.7%	1
18	La Palma	SPC	La Palma	761,111	05.5%	1
19	A Coruña	LCG	A Coruña	594,584	036.1%
20	Vigo	VGO	Vigo	549,094	080.9%	2
21	Seve Ballesteros-Santander	SDR	Santander	503,466	050.2%
22	Federico García Lorca Granada–Jaén	GRX	Granada	502,590	028.8%	2
23	Jerez de la Frontera	XRY	Jerez de la Frontera	438,766	0102.8%	1
24	Melilla	MLN	Melilla	332,446	069.9%	2
25	Almería	LEI	Almería	317,509	058.4%
26	Girona-Costa Brava	GRO	Girona	312,230	081.3%	3
27	Región de Murcia	RMU	Murcia	283,488	030.1%	4
28	Zaragoza	ZAZ	Zaragoza	278,449	061.6%
29	El Hierro	VDE	El Hierro	234,406	031.3%	2
30	Reus	REU	Reus	158,887	0302.7%	6
Total	For all ~50 reported airports			119,952,578	057.7%

2020

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2020, from Aena statistics.^[4] 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	17,112,246	072.3%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	BCN	Barcelona	12,738,769	075.8%
3	Palma De Mallorca	PMI	Palma De Mallorca	6,108,514	079.4%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	AGP	Málaga	5,161,243	074.0%
5	Gran Canaria	LPA	Gran Canaria	5,134,252	061.3%	1
6	Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández	ALC	Alicante	3,739,567	075.1%	1
7	Tenerife South	TFS	Tenerife	3,392,527	069.6%
8	Tenerife North-Ciudad de La Laguna	TFN	Tenerife	2,796,788	052.1%	5
9	Lanzarote-César Manrique	ACE	Lanzarote	2,538,345	065.2%	2
10	Valencia	VLC	Valencia	2,487,495	070.9%	2
11	Sevilla	SVQ	Sevilla	2,315,825	069.3%	1
12	Fuerteventura	FUE	Fuerteventura	2,144,695	061.9%	2
13	Ibiza	IBZ	Ibiza	2,110,348	074.1%	4
14	Bilbao	BIO	Bilbao	1,690,011	071.4%	2
15	Menorca	MAH	Menorca	1,076,952	069.2%
16	Santiago-Rosalía de Castro	SCQ	Santiago de Compostela	935,395	067.8%
17	La Palma	SPC	La Palma	721,298	051.4%	1
18	Asturias	OVD	Avilés	498,952	064.8%	1
19	A Coruña	LCG	A Coruña	436,775	067.7%	1
20	Federico García Lorca Granada–Jaén	GRX	Granada	390,312	068.8%	1
21	Seve Ballesteros-Santander	SDR	Santander	335,280	071.5%	1
22	Vigo	VGO	Vigo	303,466	070.0%	4
23	Región de Murcia	RMU	Murcia	217,912	080.0%	1
24	Jerez de la Frontera	XRY	Jerez de la Frontera	216,319	080.7%	1
25	Almería	LEI	Almería	200,411	079.5%	2
26	Melilla	MLN	Melilla	195,636	055.0%	3
27	El Hierro	VDE	El Hierro	178,595	033.6%	4
28	Zaragoza	ZAZ	Zaragoza	172,344	063.2%
29	Girona-Costa Brava	GRO	Girona	172,171	091.1%	12
30	Pamplona	PNA	Pamplona	84,059	065.5%	3
Total	For all ~50 reported airports			76,065,601	072.4%

2019

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2019, from provisional AENA statistics.^[5]

Rank	Airport	IATA	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	MAD	Madrid	61,734,037	06.6%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	BCN	Barcelona	52,686,314	05.0%
3	Palma De Mallorca	PMI	Palma De Mallorca	29,721,123	02.2%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	AGP	Málaga	19,856,299	04.4%
5	Alicante–Elche	ALC	Alicante	15,047,840	07.6%
6	Gran Canaria	LPA	Gran Canaria	13,261,405	02.3%
7	Tenerife South	TFS	Tenerife	11,168,506	01.1%
8	Valencia	VLC	Valencia	8,539,403	09.9%	1
9	Ibiza	IBZ	Ibiza	8,155,635	00.6%	1
10	Sevilla	SVQ	Sevilla	7,544,473	018.2%	1
11	Lanzarote	ACE	Lanzarote	7,292,720	00.5%	1
12	Bilbao	BIO	Bilbao	5,905,804	08.0%	2
13	Tenerife North	TFN	Tenerife	5,840,483	06.3%
14	Fuerteventura	FUE	Fuerteventura	5,635,330	07.9%	2
15	Menorca	MAH	Menorca	3,495,025	01.5%
16	Santiago de Compostela	SCQ	Santiago de Compostela	2,903,427	06.5%
17	Girona	GRO	Girona	1,932,255	04.4%
18	La Palma	SPC	La Palma	1,483,720	04.5%
19	Asturias	OVD	Avilés	1,417,433	01.2%
20	A Coruña	LCG	A Coruña	1,352,583	06.4%	1
21	Granada–Jaén	GRX	Granada	1,251,926	011.1%	2
22	Seve Ballesteros-Santander	SDR	Santander	1,174,896	06.5%	2
23	Jerez de la Frontera	XRY	Jerez de la Frontera	1,120,742	01.2%	2
24	Murcia-Corvera	RMU	Murcia	1,090,954
25	Reus	REU	Reus	1,046,062	00.8%	1
26	Vigo	VGO	Vigo	1,012,447	010.4%	3
27	Almería	LEI	Almería	978,997	01.3%
28	Zaragoza	ZAZ	Zaragoza	467,774	04.4%
29	Melilla	MLN	Melilla	434,660	024.9%
30	San Sebastián	EAS	San Sebastián	320,440	010.7%
Total	For all ~50 reported airports			275,237,801	04.4%

2018

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2018, from provisional AENA statistics.^[6]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	Madrid	57,891,340	08.4%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona	50,172,457	06.1%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Palma De Mallorca	29,081,787	04.0%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	Málaga	19,021,784	2.1%
5	Alicante–Elche	Alicante	13,981,320	2.0%
6	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	13,573,242	03.7%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife	11,042,481	01.8%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza	8,104,316	02.5%
9	Valencia	Valencia	7,769,867	15.2%	1
10	Lanzarote	Lanzarote	7,327,019	0.8%	1
11	Sevilla	Sevilla	6,380,465	24.9%	1
12	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura	6,118,893	01.2%	1
13	Tenerife North	Tenerife	5,493,994	16.7%	1
14	Bilbao	Bilbao	5,469,453	010.0%	1
15	Menorca	Menorca	3,442,752	00.2%
16	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	2,724,750	03.0%
17	Girona	Girona	2,019,876	3.8%
18	La Palma	La Palma	1,420,277	9.0%	1
19	Asturias	Avilés	1,400,481	00.5%	1
20	Murcia–San Javier	Murcia	1,273,424	06.4%
21	A Coruña	A Coruña	1,225,763	07.4%
22	Jerez	Jerez de la Frontera	1,133,621	8.3%	1
23	Vigo	Vigo	1,129,689	6.0%	1
24	Granada–Jaén	Granada	1,126,389	24.9%	3
25	Seve Ballesteros–Santander	Santander	1,103,353	17.7%	1
26	Reus	Reus	1,037,576	1.8%	2
27	Almería	Almería	992,043	01.5%	2
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza	489,064	011.6%
29	Melilla	Melilla	348,121	07.3%
30	San Sebastián	San Sebastián	289,444	02.7%
Total	For all ~50 reported airports		263,753,406	05.8%

2017

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2017, from provisional AENA statistics.^[7]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	Madrid	53,402,506	05.9%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona	47,284,500	07.1%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Palma De Mallorca	27,970,655	06.5%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	Málaga	18,628,876	11.7%
5	Alicante–Elche	Alicante	13,713,061	11.1%
6	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	13,092,117	08.3%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife	11,249,327	07.4%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza	7,903,892	06.6%
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote	7,389,025	10.5%
10	Valencia	Valencia	6,745,394	16.3%
11	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura	6,049,401	06.6%
12	Sevilla	Sevilla	5,108,807	10.5%
13	Bilbao	Bilbao	4,973,712	08.4%
14	Tenerife North	Tenerife	4,704,863	11.5%
15	Menorca	Menorca	3,434,615	08.1%
16	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	2,644,925	05.3%
17	Girona	Girona	1,946,816	16.9%
18	Asturias	Oviedo	1,407,217	09.8%
19	La Palma	La Palma	1,302,485	16.7%
20	Murcia–San Javier	Murcia	1,196,605	09.1%
21	A Coruña	A Coruña	1,141,242	07.3%
22	Vigo	Vigo	1,065,595	11.7%
23	Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez de la Frontera	1,046,251	14.1%	1
24	Reus	Reus	1,022,964	25.1%	1
25	Almería	Almería	1,007,446	09.5%	2
26	Seve Ballesteros–Santander	Santander	937,641	20.5%
27	Granada–Jaén	Granada	901,961	20.1%
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza	438,035	04.4%
29	Melilla	Melilla	324,366	01.7%
30	San Sebastián	San Sebastián	281,859	06.6%
Total	For all ~50 reported airports		249,223,044	08.3%

2016

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2016, from AENA statistics.^[8]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	Madrid	50,418,909	07.7%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona	44,154,722	11.2%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Palma De Mallorca	26,254,110	10.6%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	Málaga	16,673,151	15.8%
5	Alicante–Elche	Alicante	12,344,945	16.7%	1
6	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	12,093,646	13.8%	1
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife	10,472,713	14.9%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza	7,416,161	14.5%
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote	6,683,966	09.1%
10	Valencia	Valencia	5,799,104	14.7%
11	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura	5,676,817	12.9%
12	Sevilla	Sevilla	4,624,038	07.3%
13	Bilbao	Bilbao	4,588,339	07.3%
14	Tenerife North	Tenerife	4,219,633	10.6%
15	Menorca	Menorca	3,178,612	10.8%
16	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	2,510,740	09.3%
17	Girona	Girona	1,664,763	06.2%
18	Asturias	Oviedo	1,281,979	14.5%
19	La Palma	La Palma	1,116,146	14.9%	2
20	Murcia–San Javier	Murcia	1,096,980	02.7%	1
21	A Coruña	A Coruña	1,063,291	03.7%	1
22	Vigo	Vigo	954,006	33.7%	2
23	Almería	Almería	919,808	33.1%	4
24	Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez de la Frontera	916,451	11.3%	1
25	Reus	Reus	817,611	16.0%	1
26	Seve Ballesteros–Santander	Santander	778,318	11.1%	4
27	Granada–Jaén	Granada	753,142	06.5%	2
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza	419,529	01.0%
29	Melilla	Melilla	330,116	03.9%
30	San Sebastián	San Sebastián	264,422	03.7%
Total	For all ~50 reported airports^[9]		230,229,523

2015

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2015, from final AENA statistics.^[10]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	Madrid	46,824,838	11.9%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona	39,711,237	05.7%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Palma De Mallorca	23,745,023	02.7%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	Málaga	14,404,206	04.8%
5	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	10,627,218	03.0%
6	Alicante–Elche	Alicante	10,575,288	05.1%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife	9,117,514	00.6%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza	6,477,283	04.3%
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote	6,128,971	04.2%
10	Valencia	Valencia	5,055,127	10.0%	1
11	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura	5,027,415	05.5%	1
12	Sevilla	Sevilla	4,308,845	10.9%	1
13	Bilbao	Bilbao	4,277,725	06.5%	1
14	Tenerife North	Tenerife	3,815,316	05.0%
15	Menorca	Menorca	2,867,521	08.9%
16	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	2,296,248	10.2%	1
17	Girona	Girona	1,775,318	17.8%	1
18	Asturias	Oviedo	1,119,273	05.1%	1
19	Murcia–San Javier	Murcia	1,067,576	02.5%	1
20	A Coruña	A Coruña	1,025,688	03.7%
21	La Palma	La Palma	971,676	12.6%
22	Seve Ballesteros–Santander	Santander	875,920	07.4%	1
23	Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez de la Frontera	823,177	08.6%	1
24	Vigo	Vigo	713,563	04.9%	2
25	Granada–Jaén	Granada	707,268	08.7%	2
26	Reus	Reus	705,067	17.1%	4
27	Almería	Almería	691,488	07.2%	2
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza	423,873	01.3%
29	Melilla	Melilla	317,806	00.5%
30	San Sebastián	San Sebastián	255,071	03.9%
Total	For all ~50 reported airports^[11]		207,421,046

2014

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2014, from AENA statistics.^[12]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas	Madrid	41,833,374	05.3%
2	Barcelona-El Prat	Barcelona	37,559,044	06.7%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Palma De Mallorca	23,115,499	01.5%
4	Málaga–Costa Del Sol	Málaga	13,749,134	06.4%
5	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	10,315,732	05.6%
6	Alicante–Elche	Alicante	10,065,873	04.4%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife	9,176,274	05.5%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza	6,211,882	08.5%
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote	5,883,039	10.3%
10	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura	4,764,632	11.9%	1
11	Valencia	Valencia	4,592,512	00.6%	1
12	Bilbao	Bilbao	4,015,352	05.6%
13	Sevilla	Sevilla	3,884,146	05.3%
14	Tenerife North	Tenerife	3,638,953	03.2%
15	Menorca	Menorca	2,632,615	02.6%	1
16	Girona	Girona	2,160,646	21.1%	1
17	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	2,083,873	00.5%
18	Murcia–San Javier	Murcia	1,095,343	04.0%
19	Asturias	Oviedo	1,065,570	02.5%
20	A Coruña	A Coruña	988,834	17.7%	2
21	La Palma	La Palma	862,836	06.6%	3
22	Reus	Reus	850,648	12.4%	1
23	Santander	Santander	815,636	16.3%	3
24	Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez de la Frontera	758,004	06.6%	1
25	Almería	Almería	744,847	05.6%
26	Vigo	Vigo	680,387	00.2%
27	Granada–Jaén	Granada	650,544	01.9%
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza	418,576	08.5%
29	Melilla	Melilla	319,603	10.4%
30	San Sebastián	San Sebastián	245,422	00.2%	1

2013

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2013, from AENA statistics.^[13]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Madrid Barajas	Madrid	39,729,027	12.1%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona	35,210,735	00.2%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Majorca	22,768,082	00.4%
4	Málaga	Málaga	12,922,403	02.7%
5	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	9,770,253	01.2%
6	Alicante	Alicante	9,638,860	08.8%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife	8,701,983	02.0%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza	5,726,581	03.1%
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote	5,334,598	03.2%
10	Valencia	Valencia	4,599,990	03.2%
11	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura	4,259,341	03.2%
12	Bilbao	Bilbao	3,800,789	08.9%	1
13	Seville	Seville	3,687,727	14.1%	1
14	Tenerife North	Tenerife	3,516,445	05.4%
15	Girona	Girona	2,736,867	03.8%
16	Menorca	Menorca	2,565,466	00.8%
17	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	2,073,055	05.5%
18	Murcia	Murcia	1,140,447	03.5%	1
19	Asturias	Oviedo	1,039,409	20.6%	1
20	Santander	Santander	974,043	12.8%
21	Reus	Reus	971,166	03.6%	1
22	A Coruña	A Coruña	839,837	00.7%	2
23	Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez de la Frontera	811,504	11.2%
24	La Palma	La Palma	809,521	16.2%	3
25	Almería	Almería	705,552	05.9%	1
26	Vigo	Vigo	678,720	18.1%	1
27	Granada–Jaén	Granada	636,289	12.4%
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza	457,284	17.1%
29	Melilla	Melilla	289,551	08.3%	1
30	Valladolid	Valladolid	260,271	31.2%	1

2012

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2012, from AENA statistics.^[14]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Madrid Barajas	Madrid	45,195,014	09.0%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona	35,145,176	02.2%
3	Palma De Mallorca	Majorca	22,666,682	00.3%
4	Málaga	Málaga	12,582,191	01.9%
5	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	9,892,288	06.1%
6	Alicante	Alicante	8,855,441	10.7%
7	Tenerife South	Tenerife	8,530,817	01.5%
8	Ibiza	Ibiza	5,555,071	01.6%
9	Lanzarote	Lanzarote	5,169,386	06.8%
10	Valencia	Valencia	4,752,020	04.6%
11	Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura	4,399,183	11.1%	1
12	Seville	Seville	4,287,488	13.5%	1
13	Bilbao	Bilbao	4,171,092	03.1%	1
14	Tenerife North	Tenerife	3,717,944	09.2%	1
15	Girona	Girona	2,844,682	05.4%
16	Menorca	Menorca	2,545,944	01.2%
17	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	2,194,611	10.9%
18	Asturias	Oviedo	1,309,640	02.2%	1
19	Murcia	Murcia	1,181,490	06.4%	1
20	Santander	Santander	1,117,617	00.1%	1
21	La Palma	La Palma	965,779	09.5%	1
22	Reus	Reus	937,446	31.2%	4
23	Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez de la Frontera	913,301	11.5%
24	A Coruña	A Coruña	845,452	16.5%
25	Vigo	Vigo	828,720	15.1%
26	Almería	Almería	749,712	04.0%	1
27	Granada–Jaén	Granada	728,428	16.5%	1
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza	551,406	26.6%
29	Valladolid	Valladolid	378,419	18.2%
30	Melilla	Melilla	315,852	10.2%

2011

The following is a list of the 30 busiest Spanish airports in 2011, from AENA statistics.^[15]

Rank	Airport	Location	Total passengers	Annual change	Rank change
1	Madrid–Barajas	Madrid	49,671,270	00.4%
2	Barcelona–El Prat	Barcelona	34,398,226	17.8%
3	Palma de Mallorca	Majorca	22,726,707	07.6%
4	Málaga	Málaga	12,823,117	06.3%
5	Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	10,538,829	11.1%
6	Alicante	Alicante	9,913,731	05.7%
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	00.9%	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	01.1%	1
14	Bilbao	Bilbao	4,046,172	04.0%
15	Girona–Costa Brava	Girona	3,007,977	38.2%	3
16	Menorca	Menorca	2,576,200	02.6%
17	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	2,464,330	13.4%
18	Reus	Reus	1,362,683	04.0%
19	Asturias	Asturias	1,339,010	01.2%	1
20	Murcia–San Javier	Murcia	1,262,597	06.4%
21	Santander	Santander	1,116,398	21.4%
22	La Palma	La Palma	1,067,431	07.6%
23	Jerez	Jerez de la Frontera	1,032,493	01.0%
24	A Coruña	A Coruña	1,012,800	08.0%
25	Vigo–Peinador	Vigo	976,152	10.7%
26	Granada–Jaén	Granada	872,752	10.8%
27	Almería	Almería	780,853	00.8%
28	Zaragoza	Zaragoza	751,097	24.0%
29	Valladolid	Valladolid	462,504	17.8%
30	Melilla	Melilla	286,701	02.0%

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