Tenerife South International Airport
Address: 38610 Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Spain
IATA airport code: TFS
ICAO airport code: GCTS
Alias: Tenerife Sur Airport and Reina Sofia Airport
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As the name suggests, Tenerife South Airport is located in the south of the Spanish island of Tenerife. It is the largest airport of the Canary Islands. Tenerife South Airport is larger than Tenerife North Airport and has many more international Tenerife airport arrivals. It consists of a terminal and one runway for all Tenerife Sur arrivals. The airport is mainly used by holidaymakers in the summer and winter periods. Most popular flight routes:
- MAN – Manchester
- LPA – Gran Canaria
- STN – London Stansted
- MAD – Madrid
- FRA – Frankfurt
- DUS – Dusseldorf
- BHX – Birmingham
- BRS – Bristol
- EDI – Edinburgh
- LGW – London Gatwick
Terminal Tenerife Airport
The terminal of Tenerife airport consists of 1 building. There are several floors. On Floor 0, the journey can start with the check-in counters. There are also various service desks for airlines and information. There are counters on both the right and left side of the security. Once through security, you will arrive at the various boarding gates. This is also where planes arrive. In addition to the baggage claim are on this floor, there are a few more on a floor lower in the building (Floor -1). Floor 1 is mainly used for office space.
Baggage claim area A1-A7 are at Floor 0 and baggage claim area B and C are at Floor -1:
Transportation Tenerife South airport
- The main airport of Tenerife is easily accessible via the TF-1 (Autopista del Sur).
- There are several options for getting to your destination by bus. Line 343 Tenerife Sur Airport-Tenerife Norte Airport is the route that operates between the two airports on the island. There are 4 bus connections daily. The bus line 111 (711 for night trips) Santa Cruz-Airport-Los Cristianos-Costa Adeje from 6.30 in the morning until 8.30 in the evening every half hour. Outside that, there are still arrival times but less frequent. Bus Line 415 El Fraile-Airport-San Isidro has an hourly departure from 05:25/5:50 until 18:50 and at 20:15 and 21:15. Times on the weekend may be different than during the week.
- After your Tenerife airport arrivals you can continue your journey by taxi. Once after the Tenerife arrivals hall, the taxis are waiting outside to take you to your final destination.
Passenger statistics
Tenerife South Airport (or in Spanish ‘Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur’) has continuously increased the amount of passengers using the airport over the last 10 years. Last year there were 70,277 Tenerife South Airport arrivals and departures (flights) with a total of 11,168,506 passengers.
Tenerife South airport flight routes
The main routes go to the UK with Manchester Airport and London Gatwick far at the top. Other Tenerife flight arrivals are from:
Easyjet, Ryanair, TUI Airways, Air Europa, Jet2 and British Airways are responsible for the large number of Tenerife arrivals from the UK.