Tenerife South Airport
Tenerife South Airport Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur Tenerife Sur Airport - GCTS | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Aena | ||||||||||
Serves | Tenerife | ||||||||||
Location | Granadilla de Abona | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 64 m / 209 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°02′40″N 016°34′21″W / 28.04444°N 16.57250°W | ||||||||||
Website | https://www.aena.es/en/tenerife-sur.html | ||||||||||
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Tenerife South Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur) (IATA: TFS, ICAO: GCTS), also known as Tenerife South–Reina Sofía Airport,[3] is the larger of the two international airports located on the island of Tenerife (the other being Tenerife North Airport) and the second busiest in the Canary Islands (after Gran Canaria Airport).
It is located in the municipality of Granadilla de Abona and handled over 11 million passengers in 2018. Combined with Tenerife North Airport, the island gathers the highest passenger movement of all the Canary Islands, with 12,248,673 passengers,[4] surpassing Gran Canaria Airport.
History
[edit]In the late 1960s, the island authorities of Tenerife found the need for a second airport at a new location, because the existing airport (then called "Los Rodeos Airport"), now known as Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, did not meet technical requirements due to adverse weather conditions, especially low visibility in foggy conditions; this was exemplified by the events of what became the deadliest aviation accident in history, when in 1977, two Boeing 747s collided on the runway at Los Rodeos, killing 583 people, in part, due to very low visibility.
Only 20 months later, with the disaster still fresh in people's minds, the new airport was inaugurated on 6 November 1978, by Queen Sofía of Spain, to whom the airport is dedicated. The first flight was Iberia flight IB187 from Lanzarote, which was operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 landing at 10:17.[5] The airport was constructed close to the Tomás Zerolo airfield, which closed when TFS opened.[6] By the end of its first year, 1 million passengers had passed through its doors.[citation needed]
In June 1980, Viasa inaugurated flights to Caracas. The link served the large proportion of the Canarian diaspora that resided in Venezuela.[7] The airline ceased operations in 1997, after which Avensa started plying the route.[8][9] Due to financial problems, Avensa later let Santa Bárbara Airlines take over its flights to Spain and then began code-sharing on them.[8][10] In October 2002, Santa Bárbara commenced service to Reina Sofía Airport using a McDonnell Douglas DC-10. It switched to Tenerife North Airport four months later.[11]
United Airlines launched thrice weekly-service to Tenerife from Newark in June 2022, using a Boeing 757-200.[12]
Terminal
[edit]Tenerife South consists of one three-storey passenger terminal in a classic brick style. The main level, Floor 0, contains all check-in and service counters, the departures waiting areas as well as the arrivals and main baggage reclaim. The departures area features 40 boarding gates of which ten are equipped with jetbridges. While the upper floor 1 contains office space and transit corridors, the basement level -1 features additional luggage belts.[13]
Airlines and destinations
[edit]The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Tenerife South Airport:[14]
Statistics
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Aeropuerto_de_Tenerife_Sur.jpg/220px-Aeropuerto_de_Tenerife_Sur.jpg)
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Passengers
[edit]Passengers | Aircraft movements | Cargo (tonnes) | |
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2000 | 9,111,065 | 62,096 | 12,019 |
2001 | 9,111,065 | 61,055 | 11,469 |
2002 | 8,980,465 | 63,527 | 10,769 |
2003 | 8,852,878 | 62,506 | 8,775 |
2004 | 8,632,178 | 62,824 | 9,218 |
2005 | 8,631,923 | 63,649 | 9,770 |
2006 | 8,845,668 | 65,774 | 9,414 |
2007 | 8,639,341 | 65,036 | 9,168 |
2008 | 8,251,989 | 60,779 | 8,567 |
2009 | 7,108,073 | 49,779 | 5,371 |
2010 | 7,359,150 | 51,858 | 4,293 |
2011 | 8,656,487 | 58,093 | 4,480 |
2012 | 8,530,729 | 56,210 | 3,906 |
2013 | 8,701,983 | 55,987 | 3,395 |
2014 | 9,176,274 | 60,290 | 3,376 |
2015 | 9,117,514 | 58,462 | 2,844 |
2016 | 10,472,713 | 65,882 | 2,809 |
2017 | 11,248,882 | 69,846 | 2,797 |
2018 | 11,042,481 | 69,910 | 2,483 |
2019 | 11,168,506 | 70,277 | 2,188 |
Source: Aena Statistics[1] |
Routes
[edit]Rank | City | Passengers |
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1 | ![]() | 810,228 |
2 | ![]() | 711,364 |
3 | ![]() | 354,159 |
4 | ![]() | 337,548 |
5 | ![]() | 329,798 |
6 | ![]() | 314,033 |
7 | ![]() | 274,903 |
8 | ![]() | 263,368 |
9 | ![]() | 257,609 |
10 | ![]() | 249,369 |
Car Rental Companies
[edit]Several car rental companies authorized by AENA operate at Tenerife South Airport: AutoReisen,[69] TopCar,[70] Cicar, Hertz,[71] Goldcar, Europcar, AVIS, and Sixt. All these companies are located in the arrivals halls for both domestic and international flights. There are other car rental companies operating outside the airport, but they are not authorized by AENA.[72]
*Updated as of June 2024
Ground transport
[edit]The public bus service TITSA offers services to all parts of the island. Line 343 connects the South Airport (TFS) with Tenerife North Airport (TFN). The planned Tren del Sur will serve the airport if it is built.
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External links
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