Tenerife–South Airport

Tenerife–Sur Airport
Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur
Tenerife Sur/Reina Sofía Airport - GCTS
IATA: TFS – ICAO: GCTS
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Aena
Serves Tenerife
Location Granadilla de Abona, Spain
Elevation AMSL 64 m / 209 ft
Coordinates 28°02′40″N 016°34′21″W / 28.04444°N 16.57250°W / 28.04444; -16.57250Coordinates: 28°02′40″N 016°34′21″W / 28.04444°N 16.57250°W / 28.04444; -16.57250
Map
TFS

Location in the Canary Islands

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 3,200 10,498 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 2015 9,117,637
Passenger change 14–15 Decrease 0.6%
Aircraft movements 58,461
Movements change 14–15 Decrease 3.0%
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[1]
Spanish AIP, AENA[2]

Tenerife Sur Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur) (IATA: TFS, ICAO: GCTS), previously known as Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport, 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 9 million passengers in 2014.

History

In the late 1960s, the island authorities of Tenerife Identified the need for a new airport at a new location as the existing airport did not meet technical requirements due to adverse weather conditions.

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.[3] By the end of its first year, 1 million passengers had passed through its doors.

The airport was under construction when the Tenerife airport disaster occurred at Tenerife North Airport on 27 March 1977.

Terminal

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 34 boarding gates of which eight are equipped with jetbridges. While the upper floor 1 contains office space and transit corridors, the basement level -1 features additional luggage belts.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Main hall
Control tower
View of the platform.
Apron view
Exterior of airport

Destinations by airline served from Tenerife South Airport:[5]

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo[6]
Aeroflot
operated by Rossiya 		Seasonal: Saint Petersburg
Aer Lingus Dublin
Seasonal: Cork
Air Berlin Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin–Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Nuremberg, Zürich
Seasonal: Munich, Stuttgart
Air Europa Alicante,[7] Asturias, Paris–Orly, Santiago de Compostela
Seasonal: Valencia, Bilbao
ASL Airlines France Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Lyon, Strasbourg
Austrian Airlines Vienna
Azur Air Moscow–Domodedovo
Belavia Seasonal charter: Minsk–National[8]
Binter Canarias
operated by NAYSA 		Gran Canaria
British Airways London–Gatwick
Brussels Airlines Brussels[9]
Condor Berlin–Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, Manchester, Munich, Stuttgart
easyJet Amsterdam, Berlin–Schönefeld, Bristol, Edinburgh, London–Gatwick, London–Luton,[10] Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle[11]
Seasonal: London–Southend, Newcastle upon Tyne
easyJet Switzerland Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva[12]
Edelweiss Air Zürich
Enter Air Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw–Chopin
Eurowings Düsseldorf,[13] Hamburg[13]
Finnair Seasonal:Helsinki
Germania Bremen, Dresden, Erfurt/Weimar, Münster/Osnabrück
Seasonal: Berlin–Schönefeld, Kassel, Rostock
Charter: Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
Germanwings Cologne/Bonn
Seasonal: Hannover
Iberia Madrid, Paris–Orly
Iberia Express Madrid
Seasonal: Lyon
Icelandair Seasonal charter: Reykjavík–Keflavík
Jet2.com Belfast–International, Birmingham (begins 31 March 2017),[14] East Midlands, Edinburgh,[15] Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London-Stansted (begins 31 March 2017),[16] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jet Time Charter: Växjö
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich
Luxair Luxembourg
Meridiana Milan–Malpensa, Verona, Rome–Fiumicino
Monarch Airlines Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester
Neos Bologna, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Seasonal: Catania
Niki Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Salzburg, Vienna
Seasonal: Graz, Linz
Norwegian Air Shuttle Birmingham,[17] Edinburgh,[17] London–Gatwick, Málaga,[18] Manchester, Rome–Fiumicino
Seasonal: Berlin–Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Oslo–Gardermoen, Oulu, Stockholm–Arlanda
Privilege Style
operated by Swiftair 		Charter: Lisbon, Porto
Ryanair Barcelona, Beauvais, Belfast-International,[19] Bergamo, Billund, Birmingham, Bologna, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Cork, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Hahn, Kraków, Leeds/Bradford, Linz, Liverpool, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Madrid, Manchester, Memmingen, Pisa, Prestwick, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Sandefjord, Shannon, Valencia, Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze, Wrocław, Treviso
Seasonal: Knock, Stockholm–Skavsta, Porto, Newcastle
Small Planet Airlines Glasgow
Seasonal charter: Vilnius
SmartWings
operated by Travel Service Airlines[20] 		Prague
Seasonal: Brno
SmartWings
operated by Travel Service Polska[20] 		Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin[21]
TAROM Seasonal: Bucharest
Thomas Cook Airlines[22] Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Seasonal: Aberdeen, Cardiff
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Charter: Billund, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Malmö, Örebro, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Thomson Airways[23] Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Humberside,[24] Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Seasonal: Belfast–International, Dublin, Humberside,[25] Norwich, Liverpool (begins 5 May 2017)
Transavia Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Munich,[26] Rotterdam
Seasonal: Groningen
Transavia France Paris–Orly
TUI Airlines Netherlands Amsterdam
TUIfly Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Nuremberg, Stuttgart
Seasonal: Helsinki, Karlsruhe/Baden–Baden
TUIfly Belgium Brussels, Charleroi, Liège, Ostend/Bruges
VIM Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo
Volotea Bordeaux, Nantes, Toulouse
Seasonal charter: Jersey
Vueling Alicante, Barcelona, Birmingham, Manchester, Paris–Orly, Zürich
Seasonal: Málaga, Nantes (begins 17 December 2016),[27] Rome–Fiumicino,[28] Santander, Seville, Valencia, Zaragoza
Wizz Air Bucharest,[29] Budapest, Katowice[30]
WOW air Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík[31]

Statistics

Passengers

Tenerife South Airport Passenger Totals 2000-2013 (millions)
Updated: 16 January 2015. 2014 data provisional.[1]
Passengers Aircraft movements Cargo (tonnes)
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
Source: Aena Statistics[1]

Routes

Busiest international routes at Tenerife South Airport (2014)[32]
Rank City Passengers
1 United Kingdom Manchester 751.605
2 United Kingdom London Gatwick 734.056
3 United Kingdom East Midlands 285.827
4 United Kingdom Birmingham 279,023
5 United Kingdom Glasgow 249,207
6 Germany Düsseldorf 234,439
7 Belgium Brussels 220,643
8 Netherlands Amsterdam 189,443
9 United Kingdom Newcastle upon Tyne 185,431
10 United Kingdom London Stansted 173,692

Ground transport

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).

Climate

The Spanish weather service operates a station at Tenerife South Airport. It has a maritime hot desert climate with hot summers and very mild winters that falls inside the tropics.


Climate data for Tenerife South Airport (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 29.3
(84.7)		 30.0
(86)		 34.0
(93.2)		 35.6
(96.1)		 37.7
(99.9)		 36.2
(97.2)		 42.9
(109.2)		 44.3
(111.7)		 41.8
(107.2)		 37.0
(98.6)		 35.2
(95.4)		 30.0
(86)		 44.3
(111.7)
Average high °C (°F) 21.7
(71.1)		 22.0
(71.6)		 23.1
(73.6)		 23.1
(73.6)		 23.9
(75)		 25.4
(77.7)		 27.7
(81.9)		 28.4
(83.1)		 27.9
(82.2)		 26.8
(80.2)		 24.8
(76.6)		 22.8
(73)		 24.8
(76.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 18.4
(65.1)		 18.5
(65.3)		 19.3
(66.7)		 19.5
(67.1)		 20.4
(68.7)		 22.1
(71.8)		 24.0
(75.2)		 24.7
(76.5)		 24.5
(76.1)		 23.4
(74.1)		 21.5
(70.7)		 19.7
(67.5)		 21.4
(70.5)
Average low °C (°F) 15.2
(59.4)		 15.0
(59)		 15.6
(60.1)		 16.0
(60.8)		 17.0
(62.6)		 18.8
(65.8)		 20.2
(68.4)		 21.1
(70)		 21.1
(70)		 20.0
(68)		 18.2
(64.8)		 16.5
(61.7)		 17.9
(64.2)
Record low °C (°F) 9.0
(48.2)		 9.8
(49.6)		 9.6
(49.3)		 12.2
(54)		 13.0
(55.4)		 14.6
(58.3)		 16.8
(62.2)		 17.1
(62.8)		 16.6
(61.9)		 14.8
(58.6)		 12.0
(53.6)		 10.4
(50.7)		 9.0
(48.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 16.6
(0.654)		 19.9
(0.783)		 14.7
(0.579)		 7.4
(0.291)		 1.1
(0.043)		 0.1
(0.004)		 0.1
(0.004)		 1.3
(0.051)		 3.6
(0.142)		 11.9
(0.469)		 26.3
(1.035)		 30.3
(1.193)		 133.3
(5.248)
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) 1.8 2.2 1.9 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.6 1.9 3.5 15.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours 193 195 226 219 246 259 295 277 213 214 193 195 2,725
Source #1: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología[33]
Source #2: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología[34]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Estadísticas – Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea – aena-aeropuertos.es". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Spanish AIP (AENA) Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "History Tenerife South Airport". Aena.es. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Airport at Tenerife Sur".
  5. ↑ "Airports of the World connected with: Tenerife". Aena.es. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  6. ↑ "Аэрофлот начинает полеты на Тенерифе". Новости. Aeroflot. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Air Europa Adds Tenerife – Alicante Route from late-Oct 2015".
  8. ↑ "Belavia to launch charter flights to Tenerife on 18 March". BelTA – News from Belarus. Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "brussels airlines Adds Canary Islands Service in W15". Airlineroute.net. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  10. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/267507/easyjet-adds-new-london-luton-routes-from-sep-2016/
  11. ↑ "Tenerife South to Paris CDG - Cheap Flights £35.91 or less". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Tenerife South to Geneva - Cheap Flights £48.73 or less". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Eurowings / germanwings Adds New Canary Islands Routes in W16".
  14. ↑ "Jet2.com Adds Birmingham Routes in S17". routesonline. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  15. ↑ "Jet2 announce massive growth at Edinburgh Airport". Edinburgh Airport. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  16. ↑ http://www.jet2.com/timetable
  17. 1 2 "Norwegian Adds New UK - Canary Islands Winter Routes from Oct 2015". Airlineroute.net. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "Norwegian to Launch Domestic Spain Routes from late-Oct 2015". Airlineroute.net. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  19. ↑ "Ryanair Expands Belfast Service from Sep 2016".
  20. 1 2 "SmartWings Contact". smartwings.com.
  21. ↑ "SmartWings Flight schedule". smartwings.com.
  22. ↑ "Thomas Cook Airlines current flight timetable". Book.flythomascook.com. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  23. ↑ "Thomson Airways current flight timetable". Flights.thomson.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  24. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/267602/thomson-adds-humberside-tenerife-link-in-w16/
  25. ↑ "Humberside Airport". Twitter.
  26. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/267119/transavia-introduces-new-munich-routes-in-w16/
  27. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/268529/vueling-plans-new-nantes-canaries-service-in-w16/
  28. ↑ "New Routes from Rome S16" (in Italian). 5 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  29. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/267098/wizzair-adds-bucharest-tenerife-route-from-nov-2016/
  30. ↑ "WizzAir Adds New Canary Islands Service in W16".
  31. ↑ "Wow Air to Start Tenerife Service from April 2015". Airline Route. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  32. ↑ "Tenerife South Airport passengers statistics". Aena.es. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
  33. ↑ "Standard Climate Values. Tenerife Sur Aeropuerto".
  34. ↑ "Valores Climatológicos Extremos. Tenerife Sur Aeropuerto".

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