The airports in the Aena network ended 2018 with more than 263.7 million passengers, which is 5.8% more than the previous year, breaking a historical record.

Specifically, they totalled 263,753,406 travellers, of which 182.5 million were on international flights, 4.1% more than in 2017, and 80.4 million on domestic flights, up by 10%. Around 263 million of these nearly 264 million passengers were commercial passengers, a 5.9% rise.

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport had the highest number of passengers in 2018 at almost 57.9 million and an 8.4% increase over 2017. It is followed by Barcelona-El Prat with over 50.1 million (+6.1%) and Palma de Mallorca with over 29 million (+4.0%).

Also once again above the 10 million passenger mark in 2018 were Málaga-Costa del Sol airport with over 19 million (+2.1%); Alicante-Elche with almost 14 million (+2.0%); Gran Canaria with 13.5 million (+3.7%) and Tenerife Sur with more than 11 million (-1.8%).

As for the number of operations, in 2018 the Aena airports network handled over 2.3 million movements (2,300,189), 5.8% more than in the previous year. The airport with the highest number of landings and takeoffs was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas with a total of 409,832 (+5.7%), followed by Barcelona-El Prat, with 335,651 flights (+3.7%); Palma de Mallorca, with 220,329 (+5.5%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 141,313 (+3.0%); Gran Canaria, with 131,030 (+10.5%); Alicante-Elche, with 96,734 (+1.5%) and Valencia, with 75,834 (+11.5%).

Last year freight carried outperformed 2017 at over 1,010 tons, which is a 9.9% rise. The four airports with the highest freight traffic were Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas with almost 519,000 tons (+9.9%); Barcelona-El Prat with almost 173,000 tons (10.8%); Zaragoza with 166,833 tons (+17.3%) and Vitoria with 62,156 tons (+2.8%).

December 2018

In December 17,604,861 passengers went through the airports in Aena’s network, a 7.6% rise compared to 2017. As for the number of operations, there were 163,830 aircraft movements in Aena’s airport network, 8.5% more than in the same month of 2017. The total figure for freight traffic stood at over 83,517 tons, 6.5% more.