The airports in the Aena network closed February with 2,229,568 passengers, 86.8% fewer than in the same month last year, along with 59,579 aircraft movements, 62.4% lower, and 69,666 tons of freight, a 16.7% drop.
Out of the total number of travellers recorded in February, 2,210,617 were commercial passengers with 856,799 on international flights, 92.1% fewer than in February 2020, and 1,353,818 on domestic flights, down by 77.2%. The decline in passenger traffic has continued this month due to restrictions on travel both in Spain and the rest of the world caused by COVID-19.
Traffic by airports
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport had the highest number of passengers in the second month of the year at 752,969, which is a -82.9% decrease compared to February 2020. It is followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat with 286,650 (-91.3%); Gran Canaria with 183,157 (-83.7%); Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de la Laguna with 147,471 (-66.4%); Palma de Mallorca with 141,657 (-84.6%), Málaga-Costa del Sol with 105,172 (-90.7%), and Tenerife Sur with 81,182 (-91.2%).
In terms of the number of operations, the airport that recorded the highest number of movements in February was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas with a total of 9,741 (-69.1%), followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat with 3,984 flights (-82.7%); Gran Canaria with 3,286 (-66.6%); Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna with 2,602 (-53.4%); Palma de Mallorca with 2,493 (-68.6%); Málaga-Costa del Sol with 2,195 (-74%); Valencia with 1,784 (-67.2%) and Seville with 1,554 (-67.4%).
The airports mainly operating non-commercial flights with the highest number of movements in February were Madrid-Cuatro Vientos with 4,858 operations (+4.9%), Jerez with 3,902 (-19.7%) and Sabadell with 3,667 (-9.8%).
As far as goods are concerned, 69,666 tons of freight were handled throughout the network in February, 16.7% less than in the same month in 2020 due to the fact that a very significant part of regular freight is carried in commercial passenger planes.
The four airports with the highest freight traffic were Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas with 36,683 tons (-18.6%); Zaragoza with 13,456 tons (-1.6%); Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat with 9,007 tons (-33.3%); and Vitoria with 5,585 tons (+11.7%).