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Tenerife Sur Airport services

Here are the services you can find at Tenerife Sur Airport. Select a service to find out about the details and location.

Departures area

Departures area at Tenerife Sur Airport

DEPARTURES AREA

Check-in

Check-in desks are on the ground floor.

You can see which check-in desk is assigned to your flight on the information screens.

You should arrive at the airport with enough time to avoid unexpected problems. The general rule is:

  • Non-Schengen flights: 3 hours before the scheduled departure time.
  • Domestic and Schengen flights: 2 hours before the scheduled departure time.

DEPARTURES AREA

Security checkpoint

Passengers accessing boarding areas must pass through a metal-detector arch at a security checkpoint and their hand luggage and any other objects that they are carrying (coats, jackets, mobile phones, keys) must undergo an x-ray inspection.

Passengers will be asked for their boarding pass before they go through the security checkpoint.

To ensure items and small articles in particular pass through the scan, passengers must place them in the special trays put at their disposal.

The airport has a Fast Lane service which airlines can use for their preferential passengers and for all passengers who purchase access.

DEPARTURES AREA

Passport Control

If the destination of your flight is a non-Schengen country, you must go through document control.

The basic travel document is a passport, although you can travel to some countries with a National ID card (DNI). Some countries also require a visa, vaccination certificate, passport valid for 6 months after the date of arrival, etc. Check with your airline.

DEPARTURES AREA

Boarding

Please check the information screens to find your boarding gate. Please pay attention to these screens because Tenerife Sur airport does not make PA system announcements about boarding gates or their changes.

The shopping area has cafeterias and restaurants and a wide variety of shops where you can find the perfect gift for your return: Duty free with interesting offers, fashion and accessories, leisure and gift shops , typical foods of the Canary Islands, and news and books.

At the boarding gate, you must show the airline personnel documentation to prove your identity. Please ask your airline about valid documentation to present to their personnel.

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