Tenerife-South Airport
Tenerife–South Airport Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur Tenerife Sur/Reina Sofía Airport - GCTS | |||||||||||
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IATA: TFS – ICAO: GCTS | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | ENAIRE | ||||||||||
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°WCoordinates: 28°02′40″N 016°34′21″W / 28.04444°N 16.57250°W | ||||||||||
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TFS Location in the Canary Islands | |||||||||||
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Tenerife South Airport (IATA: TFS, ICAO: GCTS), previously known as Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport, is the largest 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. 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 said they needed 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 an Iberia running flight IB187 from Lanzarote, which was operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-9. The flight landed at 10:17.[3] By the end of its first year, 1 million passengers had passed through its doors.
In 1977, the control tower, terminal building and taxiways were completed before the Tenerife airport disaster occurred at Tenerife North Airport in March.
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
Destinations by airline served from Tenerife South Airport:[5]
Statistics
Passengers
Updated: 16 January 2015. 2014 data provisional.[1] |
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 |
Source: Aena Statistics[1] |
Routes
Rank | City | Passengers |
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1 | Manchester | 751.605 |
2 | London Gatwick | 734.056 |
3 | East Midlands | 285.827 |
4 | Birmingham | 279,023 |
5 | Glasgow | 249,207 |
6 | Düsseldorf | 234,439 |
7 | Brussels | 220,643 |
8 | Amsterdam | 189,443 |
9 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 185,431 |
10 | London Stansted | 173,692 |
Ground transport
The public bus service TITSA offers cheap and quick services to all parts of the island, Line 343 also connects the South Airport (TFS) with Tenerife North Airport (TFN).
References
- 1 2 3 "AENA passenger statistics and aircraft movements". Aena.es. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ↑ "Spanish AIP (AENA)". Aena.es. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ↑ "History Tenerife South Airport". Aena.es. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ↑ http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?Language=EN_GB&ca=TFS&pagename=cartografia&ps=t
- ↑ "Airports of the World connected with: Tenerife". Aena.es. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ↑ "Аэрофлот начинает полеты на Тенерифе". Новости. Aeroflot. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/25/ux-tfnalc-w15/
- ↑ "brussels airlines Adds Canary Islands Service in W15". Airlineroute.net. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ↑ "Tenerife South to Paris CDG - Cheap Flights £35.91 or less". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ↑ http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/38292-easyjet-to-drop-rome-base-in-favour-of-venice-from-2q2016
- ↑ "Tenerife South to Geneva - Cheap Flights £48.73 or less". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ↑ "Jet2 announce massive growth at Edinburgh Airport". Edinburgh Airport. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Norwegian Adds New UK - Canary Islands Winter Routes from Oct 2015". Airlineroute.net. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ "Norwegian to Launch Domestic Spain Routes from late-Oct 2015". Airlineroute.net. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- 1 2 "SmartWings Contact". smartwings.com.
- ↑ "SmartWings Flight schedule". smartwings.com.
- ↑ "Thomson Airways current flight timetable". Flights.thomson.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Humberside/status/675631663318245376
- ↑ "Thomas Cook Airlines current flight timetable". Book.flythomascook.com. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ↑ "New Routes from Rome S16" (in Italian). 5 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.origo.hu/utazas/hirek/20150420-huszezer-alatti-arrol-indul-a-wizz-air-tenerifere.html/
- ↑ "Tenerife South Airport passengers statistics". Aena.es. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
External links
Media related to Tenerife South Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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