La Palma Airport

About La Palma

La Palma is known as "the green island", and holds two world records: La Caldera del Taburiente is the world's largest volcanic crater, with a diameter of nine kilometers and a depth of 770 meters. This natural monument can be seen best from the view-point Mirador de la Cumbrecita.

You will also find at La Palma the greatest elevation compared to the diameter. The island's highest mountain, Roque de los Muchachos, with an astronomical observatory at its peak, measures 2423 meters.

About La Palma Airport

La Palma airport is located 8 kilometres outside Santa Cruz de la Palma, it is a modern airport fully equipped to contribute to the economic growth and development of tourism in the region it serves.

Traffic is monstly domestic, centring around the airports of Tenerife Norte, Gran Canaria and Madrid-Barajas. Regarding international traffic, its origins and destinations are mainly Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom.

During 2005, the airport recorded a record 1 million passengers (1,145,600) in the 20,791 operations handled. Cargo traffic totalled 1.4 tonnes.

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