Tenerife Sur Airport

About the Canary Islands

This group of islands, with a preferred climate and constant temperature through all the year, and splendid beaches of fine sand, consists of seven larger islands (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera, Hierro) and a few smaller ones (Alegranza, Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Roque del Este, Roque del Oeste und Lobos). The landscape of each island is radically different to the others.

Greeks and Romans reported on this archipelago of volcanic origins, and called it the Happy Islands, Garden of the Hesperides, Atlantida, ... Some historians suppose that the legendary continent Atlantis was located here. The islands' original population, called Guanches, is tall and of white skin.

During 1496 the islands became part of the Spanish kingdom, and the ships of Christopher Columbus stopped here on their travel to discover the New World.

About Tenerife Sur Airport

Tenerife Sur is located in the south of the island, at the heart of the tourist area, the airport was opened by Queen Sofia on 6 November 1978.

During it's first year the airport handled over a million passengers. From opening to the end 2005, a total of 165,066,392 passengers had used its facilities.

Tenerife Sur is open 24 hours a day. It offers more than a hundred connecting flights and its greatest activity levels occur on Fridays and during the winter season. More than 150 companies work on the premises.

During 2005 a total of 8,631,776 passengers, 63,649 flights and 9,768 tonnes of cargo were handled.

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