Tenerife Airport information

While internal domestic flights land at Tenerife North Airport, all the island’s charter flights drop holidaymakers at Tenerife South Airport, Reina Sofia. It lies 38 miles south of Tenerife’s capital city Santa Cruz de Tenerife and has become a firm holiday favourite since opening in 1978. By the end of ’79 South Tenerife airport had handled more than a million passengers and these days it flies more than nine million people safely to and from the island every year. Being the busiest airport in Spain, it handled almost 61,000 flights throughout 2008.

OK, so you probably won’t spend a great deal of time hanging around at South Tenerife South airport unless your flight home is delayed. But if you do there’s enough to keep you occupied for a few hours. If you lose your stuff, try the lost property service based at the information desk. There’s a bank and plenty of cash point machines, and there’s even a worship area for people of all religions, just in case you’re scared of flying and find yourself in need of a quick pray! You’ll also find all the usual shops; there’s a decent bookshop stuffed to the gills with holiday favourites. Plus the obligatory newsagent, duty free, gift shops, fashion and jewellery outlets and – best of all – local crafts. 

 

Tenerife South Airport also boasts a music shop, a colourful flower stall and a toyshop for kids’ last minute distractions. And there’s a good choice of bars and restaurants in the main terminal building. The entire airport is wheelchair accessible including telephones, eateries and loos. Tenerife South airport’s exhibition hall is the one thing that makes it stand out from every other airport – great fun and packed with cool displays. Keep up to date! Use our speedy directline-flights search engine to find airlines offering flights from Tenerife South Airport. For directions to Tenerife South Airport and a summary of public transport to Tenerife South Airport, explore our Tenerife South Airport pages.