The Canary Islands airports handled, according to the operator, Aena 4,698,056 passengers in July 2026. This represents an increase of 1.3 per cent compared with July 2025. Of the total, 4,685,799 travellers were on commercial flights. Within this segment, the number of domestic travellers rose to 2,224,719 (+4.3 per cent), while international traffic, with 2,461,080 passengers, was slightly below the previous year's figure (−0.1 per cent). The network also recorded 42,068 take-offs and landings and freight traffic of 2,637 tonnes.
The highest passenger numbers were reported by Gran Canaria Airport with 1,349,122 travellers, up 4.9 per cent on July 2025. It was followed by Tenerife Sur with 1,039,708 passengers (−5.0 per cent), César Manrique-Lanzarote with 800,545 (+0.2 per cent), Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna with 706,962 (+6.7 per cent), Fuerteventura with 610,406 (−1.2 per cent), La Palma with 146,151 (+9.1 per cent), El Hierro with 32,043 (+5.1 per cent) and La Gomera with 13,119 (+6.9 per cent). These individual figures come from monthly data provided by Aena and reported by, among others, elDiario.es Canarias and Europa Press.
From January to the end of July 2026, passenger numbers at Canary Islands airports totalled 31,545,882. This is 0.4 per cent fewer than in the same period in 2025. The data reflect persistently high underlying demand, but July saw a shift towards more domestic traffic while international numbers remained stable.
The Canary Islands are heavily dependent on air travel and international tourism. Seasonal patterns and airlines' capacity decisions shape the monthly figures. The decline at Tenerife Sur and increases at Gran Canaria, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna and La Palma airports point to differing trends across the archipelago, linked to route availability, frequencies and connecting traffic.
For the rest of the summer, the main factors will be planned capacity increases, changes to flight schedules and tourism demand. Specific assessments for the full year remain dependent on these variables and will be quantified reliably in Aena's forthcoming monthly reports.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).