Spain: Aena airports close 2022 with a recovery of 88.5%.
Spanish airports in the Aena network closed 2022 with a total of 243,681,775 passengers, representing an 88.5% recovery in passenger traffic compared to 2019, the last year without the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. As for the month of December, the recovery was close to 100%, as it stood at 98.1% compared to the same month in 2019, with a total of 17,897,162 passengers.
Annual balance
Throughout the year, the number of aircraft movements was 2,216,327, representing a 93.9% recovery over 2019; and 1,000,356 tons of goods were transported, 6.5% less than in 2019.
Of the total number of passengers recorded in 2022, 242,881,309 corresponded to commercial passengers, of which 82,319,704 traveled on domestic flights, 3.8% less than in 2019, and 160,561,605 traveled on international routes, 15% less.
Traffic by airport in 2022
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in the network in 2022 with 50,633,652, representing a decrease of 18% compared to 2019.
It was followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, with 41,639,622 and a 21% decrease in 2019; Palma de Mallorca, with 28,573,364 (-3.9%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 18,457,194 (-7.1%), Alicante-Elche Miguel-Hernández, with 13. 202,880 (-12.3%); Gran Canaria, with 12,417,699 (-6.4%); Tenerife South, with 10,821,703 (-3.1%); Ibiza, with 8,156,675 (0%); and Valencia, with 8,114,852, down 5% from 2019.
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Regarding the number of operations, the airport that recorded the highest number of movements in 2022 was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with a total of 351,906 (-17.5%), followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 283,394 (-17.8%); Palma de Mallorca, with 220. 690 (+1.6%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 144,107 (-0.6%), Gran Canaria, with 119,530 (-5.5%); Alicante-Elche, with 90,109 (-11.1%); Ibiza, with 80,723 (+7.1%); Tenerife Sur, with 75,605 (+7.6%) and Valencia, with 73,498, representing a decrease of 5.4% over 2019 data.
In terms of cargo, 1,000,356 tons were transported throughout the Aena network in 2022, -6.5% less than in 2019.
The four airports that recorded the highest cargo traffic last year were Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with a total of 566,373 tons (+1.1%); Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 155,600 (-12%); Zaragoza, 126,957 tons (-30.5%); and Vitoria, with 73,620 tons and a rise of 14.2% in reference to 2019.
December 2022
Regarding December, Aena’s airport network recorded a total of 17,897,162 passengers, 1.9% less than in the same month of 2019, representing a recovery of 98.1%. Of these, 17,807,792 were commercial passengers, of which 6,703,776 were on domestic flights, 3.9% more than in December 2019, and 11,104,016 passengers traveled on international routes, down 5.3%.
The number of aircraft operations in December 2022 was 158,442 at Aena network airports, 2.8% less than in the same month of 2019.
Cargo carried totaled 85,000 tons, down 11.1% from December 2019.
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