Spain: Aena airports register record passenger and cargo traffic in March
The airports of the Aena network in Spain closed the third month of 2024 with an all-time record number of passengers and cargo in the month of March, maintaining the growth trend of the beginning of the year and of most of last year.
In March 2024, which, unlike the previous year, included the days of Easter, Aena welcomed 22,857,159 passengers, 13.8% more than in the same month of 2023; handled 191,378 aircraft movements, 6% more than in 2023; and moved 106,012 tons of cargo, 9.8% more than last year.
Of the total number of passengers in March, 22,795,921 were commercial passengers: 14,987,650 traveled on international flights, 16.6% more than in March 2023, while 7,808,271 traveled on domestic flights, 9.3% more than last year.
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During the first quarter of 2024, 60,750,987 passengers passed through Aena’s airports (13.2% more than in 2023), 524,525 aircraft movements were recorded (+6.8%) and 293,253 tons of cargo were transported, 16.6% more than in the same period of 2023.
Passengers
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in the third month of the year with 5,342,624, representing a growth of 10.8% compared to March of last year.
It is followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 4,280,537 (+13.8% compared to 2023); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 1,752,668 (+18.8%); Palma de Mallorca, with 1,529,030 (+13.7%); Gran Canaria, with 1,479,738 (+14.7%); Tenerife Sur, with 1,346,732 (+16.2%) and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 1,267,879 (+21.3%).
In addition to the Aena network as a whole, during the month of March passenger records were broken at the following airports: Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, Palma de Mallorca, Gran Canaria, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, Málaga-Costa del Sol, Seville, Valencia, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna, Tenerife Sur, César Manrique-Lanzarote, Asturias, Bilbao, Ibiza, El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Santiago-Rosalía de Castro, Menorca, Badajoz, Son Bonet, La Palma and La Gomera.
Operations
In terms of operations, the airport with the most movements in March was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with a total of 34,265 (+9.4% compared to 2023), followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 27. 013 flights (+11.7%); Gran Canaria, with 13,221 (+13.3%); Palma de Mallorca, with 12,459 (+6%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 12,117 (+11.1%); Tenerife Sur, with 8,614 (+11.1%) and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 7,890 landings and takeoffs (+16%).
In the second month of 2024, the airports of Palma de Mallorca, Fuerteventura, Málaga-Costa del Sol, Gran Canaria, Tenerife Norte Ciudad de La Laguna, Tenerife Sur, César Manrique-Lanzarote and Logroño achieved record movements.
Cargo
Regarding cargo traffic, the airport with the highest volume was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with 65,205 tons, up 14.4% compared to the same month in 2023. It was followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 15,345 tons (+13.5%); Zaragoza, with 13,397 tons (+11.3%), and Vitoria, with 5,844 tons (-13.7%).
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