{"id":140383,"date":"2023-06-12T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=140383"},"modified":"2023-06-12T23:52:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T23:52:06","slug":"spain-aena-airports-register-more-than-25-4-million-passengers-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/06\/spain-aena-airports-register-more-than-25-4-million-passengers-in-may.html","title":{"rendered":"Spain: Aena airports register more than 25.4 million passengers in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aena network airports closed May 2023 with 25,476,066 passengers, 14.4% more than in the same month of the previous year. This figure represents an increase of 3.4% compared to the 2019 data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May 2023, 215,257 aircraft movements were handled, which is 3.1% more than the 2022 data; and 87,583 tons of cargo were moved, 5.5% more compared to the same month last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the total number of passengers registered in May, 25,417,978 were commercial passengers. Of these, 17,335,127 traveled on international flights, 14.9% more than in May 2022, while 8,082,851 traveled on domestic flights, 13.5% more than in the same month last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/06\/avianca-to-operate-84-weekly-flights-to-madrid-and-barcelona-from-bogota.html\">Avianca to operate 84 weekly flights to Madrid and Barcelona from Bogota<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between January and May 2023, 102,942,204 passengers passed through the airports of the Aena network (27.7% more than in 2022 and 2.3% over the 2019 data), 910,806 aircraft movements were recorded (+12.2%) and 424,492 tons of cargo were transported, which is 2.7% more than in the same period of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Passengers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in the fifth month of the year with 5,053,366, representing a growth of 16.8% compared to May last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 4,477,108 (+17.2% compared to 2022); Palma de Mallorca, with 3,421,182 (+9.7%); M\u00e1laga-Costa del Sol, with 2,151,259 (+16.1%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez, with 1. 500,278 (+18%); Gran Canaria, with 998,304 (+10.7%) and Ibiza, with 971,129 passengers, representing an increase of 13.4% over the passengers reached in May 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the number of operations, the airport that recorded the most movements in May was Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas, with a total of 33,359 (+8.6% compared to 2022), followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 28. 715 flights (+7.7%); Palma de Mallorca, with 24,399 (+0.6%); M\u00e1laga-Costa del Sol, with 15,230 (+7.6%); Gran Canaria, with 9,814 (+6.8%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez, with 9,619 (+9.6%); and Ibiza, with 8,365 landings and takeoffs, up 2.2% over May 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cargo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of cargo traffic, the airport that recorded the highest cargo volume was Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas, with 53,364 tons, up 13.1% compared to the same month in 2022. It was followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airport, with 13,498 tons (-1.5% compared to 2022); Zaragoza, which recorded 7,807 tons (-12.7%) and Vitoria, with 6,343 tons, which is 3.2% less than in the same month of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-0611717e     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"417\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/air-traffic-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-grows-6-6-in-february.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" 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