The 46 airports and 2 heliports that make up Aena’s network in Spain handled 144,151,231 passengers between January and June 2024, marking an 11.4% growth compared to the same period last year.
Air operations totaled 1,223,232 movements, 8.2% more than in 2023, while cargo grew by 19.2%, reaching 604,781 tons.
“These figures are the result of an upward trend since the beginning of the year and much of last year, which has also been maintained in June, a month in which Aena’s airports in Spain recorded a historic record for passengers, aircraft movements, and cargo transported in a month of June,” highlighted Aena.
In June, the network handled 29.4 million passengers, 11.1% more than during the same month in 2023, while operations grew by 8.9%, reaching 239,462, and freight traffic stood at 102,037 tons (+22.9%).
“Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in June with 5,798,029, representing a 12.9% growth compared to the same month last year,” Aena detailed in a statement.
“Next were Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, with 5,056,923 (+13.3% compared to 2023); Palma de Mallorca, with 4,159,324 (+9.2%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 2,433,242 (+11.6%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 1,772,559 (+17.7%); Ibiza, with 1,233,976 (+3.1%); and Gran Canaria, with 1,105,199 (+11.8%),” they added, detailing that 21 airports broke monthly records: Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Palma de Mallorca, Málaga-Costa del Sol, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, Ibiza, Gran Canaria, Valencia, Tenerife Sur, Sevilla, César Manrique-Lanzarote, Bilbao, Menorca, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna, Fuerteventura, Santiago-Rosalía de Castro, La Palma, Zaragoza, San Sebastián, Melilla, El Hierro, and La Gomera.
Regarding the number of flights, “the airport with the most movements in June was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with a total of 36,337 (+11.4% compared to 2023), followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 31,365 flights (+11%); Palma de Mallorca, with 28,483 (+8%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 16,677 (+8%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 10,953 (+15.9%); Ibiza, with 10,803 (+1.9%); and Gran Canaria, with 10,547 landings and takeoffs (+10.2%).”
Finally, in terms of cargo, “the airport with the highest volume of cargo was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with 62,274 tons, 21.2% more compared to June 2023. It was followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, which registered 14,766 tons (+17.2%), Zaragoza, with 12,904 tons (+117.9%), and Vitoria, with 5,543 tons (-14.2%),” they concluded.
