Airports and Airlines Spain

There are a total of 55 Civilian airports in Spain, including the Canary and Balearic Islands, and Ceuta & Melilla, of which 49 are owned & operated by the Spanish Airport Authority (AENA) with the remainder being privately owned.

This number includes San Javier Airport, but not Corvera airport - both in Murcia. Plans are in place to close San Javier and simultaneoulsy commence operations at Corvera.

The new airport at Corvera will beocme the first in Spain to be Privately owned, but publicly run, with AENA taking a stake in the airport in lieu of compensation for the closure of San Javier.

Of the 55 airports, the following airports fly international routes :

By the end of 2010 Ryanair had overtaken Iberia as the largest carrier in Spain, and by the end of the first half of 2011 passenger numbers had increased by 30% on the previous year, and stood at almost 18 million.

Iberia, the national airline, is currently the second largest carrier, who transported 14 Million passengers in the same period.

Other notable carriers flying to many of Spain's airports include Jet2, Flybe and Fly Thomas Cook.