FUE

Fuerteventura Airport

ICAO GCFV28.4527°N 13.8638°W26 m / 85 ftLarge airport
On the map
Aeropuerto de Los Estancos Fuerteventura
Oscar Benito Fraile · Public domain · Commons

Fuerteventura Airport (IATA: FUE, ICAO: GCFV) is a large airport in El Matorral, Canary Islands, Spain. It opened on 14 Sep 1969. It has one runway, 3,420 m (11,220 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ENAIRE. In 2025 it handled 6.8 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1969–1969
14 SEP 1969
OpenedFuerteventura Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal de Salidas Aeropuerto de FuerteventuraTerminal de Llegadas Aeropuerto de FuerteventuraTerminal de Carga
01/19002° / 182° · LIT
LENGTH3,420 m11,220 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
4.7M
5.0M
5.6M
6.0M
6.0M
5.6M
2.1M
3.1M
5.6M
5.9M
6.4M
6.8M
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Routes

68 destinations · 16 countries
2,500 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miLPA · Gran Canaria Airport · 160 km / 99 miTFN · Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport · 242 km / 150 miSPC · La Palma Airport · 381 km / 237 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 1,229 km / 764 miSVQ · Seville Airport · 1,243 km / 772 miAGP · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · 1,266 km / 787 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 1,635 km / 1,016 miSCQ · Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport · 1,679 km / 1,043 miOVD · Asturias Airport · 1,820 km / 1,131 miBIO · Bilbao Airport · 1,920 km / 1,193 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 2,032 km / 1,263 miNTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport · 2,335 km / 1,451 miORK · Cork International Airport · 2,639 km / 1,640 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 2,647 km / 1,645 miBOH · Bournemouth Airport · 2,680 km / 1,665 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 2,680 km / 1,665 miCWL · Cardiff International Airport · 2,698 km / 1,676 miBRS · Bristol Airport · 2,714 km / 1,686 miSNN · Shannon Airport · 2,727 km / 1,694 miPSA · Pisa International Airport · 2,743 km / 1,704 miMXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport · 2,751 km / 1,709 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 2,771 km / 1,722 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 2,784 km / 1,730 miBGY · Il Caravaggio International Airport · 2,816 km / 1,750 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 2,835 km / 1,762 miDUB · Dublin Airport · 2,846 km / 1,768 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 2,850 km / 1,771 miBLQ · Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · 2,852 km / 1,772 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 2,856 km / 1,775 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 2,865 km / 1,780 miVRN · Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · 2,875 km / 1,786 miEMA · East Midlands Airport · 2,900 km / 1,802 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 2,904 km / 1,804 miLPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport · 2,910 km / 1,808 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 2,926 km / 1,818 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 2,931 km / 1,821 miBFS · Belfast International Airport · 2,978 km / 1,850 miSTR · Stuttgart Airport · 2,991 km / 1,859 miLBA · Leeds Bradford Airport · 2,995 km / 1,861 miRTM · Rotterdam The Hague Airport · 3,022 km / 1,878 miCGN · Cologne Bonn Airport · 3,050 km / 1,895 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 3,055 km / 1,898 miNRN · Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport · 3,064 km / 1,904 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 3,066 km / 1,905 miDUS · Düsseldorf Airport · 3,067 km / 1,906 miNCL · Newcastle International Airport · 3,114 km / 1,935 miMUC · Munich Airport · 3,117 km / 1,937 miGLA · Glasgow Airport · 3,140 km / 1,951 miEDI · Edinburgh Airport · 3,169 km / 1,969 miFMO · Münster Osnabrück Airport · 3,179 km / 1,975 miHAJ · Hannover Airport · 3,299 km / 2,050 miBRE · Bremen Airport · 3,304 km / 2,053 miPRG · Václav Havel Airport Prague · 3,376 km / 2,098 miVIE · Vienna International Airport · 3,401 km / 2,113 miHAM · Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · 3,406 km / 2,116 miDRS · Dresden Airport · 3,415 km / 2,122 miBRQ · Brno-Tuřany Airport · 3,467 km / 2,154 miBER · Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 3,485 km / 2,165 miKRK · Kraków John Paul II International Airport · 3,711 km / 2,306 miWAW · Warsaw Chopin Airport · 3,894 km / 2,420 miFNC · Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport · 548 km / 341 miLIL · Lille Airport · 2,842 km / 1,766 miNAP · Naples International Airport · 2,904 km / 1,804 miNUE · Nuremberg Airport · 3,153 km / 1,959 miKTW · Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · 3,688 km / 2,292 miHEL · Helsinki Vantaa Airport · 4,575 km / 2,843 miOPO · Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · 1,499 km / 931 miBUD · Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · 3,547 km / 2,204 miHELWAWKRKBUDBEREDINUEAMSMANNAPVRNSNNCWLCDGNTEBCNBIOSCQMADAGPLISFNCSPCBRQDRSHAMVIEHAJFRASTRBFSBRUZRHSTNPSAOPOLPAPRGFMOMUCNCLDUSLBALUXBLQBHXDUBBGYFCOLGWBOHORKOVDSVQTFNKTWBREGLANRNCGNRTMEMALILMXPORYFUE
Year-round60
LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Canaryfly, Binter Canarias160 km99 miTFNTenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportSpain · Canaryfly, Binter Canarias242 km150 miSPCLa Palma AirportSpain · Binter Canarias381 km237 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal1,229 km764 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · Ryanair, Vueling1,243 km772 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Vueling1,266 km787 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia1,635 km1,016 miSCQSantiago-Rosalía de Castro AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air, Vueling1,679 km1,043 miOVDAsturias AirportSpain · Volotea1,820 km1,131 miBIOBilbao AirportSpain · Vueling1,920 km1,193 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling2,032 km1,263 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Volotea2,335 km1,451 miORKCork International AirportIreland · Ryanair2,639 km1,640 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Vueling2,647 km1,645 miBOHBournemouth AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,680 km1,665 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · easyJet2,680 km1,665 miCWLCardiff International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways2,698 km1,676 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet2,714 km1,686 miSNNShannon AirportIreland · Ryanair2,727 km1,694 miPSAPisa International AirportItaly · Ryanair2,743 km1,704 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · easyJet, Neos2,751 km1,709 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet2,771 km1,722 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Neos2,784 km1,730 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair2,816 km1,750 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet2,835 km1,762 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair2,846 km1,768 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet2,850 km1,771 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair, Neos2,852 km1,772 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,856 km1,775 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air2,865 km1,780 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Neos2,875 km1,786 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,900 km1,802 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair2,904 km1,804 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet2,910 km1,808 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair +12,926 km1,818 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines, TUI fly Belgium2,931 km1,821 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,978 km1,850 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst, TUI fly Deutschland2,991 km1,859 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,995 km1,861 miRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · TUI fly Netherlands3,022 km1,878 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, Ryanair +13,050 km1,895 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst, TUI fly Deutschland3,055 km1,898 miNRNWeeze (Niederrhein) AirportGermany · Ryanair3,064 km1,904 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Transavia, TUI fly Netherlands3,066 km1,905 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst, TUI fly Deutschland +13,067 km1,906 miNCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet3,114 km1,935 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst, TUI fly Deutschland3,117 km1,937 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com3,140 km1,951 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair3,169 km1,969 miFMOMünster Osnabrück AirportGermany · Sundair3,179 km1,975 miHAJHannover AirportGermany · TUI fly Deutschland, Corendon Airlines3,299 km2,050 miBREBremen AirportGermany · Sundair3,304 km2,053 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings3,376 km2,098 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair3,401 km2,113 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst3,406 km2,116 miDRSDresden AirportGermany · Sundair3,415 km2,122 miBRQBrno-Tuřany AirportCzechia · Smartwings3,467 km2,154 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Sundair3,485 km2,165 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair3,711 km2,306 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Smartwings3,894 km2,420 mi
Seasonal20
FNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Binter Canarias548 km341 miSCQSantiago-Rosalía de Castro AirportSpain · Iberia1,679 km1,043 miBOHBournemouth AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,680 km1,665 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Ryanair2,751 km1,709 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways2,771 km1,722 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,835 km1,762 miLILLille AirportFrance · Volotea2,842 km1,766 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus2,846 km1,768 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · easyJet2,904 km1,804 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,910 km1,808 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet2,978 km1,850 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings2,991 km1,859 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet3,140 km1,951 miNUENuremberg AirportGermany · Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst3,153 km1,959 miFMOMünster Osnabrück AirportGermany · Leav Aviation, Condor Flugdienst3,179 km1,975 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Eurowings3,376 km2,098 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Eurowings3,485 km2,165 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Wizz Air3,688 km2,292 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Wizz Air3,894 km2,420 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair4,575 km2,843 mi
Most destinationsRyanair 24Jet2.com 14easyJet 12Condor Flugdienst 7Eurowings 7Vueling 6

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from FUE. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Fuerteventura Airport” (revision of 12 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers6.8M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#288of 3,974 · #12 Africa · #14 ESLongest runway3,420 m11,220 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#574of 29,823 · #83 Africa · #8 ESElevation26 m85 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,438of 43,341 · =2,893 Africa · #277 ESAgeOpened 19692026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,016of 15,079 · =76 Africa · =45 ESRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =25 ES
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPCANARIAS APP129.300
ATISATIS118.650
GNDGND121.700
TWRTWR118.500