SPC

La Palma Airport

ICAO GCLA28.6265°N 17.7556°W33 m / 107 ftMedium airport
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La Palma Airport (IATA: SPC, ICAO: GCLA) is a medium airport in Sta Cruz de la Palma, La Palma Island, Canary Islands, Spain. It opened on 15 Apr 1970. It has one runway, 2,200 m (7,218 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aena. In 2025 it handled 1.5 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1970–1970
15 APR 1970
OpenedLa Palma Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
36/18359° / 179° · LIT
LENGTH2,200 m7,218 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
846K
962K
1.1M
1.3M
1.4M
1.5M
717K
749K
1.3M
1.4M
1.5M
1.5M
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Routes

24 destinations · 8 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miTFS · Tenerife Sur Airport · 133 km / 83 miTFN · Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport · 139 km / 86 miLPA · Gran Canaria Airport · 244 km / 152 miACE · César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport · 406 km / 252 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 1,847 km / 1,148 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 2,282 km / 1,418 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 2,902 km / 1,803 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 2,985 km / 1,855 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 3,026 km / 1,880 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 3,221 km / 2,001 miDUS · Düsseldorf Airport · 3,242 km / 2,014 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 3,251 km / 2,020 miMUC · Munich Airport · 3,343 km / 2,077 miHAM · Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · 3,578 km / 2,223 miFUE · Fuerteventura Airport · 381 km / 237 miAGP · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · 1,528 km / 949 miSCQ · Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport · 1,794 km / 1,115 miNTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport · 2,489 km / 1,547 miBSL · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · 3,030 km / 1,883 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 3,085 km / 1,917 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 3,092 km / 1,921 miSTR · Stuttgart Airport · 3,203 km / 1,990 miPRG · Václav Havel Airport Prague · 3,595 km / 2,234 miBER · Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 3,682 km / 2,288 miBERPRGMUCDUSLUXMANLGWNTEBCNMADSCQAGPACEHAMAMSSTRZRHLPAFRABSLSTNFUETFNTFSSPC
Year-round14
TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Binter Canarias133 km83 miTFNTenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportSpain · Canaryfly, Binter Canarias139 km86 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Canaryfly, Binter Canarias244 km152 miACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Binter Canarias406 km252 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia1,847 km1,148 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling2,282 km1,418 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways2,902 km1,803 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,985 km1,855 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways3,026 km1,880 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Transavia3,221 km2,001 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst3,242 km2,014 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst3,251 km2,020 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Marabu Airlines, Condor Flugdienst3,343 km2,077 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Marabu Airlines, Condor Flugdienst3,578 km2,223 mi
Seasonal15
FUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Binter Canarias381 km237 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Iberia1,528 km949 miSCQSantiago-Rosalía de Castro AirportSpain · Iberia1,794 km1,115 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Volotea2,489 km1,547 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet3,030 km1,883 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air3,085 km1,917 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair3,092 km1,921 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings3,203 km1,990 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · TUI fly Netherlands3,221 km2,001 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings3,242 km2,014 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Discover Airlines3,251 km2,020 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Discover Airlines3,343 km2,077 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings3,578 km2,223 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings3,595 km2,234 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · easyJet3,682 km2,288 mi
Most destinationsBinter Canarias 5Condor Flugdienst 4Iberia 3Eurowings 3Canaryfly 2TUI Airways 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SPC. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “La Palma Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.5M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#671of 3,974 · #37 Africa · #19 ESLongest runway2,200 m7,218 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,269of 29,823 · =386 Africa · =43 ESElevation33 m107 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=36,564of 43,341 · #2,856 Africa · #271 ESAgeOpened 19702026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,187of 15,079 · =79 Africa · #49 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 APP126.100
ATISINFO118.600
GNDGND121.800
TWRTWR118.900