TFS

Tenerife Sur Airport

ICAO GCTS28.0445°N 16.5725°W64 m / 209 ftLarge airport
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Tenerife Sur Airport (IATA: TFS, ICAO: GCTS) is a large airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It opened in 1978. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ENAIRE. In 2025 it handled 13.9 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1978–1978
1978
OpenedTenerife Sur Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur Reina Sofía
07/25069° / 249° · LIT
LENGTH3,200 m10,499 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
9.1M
9.0M
10.3M
11.1M
10.9M
11.1M
3.3M
4.5M
10.7M
12.2M
13.6M
13.9M
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Routes

110 destinations · 29 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miLPA · Gran Canaria Airport · 117 km / 73 miAGA · Al Massira Airport · 740 km / 460 miCMN · Mohammed V International Airport · 1,042 km / 647 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 1,378 km / 856 miSVQ · Seville Airport · 1,442 km / 896 miAGP · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · 1,483 km / 921 miSCQ · Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport · 1,807 km / 1,123 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 1,824 km / 1,133 miVLC · Valencia Airport · 1,952 km / 1,213 miOVD · Asturias Airport · 1,966 km / 1,222 miBIO · Bilbao Airport · 2,092 km / 1,300 miBOD · Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · 2,335 km / 1,451 miNTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport · 2,491 km / 1,548 miMRS · Marseille Provence Airport · 2,592 km / 1,611 miLYS · Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · 2,735 km / 1,699 miEXT · Exeter International Airport · 2,755 km / 1,712 miSNN · Shannon Airport · 2,814 km / 1,749 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 2,814 km / 1,749 miBOH · Bournemouth Airport · 2,815 km / 1,749 miCWL · Cardiff International Airport · 2,822 km / 1,754 miGVA · Geneva International Airport · 2,832 km / 1,760 miBRS · Bristol Airport · 2,842 km / 1,766 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 2,846 km / 1,768 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 2,913 km / 1,810 miLHR · London Heathrow Airport · 2,932 km / 1,822 miNOC · Ireland West Airport Knock · 2,945 km / 1,830 miDUB · Dublin Airport · 2,946 km / 1,831 miMXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport · 2,959 km / 1,839 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 2,973 km / 1,847 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 2,978 km / 1,850 miSEN · London Southend Airport · 2,986 km / 1,855 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 2,997 km / 1,862 miBSL · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · 3,010 km / 1,870 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 3,019 km / 1,876 miBGY · Il Caravaggio International Airport · 3,026 km / 1,880 miLPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport · 3,029 km / 1,882 miEMA · East Midlands Airport · 3,029 km / 1,882 miOST · Ostend-Bruges International Airport · 3,046 km / 1,893 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 3,048 km / 1,894 miCRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · 3,058 km / 1,900 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 3,062 km / 1,903 miBLQ · Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · 3,073 km / 1,909 miBFS · Belfast International Airport · 3,075 km / 1,911 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 3,082 km / 1,915 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 3,095 km / 1,923 miNWI · Norwich Airport · 3,110 km / 1,932 miANR · Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) · 3,118 km / 1,937 miLBA · Leeds Bradford Airport · 3,118 km / 1,937 miNAP · Naples International Airport · 3,146 km / 1,955 miRTM · Rotterdam The Hague Airport · 3,180 km / 1,976 miEIN · Eindhoven Airport · 3,182 km / 1,977 miSTR · Stuttgart Airport · 3,184 km / 1,978 miTSF · Treviso Airport · 3,193 km / 1,984 miVCE · Venice Marco Polo Airport · 3,196 km / 1,986 miPIK · Glasgow Prestwick Airport · 3,201 km / 1,989 miCGN · Cologne Bonn Airport · 3,224 km / 2,003 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 3,224 km / 2,003 miNCL · Newcastle International Airport · 3,232 km / 2,008 miDUS · Düsseldorf Airport · 3,237 km / 2,011 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 3,238 km / 2,012 miGLA · Glasgow Airport · 3,242 km / 2,014 miEDI · Edinburgh Airport · 3,276 km / 2,036 miMUC · Munich Airport · 3,318 km / 2,062 miHAJ · Hannover Airport · 3,473 km / 2,158 miPRG · Václav Havel Airport Prague · 3,573 km / 2,220 miHAM · Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · 3,574 km / 2,221 miVIE · Vienna International Airport · 3,613 km / 2,245 miBER · Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 3,669 km / 2,280 miBEG · Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · 3,745 km / 2,327 miBUD · Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · 3,766 km / 2,340 miKTW · Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · 3,893 km / 2,419 miKRK · Kraków John Paul II International Airport · 3,919 km / 2,435 miKEF · Keflavik International Airport · 4,020 km / 2,498 miGDN · Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · 4,067 km / 2,527 miWMI · Warsaw Modlin Airport · 4,089 km / 2,541 miWAW · Warsaw Chopin Airport · 4,094 km / 2,544 miOTP · Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · 4,182 km / 2,599 miYUL · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · 5,324 km / 3,308 miFNC · Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport · 518 km / 322 miRAK · Marrakesh Menara Airport · 913 km / 567 miOPO · Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · 1,634 km / 1,015 miTLS · Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · 2,360 km / 1,466 miBES · Brest Bretagne airport · 2,498 km / 1,552 miMPL · Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport · 2,519 km / 1,565 miORK · Cork International Airport · 2,730 km / 1,696 miNCE · Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · 2,741 km / 1,703 miBVA · Beauvais-Tillé airport · 2,862 km / 1,778 miLIN · Milano Linate Airport · 2,984 km / 1,854 miLIL · Lille Airport · 3,002 km / 1,865 miVRN · Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · 3,090 km / 1,920 miFKB · Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport · 3,123 km / 1,941 miHHN · Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · 3,161 km / 1,964 miFMM · Memmingen Allgau Airport · 3,199 km / 1,988 miNRN · Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport · 3,231 km / 2,008 miFMO · Münster Osnabrück Airport · 3,348 km / 2,080 miSZG · Salzburg Airport · 3,363 km / 2,090 miGRQ · Groningen Airport Eelde · 3,373 km / 2,096 miABZ · Aberdeen International Airport · 3,433 km / 2,133 miGRZ · Graz Airport · 3,483 km / 2,164 miCPH · Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · 3,849 km / 2,392 miTSR · Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport · 3,855 km / 2,395 miOSL · Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · 4,137 km / 2,571 miARN · Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · 4,376 km / 2,719 miVNO · Vilnius International Airport · 4,469 km / 2,777 miRIX · Riga International Airport · 4,507 km / 2,801 miTLL · Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport · 4,685 km / 2,911 miHEL · Helsinki Vantaa Airport · 4,742 km / 2,947 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 5,796 km / 3,601 miJER · Jersey Airport · 2,654 km / 1,649 miIOM · Isle of Man Airport · 3,054 km / 1,898 miYYZYULHELRIXOTPOSLWAWKEFCPHBUDHAJABZMUCVCENAPLBACRLBRSGVAMRSBESBODVLCSCQAGPCMNAGAFNCVNOARNGDNKRKBEGBERPRGGRZEDIFRAAMSFKBBFSBVASNNBIOMADOPOLISRAKLPATLLTSRVIEHAMGRQFMODUSNCLFMMANRNWILUXBLQZRHEMABGYFCOSTNDUBNOCLGWORYEXTNCELYSORKJERNTETLSOVDSVQKTWSZGGLACGNPIKSTREINRTMHHNVRNIOMMANOSTBSLLILBHXMXPBOHMPLTFS
Year-round78
LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Binter Canarias117 km73 miAGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · Ryanair740 km460 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc1,042 km647 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal1,378 km856 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · Ryanair1,442 km896 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Ryanair1,483 km921 miSCQSantiago-Rosalía de Castro AirportSpain · Ryanair1,807 km1,123 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Ryanair1,824 km1,133 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Ryanair1,952 km1,213 miOVDAsturias AirportSpain · Volotea1,966 km1,222 miBIOBilbao AirportSpain · Volotea2,092 km1,300 miBODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · easyJet2,335 km1,451 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea2,491 km1,548 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Ryanair2,592 km1,611 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · easyJet2,735 km1,699 miEXTExeter International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways2,755 km1,712 miSNNShannon AirportIreland · Ryanair2,814 km1,749 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Vueling2,814 km1,749 miBOHBournemouth AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair2,815 km1,749 miCWLCardiff International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways, Ryanair2,822 km1,754 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet2,832 km1,760 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair +12,842 km1,766 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · easyJet2,846 km1,768 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet +12,913 km1,810 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways2,932 km1,822 miNOCIreland West Airport KnockIreland · Ryanair2,945 km1,830 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · TUI Airways, Ryanair, Aer Lingus2,946 km1,831 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air2,959 km1,839 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet2,973 km1,847 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair +12,978 km1,850 miSENLondon Southend AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet2,986 km1,855 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,997 km1,862 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet3,010 km1,870 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air3,019 km1,876 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair3,026 km1,880 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet3,029 km1,882 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair3,029 km1,882 miOSTOstend-Bruges International AirportBelgium · TUI fly Belgium3,046 km1,893 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair +13,048 km1,894 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair3,058 km1,900 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air3,062 km1,903 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair, Neos3,073 km1,909 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet3,075 km1,911 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair3,082 km1,915 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines, Transavia, TUI fly Belgium3,095 km1,923 miNWINorwich AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways3,110 km1,932 miANRAntwerp International Airport (Deurne)Belgium · TUI fly Belgium3,118 km1,937 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair3,118 km1,937 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair3,146 km1,955 miRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · Transavia3,180 km1,976 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Ryanair, Transavia3,182 km1,977 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · TUI fly Deutschland3,184 km1,978 miTSFTreviso AirportItaly · Ryanair3,193 km1,984 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Wizz Air3,196 km1,986 miPIKGlasgow Prestwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair3,201 km1,989 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, Ryanair3,224 km2,003 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Transavia3,224 km2,003 miNCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair +13,232 km2,008 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst, TUI fly Deutschland3,237 km2,011 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Discover Airlines, Condor Flugdienst, TUI fly Deutschland3,238 km2,012 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways3,242 km2,014 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet3,276 km2,036 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Discover Airlines, Condor Flugdienst, TUI fly Deutschland3,318 km2,062 miHAJHannover AirportGermany · TUI fly Deutschland3,473 km2,158 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings3,573 km2,220 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Marabu Airlines, Condor Flugdienst3,574 km2,221 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair, Austrian Airlines3,613 km2,245 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Ryanair, easyJet3,669 km2,280 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia3,745 km2,327 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair, Wizz Air3,766 km2,340 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Wizz Air3,893 km2,419 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair3,919 km2,435 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Icelandair4,020 km2,498 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Wizz Air4,067 km2,527 miWMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair4,089 km2,541 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Wizz Air4,094 km2,544 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Wizz Air4,182 km2,599 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada5,324 km3,308 mi
Seasonal42
FNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Binter Canarias518 km322 miRAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Ryanair913 km567 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Ryanair1,634 km1,015 miTLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Ryanair2,360 km1,466 miBESBrest Bretagne airportFrance · Volotea2,498 km1,552 miMPLMontpellier-Méditerranée AirportFrance · Volotea2,519 km1,565 miORKCork International AirportIreland · Aer Lingus2,730 km1,696 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · easyJet2,741 km1,703 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France2,846 km1,768 miBVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Ryanair2,862 km1,778 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Neos2,959 km1,839 miLINMilano Linate AirportItaly · easyJet2,984 km1,854 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways2,997 km1,862 miLILLille AirportFrance · Volotea3,002 km1,865 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways3,075 km1,911 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Neos3,090 km1,920 miFKBKarlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportGermany · Ryanair3,123 km1,941 miHHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Ryanair3,161 km1,964 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst3,184 km1,978 miFMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Ryanair3,199 km1,988 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · easyJet3,224 km2,003 miNRNWeeze (Niederrhein) AirportGermany · Ryanair3,231 km2,008 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet3,242 km2,014 miFMOMünster Osnabrück AirportGermany · Sundair3,348 km2,080 miSZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Eurowings3,363 km2,090 miGRQGroningen Airport EeldeNetherlands · AirBaltic3,373 km2,096 miABZAberdeen International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways3,433 km2,133 miHAJHannover AirportGermany · Eurowings3,473 km2,158 miGRZGraz AirportAustria · Eurowings3,483 km2,164 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Eurowings3,573 km2,220 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings3,574 km2,221 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Eurowings3,669 km2,280 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines3,849 km2,392 miTSRTimișoara Traian Vuia International AirportRomania · Animawings3,855 km2,395 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines4,094 km2,544 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Scandinavian Airlines4,137 km2,571 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Scandinavian Airlines4,376 km2,719 miVNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · AirBaltic4,469 km2,777 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic4,507 km2,801 miTLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · AirBaltic4,685 km2,911 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair4,742 km2,947 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada5,796 km3,601 mi
Most destinationsRyanair 45easyJet 22TUI Airways 15Jet2.com 14Eurowings 9Wizz Air 8

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from TFS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Tenerife South Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers13.9M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#156of 3,974 · #4 Africa · #7 ESLongest runway3,200 m10,499 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=819of 29,823 · =126 Africa · =13 ESElevation64 m209 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=33,648of 43,341 · #2,762 Africa · #253 ESAgeOpened 19782026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=7,725of 15,079 · =91 Africa · #53 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

5 channels
APPAPP120.300
ATISATIS118.675
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR119.000
DLV121.750