Fuerteventura loses 1.7% of air passengers in November

Aena’s airports handled 50.02 million passengers from January to November 2025, a 4.1 % increase over the same period in 2024.

• Commercial traffic: 49.74 million passengers
  • Domestic flights: 20.56 million (+4.3 %)
  • International flights: 29.18 million (+4.1 %)
• Aircraft movements: 443,796
• Cargo handled: 29,955 tonnes

November Overview (Canary Islands)

• Total passengers: 4.76 million – 0.4 % lower than November 2024.
• Commercial passengers: 4.74 million
  • Domestic: 1.70 million (‑2.4 %)
  • International: 3.03 million (+0.9 %)
• Aircraft movements: 42,653
• Cargo: 2,795 tonnes

Airport‑by‑Airport Breakdown (November)

• Gran Canaria: 1.41 million passengers (‑0.7 %)
• Tenerife South: 1.28 million (‑0.6 %)
• Lanzarote (César Manrique): 750,149 (+0.2 %)
• Fuerteventura: 575,421 (‑1.7 %)
• Tenerife North – La Laguna: 566,575 (+0.5 %)
• La Palma: 133,680 (+3.8 %)
• El Hierro: 25,943 (‑2.7 %)
• La Gomera: 10,289 (+4.9 %)

Aena Network (Spain, London Luton & Brazil)

• Total passengers (Jan‑Nov 2025): 357 million (+4.2 % YoY)
• Aircraft movements: 3 million (+2.5 %)
• Cargo: 1.29 million tonnes (+7.7 %)

November 2025:

• Passengers: 27.6 million (+4.7 %)
• Movements: 244,057 (+1.6 %)
• Cargo: 146,297 tonnes (+12.2 %)

Spain (Aena Airports)

• Jan‑Nov 2025: 299.1 million passengers (+4 %), 2.5 million movements (+4.3 %), 1.2 million tonnes cargo (+6.8 %)
• November 2025: 22.5 million passengers (+4.6 %), 198,078 movements (+2.5 %), 133,027 tonnes cargo (+10.5 %)

Top airports in November 2025:

• Madrid‑Barajas: 5.49 million passengers (+3.9 %)
• Barcelona‑El Prat: 4.2 million (+5.1 %)
• Malaga‑Costa del Sol: 1.7 million (+8.7 %)
• Gran Canaria: 1.4 million (‑0.7 %)
• Alicante‑El Che Miguel Hernández: 1.4 million (+10.3 %)
• Tenerife South: 1.2 million (‑0.6 %)
• Palma de Mallorca: 1.2 million (+1.3 %)

These 22 airports recorded their best November ever in terms of passenger numbers.

Movements (most flights in November):

• Madrid‑Barajas: 35,209 (+3 %)
• Barcelona‑El Prat: 26,753 (+2.8 %)
• Malaga‑Costa del Sol: 12,726 (+5.5 %)
• Gran Canaria: 12,688 (‑3.6 %)
• Palma de Mallorca: 10,505 (‑1.9 %)

Cargo leaders (November 2025):

• Madrid‑Barajas: 79,078 tonnes (+10.7 %)
• Zaragoza: 23,360 tonnes (+10.8 %)
• Barcelona‑El Prat: 18,349 tonnes (+21.1 %)
• Vitoria: 5,735 tonnes (+1.8 %)

Aena in Brazil

• 17 Brazilian airports (Nov 2025): 3.9 million passengers (+5.3 %), 36,727 movements (‑3.1 %), 11,988 tonnes cargo (+60.2 %)

ANB Group (6 airports): 1.4 million passengers (+6.6 %); Recife alone: 839,421 passengers (+7 %) and 6,887 tonnes cargo (+38.2 %)

BOAB Group (11 airports): 2.5 million passengers (+4.6 %); Congonhas (São Paulo) handled 2.1 million passengers (+6.1 %) and 4,482 tonnes cargo (+121.8 %)

Jan‑Nov 2025 Brazil totals: 41.5 million passengers (+5.4 %), 410,122 operations (‑6.9 %), 121,061 tonnes cargo (+21.9 %)

London Luton (Aena)

• November 2025: 1.2 million passengers (+6 %), 9,252 movements (+1.3 %), 1,282 tonnes cargo (‑49 %)
• Jan‑Nov 2025: 16.2 million passengers (+5 %), 124,335 movements (+2.1 %), 26,362 tonnes cargo (‑7.8 %)

Key takeaway: While overall air traffic in the Aena network continues to grow, Fuerteventura experienced a 1.7 % decline in passenger numbers for November 2025, contrasting with modest gains in most other Canary Islands airports.