Tenerife South Airport (TFS)
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Tenerife South Airport (IATA: TFS, ICAO: GCTS) is the main and busiest international airport serving Tenerife Island, the largest in Canary Islands, Spain.
It is one of the two airports located in Tenerife (the other airport is Tenerife North Airport). Tenerife South Airport is located in Granadilla de Abona, next to El Médano, 60 km south west of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
In 2017, 92% of passengers that used the airport was for tourism. During 2017, 11,249,327 passengers used the Airport, a 7.4% increase than the previous year.
There are more than 100 connections and the days with more activity are on fridays during winter. The first source of tourism is United Kingdom. The traffic in the airport has been very stable on the last 15 years, between 7 and 9 million passengers per year, breaking records in 2016.
Terminal Information + info
Tenerife South Airport consist of a single passenger terminal serving all flights. The terminal was first inagurated in 1977 and remodeled in 2007. In 2009 the terminal was extended. The tourism sector urges to expand the airport.
The terminal has a couple of floors:
- Ground Floor
- First level
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Car rental
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Future Expansion
The tourism in Tenerife is growing and is predicted that the passenger numbers keep increasing on the following years. The capacity of the current terminal is 12 million passengers per year, but the traffic in the airport has traffic peaks on Friday, when the airport is nearly the maximum capacity.
Transport + info
There are currently three options regarding transportation at Tenerife Airport:
- Buses: There are six lines of public bus serving the airport. (Routes number 343, 111, 711, 450, 451 and 415). See more information
- Shuttle: Many tour operators include transfers in their packages. There are also some companies that offer shared shuttle services. See more information
- Taxi: The Taxi rank is just located out the terminal in front of arrivals. (Approximate fare to Santa Cruz: € 100.00) See more information
