Tenerife South Airport

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The Tenerife South Airport ( IATA code TFS, ICAO code GCTs, Spanish Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia ) is an international airport on the island belonging to Spain Tenerife. About the Reina Sofía airport opened in 1978 about 70 percent ( 2006) of passenger traffic and 30 percent of freight traffic of the Canary Island to be settled.

Location

The airport is located in the south of the island in the municipalities of San Miguel de Abona Granadilla de Abona.

History

The name refers to the Reina Sofía Queen Sophia of Spain, which has opened the airport in 1978. He is the younger of the two island airports and was built specifically for the holiday traffic, as Tenerife North Airport older than 30 years of often lies in the trade wind clouds.

In the late 1970s through the Autopista del Sur de Tenerife airport and construction (south motorway TF -1) was driven the development in the south of Tenerife and the expansion of many places on the East Coast, as Abades first place.

Traffic

Charter business Spanish, German, British and Scandinavian destinations are mainly operated. Since 2007, there are also direct connections to Eastern European destinations.

In liner shipping, the Spanish Madrid hub of Iberia is operated.

In July 2007, the Spanish Ministry funding has promised to air traffic around one billion euros for the expansion of the airport until 2020. In order to be able to handle the planned 11 million passengers annually and thereby increase the air traffic in Tenerife by 40 percent, in addition to a run-up to enlargement, a new arrivals hall for passengers and a new maintenance hangar for aircraft is planned.

Approach

Buses connect the airport to the southeast of the island, about 50 km away to the island's capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the north there is a direct quick connect the southern motorway.