Fuerteventura Airport handles more than 640,000 passengers in August, up 1.9%

Fuerteventura Airport handled 640,687 passengers last August, a 1.9% increase on the same month in 2025, according to statistics published by Aena on Tuesday.

Fuerteventura ranked as the Canary Islands’ fifth-busiest airport by passenger numbers in August, behind Gran Canaria, Tenerife Sur, César Manrique-Lanzarote and Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna.

Passenger traffic growth in Fuerteventura was also higher than the average increase across all Canary Islands airports, which was 0.8% year on year in August.

More than 4.7 million passengers in the Canary Islands

Across the archipelago, Canary Islands airports handled 4,768,328 passengers in August, 0.8% more than a year earlier.

Of the total, 4,759,141 were passengers on commercial flights. Of these, 2,213,956 travelled on domestic flights, up 1.2%, while 2,545,185 travelled on international flights, an increase of 1.1%.

During the month, 41,702 aircraft movements were handled in the Canary Islands and 2,341 tonnes of freight were transported.

Fuerteventura outpaces Lanzarote and Tenerife Sur

By airport, Gran Canaria had the highest passenger traffic in August, with 1,334,497 passengers, an increase of 3.1%. Tenerife Sur handled 1,064,586 passengers, although numbers fell by 4.2%, while César Manrique-Lanzarote recorded 830,015 passengers, up 0.5%.

Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna handled 699,814 passengers, an increase of 2.4%, followed by Fuerteventura, with 640,687 passengers, up 1.9%.

They were followed by La Palma, with 148,857 passengers (+7.2%); El Hierro, with 35,158 (+3.1%); and La Gomera, with 14,714 passengers (+3%).

The Canary Islands record more than 36.3 million passengers by August

From January to August, Canary Islands airports recorded 36,314,210 passengers, 0.2% fewer than in the same period of 2025.

Of the 36,174,625 commercial passengers recorded over the eight months, 15,085,950 travelled on domestic flights, up 0.6%, and 21,088,675 on international flights, down 0.5%.

Between January and August, airports also handled 324,581 aircraft movements, up 0.9%, while freight transport reached 20,359 tonnes, 4.3% less than in the same period last year.