SPC — La Palma Airport

Medium-sized airport in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain.
IATA code
SPC
ICAO code
GCLA
Size
medium
OurAirports class
Passengers
1,529,974
2025 · +2.4% on the year before
Nonstop routes
9
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC / UTC+1
Atlantic/Canary
Elevation
33 m
108 ft
Runways
1
Longest 2,200 m

Jan–Mar 2026: 378,364 passengers, −1.4% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

Local time now: —

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About SPC

La Palma Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain. It opened in 1970 and is run by Aena and ENAIRE. 1,529,974 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 9 nonstop routes from SPC.

Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from SPC

Route Distance Passengers / year
SPC → TFN139 km 734,233
SPC → LPA245 km 241,045
SPC → MAD1,847 km 192,505
SPC → TFS133 km 49,930
SPC → FRA3,252 km 36,458
SPC → DUS3,243 km 31,136
SPC → AMS3,221 km 26,993
SPC → HAM3,578 km 26,205
SPC → BCN2,283 km 20,038

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
GMZLa Gomera Airport85 km
VDEEl Hierro Airport91 km
TFSTenerife Sur Airport133 km
TFNTenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport139 km

Distance from SPC to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
SPC → LHR2,918 km —
SPC → DXB7,154 km —
SPC → CDG2,850 km —
SPC → FRA3,252 km 36,458
SPC → IST4,414 km —
SPC → AMS3,221 km 26,993
SPC → JFK5,216 km —
SPC → ATL6,273 km —
SPC → LAX9,176 km —
SPC → SIN12,997 km —
SPC → HND12,523 km —
SPC → DOH6,799 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
36/182,200 m 45 mAsphalt

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Location

Sta Cruz de la Palma, La Palma Island, Canary Islands, Spain · 28.6265, -17.7556

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

La Palma Airport has the IATA code SPC and the ICAO code GCLA. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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