TFS — Tenerife Sur Airport

Large airport in Tenerife, Spain.
IATA code
TFS
ICAO code
GCTS
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
13,872,053
2025 · +1.9% on the year before
Nonstop routes
82
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC / UTC+1
Atlantic/Canary
Elevation
64 m
210 ft
Runways
1
Longest 3,200 m

Jan–Mar 2026: 3,881,261 passengers, −0.0% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About TFS

Tenerife Sur Airport is a large airport serving Tenerife, Spain. It opened in 1978 and is run by ENAIRE. 13,872,053 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 82 nonstop routes from TFS.

Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from TFS

Route Distance Passengers / year
TFS → MAN3,046 km 975,825
TFS → LGW2,911 km 728,806
TFS → STN2,995 km 521,242
TFS → BHX2,976 km 441,909
TFS → MAD1,823 km 440,082
TFS → BRS2,840 km 417,537
TFS → EDI3,274 km 349,531
TFS → BRU3,094 km 339,936
TFS → EMA3,027 km 317,969
TFS → DUB2,943 km 312,612
TFS → DUS3,237 km 297,763
TFS → MXP2,960 km 291,520
TFS → GLA3,240 km 285,994
TFS → FRA3,238 km 285,384
TFS → NCL3,230 km 281,855
TFS → AMS3,223 km 275,346
TFS → LPL3,026 km 250,968
TFS → LBA3,116 km 232,169
TFS → LPA117 km 208,115
TFS → FCO3,023 km 205,609
TFS → VIE3,616 km 193,631
TFS → LTN2,971 km 184,707
TFS → MUC3,319 km 181,282
TFS → BER3,670 km 179,539
TFS → BFS3,073 km 178,242
TFS → BUD3,770 km 155,444
TFS → WAW4,097 km 155,016
TFS → SCQ1,804 km 155,000
TFS → KEF4,018 km 148,539
TFS → HEL4,745 km 140,502
TFS → HAM3,575 km 137,304
TFS → ZRH3,063 km 123,836
TFS → ORY2,813 km 122,624
TFS → STR3,184 km 116,340
TFS → PIK3,198 km 112,775
TFS → KTW3,896 km 110,938
TFS → CGN3,224 km 110,803
TFS → EIN3,181 km 106,217
TFS → CPH3,850 km 104,022
TFS → CRL3,057 km 102,945

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.

Other airports in Tenerife

Code Airport Distance
TFNTenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport54 km

All Tenerife airports and the distances between them →

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
GMZLa Gomera Airport63 km
LPAGran Canaria Airport117 km
VDEEl Hierro Airport132 km
SPCLa Palma Airport133 km

Distance from TFS to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
TFS → LHR2,930 km —
TFS → DXB7,061 km —
TFS → CDG2,845 km —
TFS → FRA3,238 km 285,384
TFS → IST4,349 km —
TFS → AMS3,223 km 275,346
TFS → JFK5,349 km —
TFS → ATL6,405 km —
TFS → LAX9,308 km —
TFS → SIN12,906 km —
TFS → HND12,543 km —
TFS → DOH6,703 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
07/253,200 m 45 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain · 28.0445, -16.5725

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Tenerife Sur Airport has the IATA code TFS and the ICAO code GCTS. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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