In November there were 173,967 aircraft movements and 102,374 tonnes of freight were transported across the network
The Aena network of airports in Spain closed the eleventh month of 2023 with an all-time record number of passengers in November: 19,743,455, up 12.1% on the same month in 2022 and 7.6% more than in 2019, before the pandemic, the previous record year.
In November 2023, Aena managed 173,967 aircraft movements, 7% more than in 2022; and 102,374 tonnes of freight were transported, up 13.9% on last year. Of the total number of passengers registered in November, 19,678,310 were commercial passengers. 12,871,188 travelled on international flights, 16.2% more than in November 2022, while 6,807,122 travelled on domestic flights, up 5.4% on last year.
From January to November 2023, 263,007,328 passengers passed through Aena airports (16.5% and 2.3% more than in 2022 and 2019, respectively), 2,227,550 aircraft movements were recorded (+8.2% compared to 2022) and 979,948 tonnes of freight were transported, up 7% on the same period of 2022.
Passengers
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in the eleventh month of the year with 4,841,970, up 8.8% compared to November last year. It is followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 3,831,469 (+18.1% compared to 2022); Malaga-Costa del Sol, with 1,474,163 (+22.6%); Gran Canaria, with 1,260,578 (+5.2%); Tenerife Sur, with 1,177,497 (+10.8%); Palma de Mallorca, with 1,098,070 (+13.2%); and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 1,069,710 (+18.1%).
Operations
In terms of operations, the airport with the most movements in November was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with a total of 31,992 (+5.1% versus 2022), followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 25,169 flights (+15.5%); Gran Canaria, with 11,799 (+4.9%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 11,001 (+15.1%); Palma de Mallorca, with 9,866 (+9%); Tenerife Sur, with 7,943 (+7.4%) and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 6,963 landings and take-offs (+11.7%).
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