Tenerife Sur Airport.
188,808 aircraft were in operation were transported throughout the network.
Airports in the Aena network closed April 2022 with 20,458,260 passengers. This figure is 12 percentage points from pre-pandemic levels. The statistics for the month of April were affected by the Easter holiday, which lasted from 8 to 17 April, and they reflect levels that are typical of holiday periods, similar to 2019.
In addition, 188,808 aircraft were in operation, which is equivalent to a recovery of 97.1% compared with 2019, while 82,682 tonnes of cargo were transported, which represents a decrease of 4.2% compared with the same month of 2019.
Of the total number of travellers recorded in April, 20,402,128 were commercial passengers, of which 13,678,386 travelled on international flights, 14.6% less than in April 2019. Meanwhile, 6,723,742 travelled on domestic flights, 5.7% less than before the pandemic.
Passengers
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in the fourth month of the year, with 4,040,513, representing a decrease of 20% compared with April 2019. It is followed by Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport, with 3,522,039 (-22.1% compared with 2019); Palma de Mallorca Airport, with 2,439,623 (-3%); Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport, with 1,660,066 (-9.2%); Alicante-Elche Airport, with 1,201,394 passengers (-10.5%); Gran Canaria Airport, with 1,073,538 (-2.8%); Tenerife Sur Airport, with 963,076 (+2.2%); Valencia Airport, with 716,277 (-4.8%); and Cesar Manrique-Lanzarote Airport, with 645,233 passengers, representing an increase of 2.6% compared with the same month of 2019.
Operations
As for the number of aircraft in operation, the airport with the highest number in April was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, with a total of 28,627 (-17.8% compared with 2019), followed by Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport with 24,642 flights (-17.2%); Palma de Mallorca Airport, with 20,339 (+7.2%); Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport, with 12,974 (-2%); Gran Canaria Airport with 10,227 (-3.6%); Alicante-Elche Airport, with 8,419 (-7.2%); Tenerife Sur Airport, with 6,479 (+11.2%); and Valencia Airport, with 6,426, 1.5% less than in the same month of 2019.
Cumulative data
The accumulated figures up to April 2022 reflect a recovery of 76.8% of passenger traffic compared with the same period in 2019 and an increase of 389.7% compared with 2021. During the first four months of 2022, 58,356,716 passengers passed through airports in the Aena network, 603,149 aircraft movements were recorded (12% less than in 2019 and 114.7% more than in 2021) and 330,486 tonnes of cargo were transported, which is 1.8% less than in the same period of 2019 and 12.1% more than in 2021.
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