As journey progressively returns to ranges seen in 2019, earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic, airports are getting busier. However which had been Spain’s busiest airports in 2022? Having lifted journey restrictions, Spain welcomed 66.4 million vacationers in 2022, an enormous improve of 138.9% in comparison with 2021.

Considerably not surprisingly, the 2 busiest airports in Spain are Madrid and Barcelona. If you’re flying to Spain from Asia, Australasia, North or South America, aside from the odd seasonal flight, you’ll land in Madrid or Barcelona. In the meantime, flights from inside Europe go to the county’s two largest cities and to trip resorts on the Costas and Balearic Islands.

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2 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)

Positioned within the nation’s capital and residential to Spanish nationwide flag provider Iberia in 2022, Madrid Airport dealt with 50.6 million passengers. Whereas effectively up on 2021 numbers, 2022 was nonetheless down 18% when in comparison with passenger volumes in 2019.

3 Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)

Serving the 7.5 million individuals who name Catalonia residence Barcelona’s airport dealt with 41.6 million passengers in 2022, a lower of 21% when in comparison with 2019.

4 Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI)

Serving the favored trip vacation spot island of Mallorca within the Western Mediterranean Sea, Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) dealt with 28.5 million passengers in 2022, simply 1.2 million lower than in 2019.

5 Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)

Positioned in Andalusia on Spain’s Southern Mediterranean coast Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport is the gateway to the millionaire’s playgrounds of Marbella and Puerto Banus. In 2022 Malaga Airport dealt with 18.4 million passengers, a 7.1% decline in comparison with 2019.

6 Alicante-Elche’s Miguel-Hernández Airport (ALC)

Positioned a couple of miles south of Alicante on the Costa Blanca, Alicante Airport is the place you arrive if you’re vacationing in Benidorm or one of many different seaside cities alongside the coast. In 2022 Alicante Airport dealt with 13.2 million passengers, 12.3% fewer than in 2019.

7 In accordance with meteorologists, Spain can anticipate a scorching scorching summer season, with temperatures reaching as excessive as 40C (104F) in July and August. Additionally, with the journey sector nonetheless recovering from the worldwide pandemic, extra folks than ever are anticipated to fly in 2023.

Thus far this yr, the months main as much as summer season have seen a rise in guests in comparison with the identical interval in 2019. The nation’s Nationwide Statistics Institute (INE) is predicting that between 52.3 and 54.8 million vacationers will go to Spain this summer season, barely greater than in the summertime of 2019.

With Spain bordering France to the north and the truth that it is just a 2.5-hour flight from most of Northern Europe, it isn’t stunning that almost all vacationers are fellow Europeans. The Island of Mallorca is so widespread with German vacationers that the German nationwide flag provider Lufthansa operates Boeing 747 from Germany to the vacation island.