In the 1930s the company Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas (LAPE) refurbished a piece of land between the sea and the Tetir road to use as an auxiliary field for its flights. In 1940, work was begun on a military aerodrome in the municipality of Tefía. The airport was opened officially to national and international civil flights in January 1959. The geographical location of the airport, far from Puerto de Cabras, the most important point of the island, and the increase in commercial flights, it became necessary to move the facility only five kilometres away from Puerto Rosario.

 

The Tenerife North Airport or Los Rodeos Airport is located in San Cristobal de La Laguna and from 10 kilometres from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canaries. Its passengers traffic is mainly domestic with connecting flights to the other islands in the archipelago: Gran Canaria, La Palma, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, El Hierro and La Gomera but the airport also connects other cities in Spain like Barcelona, Seville and Bilbao.

 

Situated to the south of the island, at the heart of the tourist area (near to the towns of El Medano and Los Abrigos), Tenerife Sur Airport (Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport) was inaugurated by Queen Sofía on 6 November 1978. In its first year of operations, the airport handled over a million passengers. To adapt airport capacity to the growing air traffic demands, significant infrastructure improvements are being carried out, particularly in the passenger terminal control area.

Sponsored content Transfers to/from Mykonos Airport Once you have arrived in Mykonos, you may need a private transfer service. For example: a private transfer from the airport or port, a shuttle transfer from Mykonos Airport to hotels or a private helicopter transfer from Mykonos to Santorini and vice versa. Discover all transfer to Mykonos with GetYourGuide, a specialised online platform that unites the best travel experiences worldwide.

 

Sponsored content Car hire at the airport  Cars can be hired directly at the airport so that you can move around more freely on your holiday. Car rental companies in airports are generally open 24 hours a day or cover the opening hours of the airport and are open to passengers arriving on any flight. To make sure you find the car of your dreams and continue your journey independently, we recommend booking it in advance on the websites of car rental companies, which will issue a voucher with all the information needed for picking up your car once you have arrived in airport. Here is a selection of the main car rental companies present in the principal international airports: AutoEurope, Avis, Budget, Sixt, eDreams, Europcar, Kayak e Maggiore.