- IATA
- LPA
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- GCLP
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1930
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 15.8M
- in 2025
History & name
Gran Canaria Airport opened in 1930 and takes its name from Gran Canaria. ENAIRE operates it 19 km from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and it handled 15.8 million passengers in 2025 on two runways, the longer 3,100 m.
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Gran Canaria Airport
- Serves
- Gran Canaria, Spain
- City centre
- 19 km from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Opened
- 1930
- Operator
- ENAIRE
- Passengers
- 15.8 million in 2025
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 3,100 m
- Elevation
- 78 ft (24 m)
- Website
- aena.es ↗
Where it sits
27.9°N, 15.4°W puts LPA in the northern hemisphere, 3,106 km from the equator and 6,902 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 326th most northerly, which makes it the 336th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 27.9°S, 164.6°E. The nearest airport on this site to that point is La Tontouta (NOU) in New Caledonia, still 677 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna (TFN), 112 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from LPA
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | MAD | 1,766 km | 2h 42m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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