Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Airport (LPA)

Welcome to the website of Gran Canaria Airport (IATA: LPA, ICAO: GCLP). This airport is located near the town of Telde, east of the island of Gran Canaria. Gran Canaria - Las Palmas Airport, also known as Gando Airport, is the largest in passenger and cargo traffic between the airports of the Canary Islands, plus the sixth in the state of Spain received more than 13 Million passengers in 2017. Gran Canaria Airport is located in Bay of Gando, at just 25 kms from one of the most important tourist centers of the island of Gran Canaria and 19 km. the center of the capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

You can arrive from Las Palmas City to Gran Canaria Airport or viceversa by public transport or by car. The Global Airport Bus Service is around 2 € with a frequency of 30 Minutes

More than 115.000 flights per year are connecting Gran Canaria Airport with the world.

Most passengers to and from Gran Canaria are from England and Germany. National flights are heading mostly to Madrid (Barajas) and Barcelona.

Holidays in Gran Canaria offers activities for everybody. Gran Canaria is a haven for windsurfing and sailing, and most resorts offers watersports.

Gran Canaria Airport is distributed in 2 floor levels and 3 Terminals (The most important is Terminal A, which handles european flights).

Considered one of the safest airports in the world, operates 24 hours and has two parallel runways with a length of 3100 meters and a width of 45 meters, each operating with major companies such as Air Europa, EasyJet and Iberia among others.

The traffic between the islands to Tenerife Airport or to Lanzarote Airport is operated by Binter Canarias and Naysa. Gran Canaria Airport has currently a single terminal, split into three areas: Area A (for Schengen international flghts), Area B (Domestic flights to Spanish Peninsula and non-Schengen flights), and Area C (inter-island flights within Canary Islands). More information.

Gran Canaria Airport means a relevant connection to travel to West Africa (Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Cape Verde, among others), and to the Atlantic Isles of Azores and Madeira. It operates with 60 airlines and is the operative base for NAYSA, Binter Canarias, Canaryfly, Ryanair, Vueling Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle. Other airlines operate a base for connecting charter flights to Cape Verde and Gambia but only in winter season.

“Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the capital of the island, is located in the north-eastern part of the island”

“The island is famous for this Carnivals; enjoy this funny experience!”

Transport + info

See below the available means of transport from Gran Canaria Airport:

Bus: It is probably the best way to transfer to any destination within Gran Canaria from the airport. There are more than 7 bus lines at your service, choose wisely! See more.

Taxi: The fastest mean to reach downtown Las Palmas. You can actually get to the city centre within just 20 minutes! Please note that taxi fares in Canary Islands are the lowest in Spain. See more.

Car rental: Discover all the beautiful spots of Gran Canaria island by car. Get where public transport don’t and forget about schedules and frequencies! Book now your car through our search engine, it is easy and fast to use.

Car directions

Access to Gran Canaria airport from the south of the island and from the capital takes place through the GC-1. This road crosses the island of Gran Canaria from north to south and east. There are also signs indicative of access to the motorway from the border roads.