Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Airport (LPA)
Find the most important information about the main and largest airport in Gran Canaria island, Gran Canaria Airport: Flights, Departures, Arrivals, Parking, Car Rentals, Hotels near the airport and other information about Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Airport (LPA). Plan your travel to LPA Airport with the information provided in this guide.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Airport (IATA: LPA, ICAO: GCLP), also known as Gando Airport, serves Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the capital of Gran Canaria island, Canary Islands, an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain located on the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa.
It is the largest airport in passenger and cargo traffic in Canary Islands, although Tenerife airports have a high number of passengers altogether. Gran Canaria Airport is located close to Telde, in the Bay of Gando, 19 km from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria city centre and 25 km from Maspalomas, one of the most important tourist centers of Gran Canaria.
LPA Airport is a hub for Binter Canarias, Canaryfly and Vueling, and a focus city for Ryanair.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Airport handled 13,261,405 passengers in 2019.
LPA Airport only handled 5,134,372 passengers during 2020, due to coronavirus crisis.
Terminal + info
Gran Canaria Airport has a single passenger terminal split into four departure zones:
Zone A: Inter-island flights within Canary Islands.
Zone B: Domestic flights to Spanish Peninsula.
Zone C: All EU international flights.
Zone D: International flights to non-Schengen destinations.
It is equipped with two parallel runways with a length of 3,100 meters and a width of 45 meters.
Facilities and Services + info
See some of the available facilities and services at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Airport:
- Free Wi-Fi
- ATMs
- Chapel
- Children’s play area
- Currency exchange
- Duty free
- Family services
- Food and drink concessions
- Minimarket
- Medical services
Contact
Address: Autopista GC-1, 35230 Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, SPAIN
Phone: +34 91 321 10 00
Email: lpainfo@aena.es
Transport + info
See below the available means of transport from LPA Airport:
Bus: It is probably the best way to transfer to any destination within Gran Canaria. There are more than 7 bus lines at your service!
Taxi: The fastest way to reach downtown Las Palmas. You can actually get to the city centre within 20 minutes.
Car hire: Discover all the beautiful spots of the isle, hire a car in Gran Canaria Airport. 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!
About Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria is part of the Canary Islands, an archipelago of seven islands located in the Atlantic coast on Northwest Africa, being the southernmost autonomous community of Spain.
It is the second most populous island of the Canary Islands after Tenerife, and the third most populated island in Spain. Its capital, Las Palmas, was founded back in 1478, before the conquest of the island in 1483 by the Crown of Castile, as a base for the invading Castillian army.
A third of Gran Canaria’s surface is a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO given its climate and landscape variety. In that sense, while your stay in the island, do not forget to visit its natural protected spaces such as Rural Park of Nublo, Maspalomas Dunes and Palmitos Park. The Painted cave of Galdar is the most representative archaeological site and is worth to be seen; and do not miss its capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and to take a bath in Las Canteras beach.
