Gran Canaria Airport is Spain's fifth busiest airport and by far the busiest airport in the Canary Islands. Over 10.2 million passengers and 116,239 flights passed through the airport in 2008 with over two million of those passengers going to and from other Canary Islands.

Airport Name: Gran Canaria Airport
Airport Location: The airport is located 11 miles south of Las Palmas.
Terminals: 1
IATA Code: LPA
Telephone: +34 (0)928 579 130

Las Palmas airport is known as Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria in Spanish and in German it is Gran Canaria Flughafen.   Zone A deals with all EU flights, Zone B deals with all other International flights and Zone C handles all inter-island traffic. You will also find a VIP lounge in the Departures area which can be used for free by Business Class passengers or for a fee of around €15 for any other passengers.

Getting into Town

Taxi: Taxis are available from stands outside the Arrivals areas of all three zones.
Bus: There are frequent bus services between the airport and the capital, as well as other destinations on the island. Bus no.60 runs to Las Palmas for Parque de San Catalina and Parque de San Telmo. Bus no.66 runs to Faro de Maspalomas. Bus services depart from outside the Arrivals halls of zones A and C. For more information, contact GLOBAL (tel: +34 (0)902 381 110).

Car Parking
Short- and long-term parking is available in front of the terminal building in some 1,917 parking spaces.

Information Desks
Information desks are located on level 1 of the airport in all three zones and there is a tourist information helpline (tel: +34 (0)928 579 130). The Gran Canaria Tourist Board has a tourist information point in the EU Arrivals hall (Zone A), with tourist information and maps available (tel: +34 (0)928 574 117).

Airport Facilities
Money and communications: There is a bank on the ground floor of Zone A and ATMs on the first floor. There are bureau de change in the EU Arrivals hall and in the check-in halls on the ground floor. There is a post office in the International Arrivals hall. An Internet café is situated after security on the first floor of EU Departures (Zone A).

Eating and drinking:
There are coffee shops, bars and fast-food stands on both the Arrivals and Departures floors; a 24-hour deli is located in Zone A (before security).

Shopping:
Shops at the airport include a duty-free shop, clothes shop, sportswear shop, toy and sweet shop, several gift shops, a leather goods shop, a florists, a jewelers, a clothing accessories shop, an electrical goods and music shop, and a mini supermarket.

Luggage:
Lost property offices are located in all zones (tel: +34 (0)928 579 130).

Other facilities:
There is a 24-hour medical service, a pharmacy, baby rooms, a children’s play room, a chapel and several travel agencies and tour operators.

Airport Hotels
There are no hotels at the airport although the four star hotel Vecindario Aeropuerto Gran Hotel (tel: +34 (0)902 172 182) is situated five minutes south of the airport. Other nearby hotels include the Reina Isabel, Tryp Iberia, Quality Hotel Fataga, Hotel Concorde, AC Gran Canaria, Santa Catalina Hotel and the NH Imperial Playa. Hotel reservation desks can be found in the Arrivals hall.

 Airport Disabled Facilities
There are elevators and ramps in the terminal for disabled access. Disabled parking spaces are provided on each level of the parking lot. Passengers requiring wheelchairs and special assistance should inform their airline prior to travel.

Airport Conference and Business Facilities
A conference room is located in the corridor connecting the International and the EU check-in halls. The Sala Galdos VIP lounge is situated on the terrace of the second floor, above the EU Departures lounge; there is also a press lounge on the first floor between Zones B and C.

UK Connections
There are 19 different UK Airports in England, Scotland and Wales that operate flights to Gran Canaria  and Dublin, in Irland : Aberdeen to Gran Canaria - Belfast to Gran Canaria - Birmingham to Gran Canaria - Bournemouth to Gran Canaria - Bristol to Gran Canaria - Cardiff to Gran Canaria - Doncaster to Gran Canaria - Dublin to Gran Canaria  -  Edinburgh to Gran Canaria - Exeter to Gran Canaria - Gatwick to Gran Canaria -  Glasgow to Gran Canaria  - Leeds to Gran Canaria - Luton to Gran Canaria -  Manchester to Gran Canaria - Newcastle to Gran Canaria - Norwich to Gran Canaria - Nottingham to Gran Canaria - Stansted to Gran Canaria

There are also a number of inter island flights which operate from Las Palmas Airport to El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and Tenerife North and South Airports via the domestic airlines Islas Airways and Binter Canarias

Which airlines have cheap flights to Gran Canaria?
We've put together a list of all the low fare airlines currently flying to and from Gran Canaria.

Click on the link next  of each low cost or low fare airline to go straight to the airline's website - airlines in italics offer a large number of routes.

Alternatively, click on the summary beneath each airline logo for our low cost carrier quick reference detailing routes and cheapest fares.

We've divided the airlines into five categories - from full service carriers with discount fares to the very cheapest no-frills carriers...

Aer Lingus : DUBLIN to LAS PALMAS de GRAN CANARIA

They operate 3 flights per week during the winter season and increase the number of flights in spring and summer season.

For more details check their website : www.aerlingus.com

British Airways : BA did not renew the franchise with GB AIRWAYS on these  routes and so they are now operated by easyJet .  www.ba.com

easyJet : operates one daily flight from London Gatwick  in the winter season with an Airbus A320 or A319.

The aircrafts interior is still as GB AIRWAYS previous operator, which means more leg room and a often a more friendly and professional crew for a 4 hours journey.

Check their website for more details : www.easyjet.com

Fly Globespan :  The Scotish low cost airlines operates in the winter season, 1 weekly flight every Saturday from Glasgow and Edimburg to Gran Canaria, plus an extra flight in February once a month on  Monday from Glasgow.  Check their website for more details : www.flyglobespan.com

fly thomas cook : Thomas cook operates several connections between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and 12 airports in the UK.  Glasgow, Newcastle, Humberside, East Midlands, Norwich, London Stansted and London Gatwick, Exeter, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester and Belfast.

More details and their time table : www.book.flythomascook.com

Monarch : The low cost airline operates charter flights from LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA and London Gatwick , Birmingham Intl, and Manchester:  www.flights.monarch.co.uk

First Choice and Britannia operate charter flights all year beetween most of UK airports with Gran Canaria :  www.Flights.firstchoice.co.uk Or  www.thomson.co.uk for Britannia.

Thomson Fly :  is flying between Las Palmas and Glasgow, Belfast, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Leeds, Doncaster, Manchester, Humberside, Norwich, London Luton, Gatwick and Stansted, Bristol, Liverpool, Exeter and Bornemouth. More details on their website : www.flights.thomson.co.uk