Reina Sofía Airport
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| Reina Sofía Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: TFS - ICAO: GCTS | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Aena | ||
| Serves | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 209 ft (64 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 08/26 | 10,498 | 3,200 | Concrete |
Reina Sofía Airport (IATA: TFS, ICAO: GCTS) is an international airport operated by Spanish firm Aena, located on the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands.
Built in 1977-1978, the Aeropuerto Reina Sofía is also known as Tenerife Sur or Tenerife South. It is located in the municipality of Granadilla de Abona, and is located 60 km south of the island’s capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
The airport was inaugurated on November 6, 1978, by Queen Sofía of Spain, after whom the airport is dedicated; by the end of its first year, 1 million passengers had passed through its doors. [1]
[edit] Destinations
Reina Sofia serves many destinations worldwide. Binter Canarias and Islas Airways serve the Canary Islands from here. Iberia, Spanair and Air Europa serve the Spanish mainland . There are lots of international airlines operating from Tenerife Sur. The countries served are:
- Germany (Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Bremen, Cologne-Bonn, Dortmund, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Leipzig/Halle, Muenster/Osnabrueck, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Stuttgart)
- Austria (Linz, Salzburg, Vienna)
- Ireland (Cork, Dublin)
- Finland (Helsinki)
- Italy (Milan)
- Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
- Norway (Oslo)
- United Kingdom (Birmingham, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle)
- Czech Republic (Prague)
- Switzerland (Basel/Mulhouse, Zurich)
The full list of cities and airlines can be found on their website.
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