Gran Canaria Airport (LPA)

The terminal at Gran Canaria Airport

Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is 25 kilometres from the tourist centres of the south of the island and 18 kilometres from the capital, Las Palmas, and Aena says it is open 24 hours a day every day of the year. The airport works from one passenger terminal: the airport's own map lists a single passenger terminal, the departures board tags every flight with Terminal 1, and the airline directory gives the same terminal for all 52 carriers.

Inside, the check-in desks are on the upper floor, and the two baggage reclaim halls are on the ground floor. The boarding gates are lettered A, B, C and D, the check-in desks are grouped in areas 1, 2 and 3, and the VIP lounge is on the second floor of area C, on a 400 square metre terrace over the ocean.

Airlines at Gran Canaria Airport

Aena's airline directory says there are 52 airlines operating at Gran Canaria Airport, and they are Aer Lingus, Air Baltic, Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Atlantic Airways, Austrian Airlines, BA Euroflyer, Binter Canarias, Brussels Airlines, Canaryfly, Condor Flugdienst, Corendon Airlines Europe, Corendon Dutch Airlines, Copenhagen Airtaxi, Discover Airlines, easyJet, easyJet Europe, easyJet Switzerland, Edelweiss, Enter Air, Electra Airways, Eurowings, Finnair, Iberia, Icelandair, Jet Time, Jet2.com, Luxair, Marabu Airlines, Mauritanian Airlines, Neos, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Norwegian Air Sweden, Royal Air Maroc, Ryanair, Scandinavian Airlines, Sunclass Airlines, Smartwings, Sundair, TAP Portugal, Transavia, TUI Airlines Nederland, TUI fly Belgium, TUIfly, Tui Airways, Volotea, Vueling Airlines and Wizz Air.

The airport has 129 destinations, and Binter Canarias is the island's own carrier, flying to the other Canaries and to the mainland.

Getting to and from Gran Canaria Airport

The Guaguas Global buses serve the airport with eight lines: line 1 between the airport, the capital and Puerto de Mogán, line 11 to the capital and to Agüimes, line 5 to the capital and the tourist area of Maspalomas, line 60 to the capital, line 36 between Maspalomas and Telde, line 66 to Maspalomas, line 90 to Maspalomas and Telde, and line 91 to the capital and Playa del Cura. The lines to the capital run from the early morning until late evening, and the airport publishes the timetable of each one.

The taxis have a signed rank outside the terminal, on floor 0, and Aena asks you to take one from there and to ask for the bill. Eight car hire companies work on site, with their counters on floor 0 of the international and the national arrivals: Avis, Cicar, Europcar, Goldcar, Hertz, OK Mobility, Sixt and TopCar. The airport has a general car park and a long stay one.

Gran Canaria Airport with children

The airport's page for families lists a kids' play area and a breast-feeding lounge with recliners and tables, an area for preparing food and bottles, family toilets with children's and adults' washbasins and toilets, and nappy changing facilities. It is on floor 1, in the boarding area at the gates C, and there is a second children's play area at the gates A.

The assistance service for people with reduced mobility also covers minors, who must be accompanied, and Aena asks for the request to be made at least 48 hours before the scheduled departure and recommends arriving two and a half hours before the flight, with the meeting points signposted inside and outside the terminal.

Plan your stop at Gran Canaria Airport

Aena's own rule for departures is three hours before a non-Schengen flight and two hours before a domestic or Schengen one, and it says most airlines let you check in online before you travel, so that you can go straight to the security checkpoint with your boarding pass.

The airport's home page warns that the terminal is closed to the public at night and that passengers have access two hours before their departure, so a late flight means a late arrival at the gate. Keep your passport and any form you filled in on the plane with you from the aircraft door to the exit, and ask the embassy or the consulate of every country on your route which documents your family needs to enter it.

Plan your visit to Gran Canaria

• Gran Canaria travel guide

Sources

• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)
• Reference source — aena.es (checked 22 October 2026)