Airports in the Aena network closed September 2022 with 24,881,291 passengers. This figure is 8.3 percentage points from pre-pandemic levels, meaning that 91.7% of the traffic recorded in September 2019 has already been recovered.
In addition, 209,069 aircraft were in operation, which is equivalent to a recovery of 94.2% compared to 2019, while 83,036 tonnes of cargo were transported, representing a decrease of 10.6% compared to the same month of 2019.
Of the total number of travellers recorded in September, 24,803,526 were commercial passengers, of which 16,828,868 travelled on international flights, 12.2% less than in September 2019. Meanwhile, 7,974,658 passengers travelled on domestic flights, which is 1.1% more than before the pandemic.
In the cumulative period up to the ninth month of 2022, a recovery of 86.1% of passenger traffic was reached compared to the same period of 2019.
From January to September 2022, 184,190,115 travellers (13.9% less than in 2019) passed through airports in the Aena network, 1,686,533 aircraft movements were recorded (7.5% less than in 2019) and 734,985 tonnes of cargo were transported, which is 3.9% less than in the same period of 2019.
Passengers
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in the ninth month of the year, with 4,788,232, representing a decrease of 14.1% compared to September 2019.
It is followed by Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport, with 4,208,612 (-17.6% compared to 2019); Palma de Mallorca Airport, with 3,663,507 (-2.7%); Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport, with 1,889,150 (-6.8%); Alicante-Elche Airport, with 1,356,590 passengers (-12.6%); Ibiza Airport, with 1,136,686 (-1%); Gran Canaria Airport, with 957,416 passengers (-3%); Tenerife Sur Airport, with 843,176 (+1.7%), and Valencia Airport, with 811,440 passengers, representing an increase of 2.5% compared to the same month of 2019.
Operations
As for the number of aircraft in operation, the airport with the highest number in September was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, with a total of 31,356 (-15.9% compared to 2019), followed by Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport, with 27,148 flights (-15.5%) Palma de Mallorca Airport, with 25,797 (+0.3%); Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport, with 13,728 (-2.2%); Ibiza Airport, with 9,787 (+3.2%); Gran Canaria Airport, with 9,052 (-7.4%); and Alicante-Elche Airport, with 8,679 aircraft movements, representing a decrease of 13.5% compared to the same month of 2019.
Cargo
Regarding the transport of cargo, the airport that recorded the highest volume of cargo in September was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, with 45,823 tonnes, which is 4.1% less than in the same month of 2019. It is followed by Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport, which recorded 13,797 tonnes (-13.3% compared to 2019), Zaragoza Airport, with 10,411 tonnes (-37.3%), and Vitoria Airport, with 6,409 tonnes, which is 23.2% more than in the same month of 2019.