Tenerife's two airports

Tenerife South is 20 to 31 minutes by road from Bahía del Duque, Royal Hideaway Corales Beach, Royal River, Royal Garden Villas, The Ritz-Carlton Tenerife, Abama and Gran Meliá Palacio de Isora, against 64 to 73 minutes from Tenerife North. Tenerife North is 22 minutes from Hotel Botánico, 27 from Gran Hotel Taoro and 47 from Hotel San Roque in Garachico, against an hour or more from the south. Hacienda del Conde, in Buenavista del Norte, is 60 minutes from Tenerife North and 61 from Tenerife South.

Aena lists 47 airlines at Tenerife South, among them Jet2.com, easyJet, Ryanair, TUI, British Airways, Aer Lingus, Norwegian and SAS, and in 2025 12.8 million of its 14 million passengers were on international flights. Tenerife North has eight airlines, led by Binter, Iberia, Air Europa and Vueling, and 7.1 million of its 7.2 million passengers flew domestic: Madrid is its busiest route, with more than a million passengers, followed by Barcelona, Seville and Bilbao. So from the UK it is a direct flight to the south, or a connection through Spain to the north.

Tenerife South is the bigger airport, and flights from the UK and other non-Schengen countries go through passport control on arrival and departure, where non-EU passports have been registered on the EU's Entry/Exit System since April 2026. Aena advises three hours before a non-Schengen flight. Tenerife North is small, and on a Spanish or inter-island flight there is no passport control at all; Aena suggests an hour and a half for those. Both sell Fast Lane at security for €11.10: around the clock in the south, 05:15 to 22:00 in the north.

Each airport has one lounge, run by Aena and priced the same: €45.95 for adults and children from 11, €21.25 for ages 6 to 10, under-6s free, with Priority Pass accepted at both. Montaña Roja at Tenerife South opens at 07:00 and sits before outbound passport control. Nivaria at Tenerife North opens at 05:15, early enough for the first flight to Madrid.

TITSA's line 343 runs non-stop between the two airports in about 50 minutes, four times a day each way, for a guide fare of €9.70, and carries on to Costa Adeje or Puerto de la Cruz. With four a day, check the times before you book. Our transfers page has every option from each airport to each of our hotels.