The airports of the Aena Group (comprising the 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, London Luton Airport and 17 airports in Brazil) closed the third month of 2025 with 28,775,355 passengers, 4.3% more than in the same month of 2024; they handled 249,502 aircraft movements, 3.9% more than in 2024; and they transported 126.889 tonnes of cargo, 7.6% more than last year. It should be recalled that, in 2024, Easter Week was celebrated in March, unlike this year, when it is in April.
In cumulative terms, in the first quarter of 2025, 78,312,273 passengers passed through Aena Group airports (4.9% more than in 2024); 695,281 aircraft movements were recorded (+4%); and 346,728 tonnes of freight were transported, 6.1% more than in the same period of 2024.
Aena Airports in Spain
The airports of the Aena network in Spain closed March with 23,820,386 passengers, 4.2% more than in the same month of 2024; they handled 202,270 aircraft movements, 5.7% more than in 2024; and they transported 114,078 tonnes of cargo, up 7.6% on last year.
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in March with 5,503,333, growth of 3% compared with the same month last year. It was followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 4,356,270 (+1.8% compared to 2024); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 1,897,983 (+8.3%); Palma de Mallorca, with 1,551,262 (+1.5%); Gran Canaria, with 1,489,837 (+0.7%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 1,475,739 (+16.4%) and Tenerife Sur, with 1,378,759 passengers, an increase of 2.4% on March 2024.
Absolute passenger records were broken at six airports within the network in the last month: Gran Canaria, Tenerife Sur, Sevilla, César Manrique-Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Palma. In addition, a record number of passengers was achieved in a month of March in the Aena network as a whole and in 16 airports: Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, Palma de Mallorca, Málaga-Costa del Sol, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, Gran Canaria, Tenerife Sur, Valencia, Sevilla, César Manrique-Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Bilbao, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna, La Palma, Asturias and A Coruña.
In terms of operations, the airport with the most movements in March was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with a total of 35,544 (+3.7% compared to 2024), followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 28,411 flights (+5.2%); Gran Canaria, with 13,505 (+2.1%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 13,489 (+11.3%); Palma de Mallorca, with 12,627 (+1.3%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 9,396 (+19.1%) and Tenerife Sur, with 9,157 landings and take-offs (+6.3%).
During the third month of 2025, five airports recorded their busiest month of aircraft traffic to date: Gran Canaria, Tenerife Sur, César Manrique-Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna. In addition, March was the month with the highest number of global operations in the Aena network as a whole and in 13 infrastructures: Málaga-Costa Del Sol, Palma de Mallorca, Gran Canaria, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, Tenerife Sur, Sevilla, César Manrique-Lanzarote, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna, La Palma, Fuerteventura, Logroño, Son Bonet and Córdoba.
In terms of freight traffic, the third month of 2025 was the March with the highest freight traffic in the Aena network in Spain. By airport, the one with the highest freight volume was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with 70,919 tonnes, 8.8% more than in the same month of 2024, which means it was the month of March with the highest freight traffic in the history of the Madrid infrastructure. It is followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, which recorded 16,359 tonnes (+6.6%), the month of March with the highest freight traffic at the Catalan airport facility. In third place is Zaragoza Airport, with 14,225 tonnes (+6.2%), and in fourth, Vitoria Airport with 5,974 tonnes (+2.2%).
In the first quarter of 2025, 63,615,238 passengers have passed through Aena airports in Spain (4.7% more than in 2024); 555,525 aircraft movements were recorded (+5.9%) and 309,070 tonnes of freight were transported, 5.4% more than in the same period of 2024.
Aena Brasil Airports
The 17 airports of Aena Brasil reached 3,633,448 passengers last March, 4.5% more than in the same month of 2024. 36,880 aircraft movements were carried out, a decrease of 5.2% compared with the same month in 2024, and 10,379 tonnes of freight were transported, up 13.4% compared with the same month last year.
The group of six ANB airports (1) closed the month of March with 1,316,829 passengers (+7%). Recife Airport reached 782,905 passengers (+4.2%). There were 12,306 flights (-0.9%), of which Recife managed 7,141 (-1.9%). And 5,424 tonnes of freight were moved (+7.1%), of which 4,495 tonnes corresponded to Recife Airport (+7.4%).
The BOAB group of eleven airports (2) recorded 2,316,619 passengers in March (+3.1% over the same month in 2024). Among them, Congonhas Airport stands out with 1,960,556 passengers (+2.2%). A total of 24,574 flights were handled (-7.2%), of which 17,710 (-10.9%) were at São Paulo airport. And 4,955 tonnes of freight were transported (+21.2%). At Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, 4,332 tonnes were handled, 37.5% more than in the same month of the previous year.
Up to March 2025, 11,075,212 passengers (+5.3%) have passed through Aena airports in Brazil; 110,929 aircraft movements were recorded (-4.3%); and 30,712 tonnes of freight were transported, 15.9% more than in the same period in 2024.
London Luton Airport
During the month of March, 1,321,521 passengers (3) passed through London Luton Airport's London facilities, 6.3% more than in the same month in 2024. 10,352 aircraft movements were handled (+4.2%) and 2,496 tonnes of freight(4) were transported, 11.9% less than in 2024.
During the first quarter of 2025, 3,621,823 passengers (3) were recorded (+7.3%), 28,827 aircraft movements were handled (+3.7%) and 7,124 tonnes of freight (4) were transported (-3.2%).
Monthly reports (aena.es)
Aena Brasil Network
(1) ANB - Aeroportos do Nordeste do Brasil -, which manages the airports of Recife-PE, Maceió-AL, Aracaju-SE, João Pessoa-PB, Juazeiro do Norte-CE and Campina Grande-PB, recorded 15,932,971 passengers in 2024.
(2) BOAB - Bloco dos Onze Aeroporto do Brasil -, which manages the airports of Congonhas-SP, Campo Grande-MS, Corumbá-MS, Ponta Porã-MS, Santarém-PA, Marabá-PA, Carajás-PA, Altamira-PA, Uberlândia-MG, Montes Claros-MG and Uberaba-MG, recorded 27,443,005 passengers in 2024.
London Luton
(3) Passengers under the age of 2 are not counted.
(4) Includes the transport of mail.
