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Welcome to Airport Tenerife
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Tenerife has 2 airports the main is in the South, Sur Reina Sofia Airport and then there is Los Rodeos Airport in the North.
For Playa de la Americas as it is the South people frequently use the Sur Reina Sofia Airport as it is only a transfer time of one and a half hours to the resort from the Airport! You could fly to Los Rodeos Airport in the North, but this is mainly used for domestic flights between the Canary Islands now. It would also be a much longer transfer time to Playa de las Americas!
The Sur Reina Aiport was inaugurated by Queen Sofia on 6 November 1978, by the end of its first year there was 1 million passengers that had passed through its doors. In 2003 it handled, 8,850,613 passengers, 62,493 flight operations and 8,775 tons of cargo. As a result the airport boasts operations by more than 150 airlines.
The Arrivals lounge at Sur Reina Sofia Airport is lovely and spacious, when you land at the airport you will either find yourself going through a tunnel that is directly connected to the terminal or being shuttled from the plane on a bus to the terminal. Its has the capacity of comfortably holds 2,700 passengers in rush hour, based on the ground floor. It has seven carousels for your luggage to come through and in true Spanish form it normally takes a while!!!
The departures in Sur Reina Sofia Airport are on the ground floor of the passenger building. Reaching it is easy, it is direct from the taxi rank, bus stop or the various airport car parks. The departures lobby has an area of 10,800 square metres and can comfortably handle the three thousand passengers that the airport can get in the rush hour of peak season. There are 87 check-in desks for passenger use.
In the departure area you will find the airport's extensive shopping area!
There are five food facilities and restaurants in total, other shops include Travel, accessories, a pharmacy, toys, fashion, jewellery, souvenirs, wine & spirits and tobacco in your duty free!! The bars and restaurants include the La Naranja a juice bar, Ibense Bornay an ice cream parlour, Dorada a bar and Bill Bentley a bar also, all are open 24 hours a day for your convenience.
There is one bank in the terminal, it is open only Monday to Friday 8am till 2pm.
Sur Reina Sofia Airport is easily accessible for disabled people, All areas of the airport have been equipped to facilitate access for people with reduced mobility. There are plenty of disabled car parking spaces close to the terminal. Throughout the airport terminal building there are special telephones, toilets, flight information and boarding modules. Enabling you to be able to move through the airport with ease making your journey that bit easier. Please contact the airline if you wish to board using a wheelchair.
Ten different tour operators are based here at the airport, and twelve travel agents that will be able to flight if something arises that means you have to go home early or maybe sty in Tenerife longer they will be able to help.
There are six car hire companies in total at the Airport, if you are wanting to hire a car please take a look at the car hire link.
There is one VIP lounge at the airport, and two meeting rooms available for hire for meetings, receptions and press conferences.
The other services available at the airport are a post office, information centre's, Guardia Civil (Civil Guard), Lost Property, Luggage control and Multidenominational religious Worship.
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Airport Tenerife - Airports in Tenerife Spain