Gran Canaria Airport Mini Guide
Gran Canaria airport is also called Las Palmas airport, having been named after Gran Canaria’s capital.
Despite Gran Canaria airport being on a relatively small island it is the fifth busiest airport in the whole of Spain with more than 10 million passengers using it every year. These passengers are ferried all over Europe and Scandinavia on around 110,000 flight movements annually.
Most of them are tourists who are coming to the Canary Islands to enjoy its beautiful beaches and buzzing nightlife. Germans, Spanish and English holiday makers are the most frequent visitors to Gran Canaria airport, which is the largest airport in the Canary Islands. It is also an alternative landing point for the Space Shuttle (NASA exploratory rocket).
You will be glad to pick up your Rhino hire car when you arrive in Gran Canaria airport. The airport is situated 20 kilometres outside of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and around 25 kilometres away from popular beach resorts in Gran Canaria. Gran Canaria airport is actually to be found in the Bay of Gando and the main airline to use it is local carrier Binter Canarias Airlines. Binter Canarias Airlines operates out of terminal B/C which is the second of the airport’s two terminals, the first being terminal A.