Car Hire Arrecife Airport
Lanzarote airport is also known as Arrecife airport. It is the 10th busiest airport in Spain with just under five and a half million passengers using it every year.
Lanzarote airport is an expanding airport with a high percentage of its passenger traffic coming from European countries such as Spain, Germany and England.
From Lanzarote airport it is possible to get inter island connections to the other Canary Islands such as Fuerteventura, Tenerife and Gran Canaria. The inter island flights take off from terminal two while domestic (Spanish) and international flights take off from terminal one.
Airlines to fly to and from Lanzarote airport are the Irish airline Aer Lingus
which has flights to Dublin, Air Berlin which connects to cities all over Germany as well as the capital Berlin, and Czech Airlines which flies to Prague.
Airlines which go from mainland Spain to Lanzarote airport are Clickair from Barcelona and Spanair from Barcelona, Bilbao, and Madrid.
If you are coming from England you can get low cost Easyjet flights from Gatwick, Jet2 flights from Leeds / Bradford and Thomson Airways has a huge number of routes going to cities across the entire United Kingdom. In fact it is possible to fly to Lanzarote from 19 UK airports.
Upon arrival at Lanzarote airport you will see Rhino car representatives from major car companies such as Hertz and Avis who can show you to your vehicle and make sure you are happy with the rental. Avis car Lanzarote can be found on the ground floor of terminal one as you come out of arrivals.
When driving in Lanzarote having cash on you while driving is a good idea at all times. Many petrol stations in Lanzarote do not accept credit cards.
If you are coming during the summer months you may wish to specifically request an air conditioned vehicle ahead of time, though most of our cars have AC.
If you do get into an accident in Lanzarote, don’t part with any money or accept and liability for damage but phone the police and your car hire provider immediately.
If you are interested in finding out more about Lanzarote airport there is actually an aviation museum in the terminal which is open to visitors. Although closed on Monday, the museum is otherwise open daily from 10am to 2pm and guided tours are available.