Malaga Airport reaches 2.6 million passengers in April for the first time, a 9.5% increase

Pilar Martínez

Málaga

From record to record. Last April, Málaga Airport marked a new milestone: it surpassed for the first time the 2.5 million ... passengers to reach 2.6 million users, according to Aena data. The figure represents an increase of 9.5%. A growth rate that is well above the national average, which rose by 3.7%, and leads the evolution of the country's major air infrastructures to position itself as the third in passenger volume, after Madrid and Barcelona, in the first four months of the year with 7.7 million, i.e., a 7.4% increase compared to the same period in 2025. The boost from Easter, part of which coincided in April as in 2024, and the increased air demand due to the high-speed rail cut have driven this historic record.

It is worth remembering that last year, April closed with 2.3 million passengers at the Costa del Sol airport facilities, which recorded 16,569 landings and takeoffs. These figures represented an increase of 10.4% in users and 9% in operations, respectively, compared to the same period in 2024. A key boost to surpass in the first four months of the year more than 7.1 million passengers who moved in almost 51,500 flights. These figures placed them as the third in the country in terms of user volume, only preceded by Madrid and Barcelona.

"This positive balance was due to the good performance maintained by both domestic and foreign traffic," highlight from this public company. In this regard, they point out that the bulk of last month's travelers moved on commercial flights, totaling 2,611,383. Of these, 413,120 traveled on flights originating or destined for a Spanish city, growing by almost 13%, while 2,198,263 opted for connections with foreign countries, which also saw a 9% increase.

From Aena, it is noted that a total of 17,681 flights landed and took off on the runways of the Málaga facility, an activity also on the rise with a 6.7% increase compared to April 2025. Of these, 3,470 were flights between Spanish airports, which increased by 6.6%, and 13,994 between international infrastructures, which experienced a 7.6% increase.

The United Kingdom continues to be the main 'fishing ground' for tourists for the Costa del Sol. From Aena, it is ensured that 603,726 traveled from or to this country. It is followed by Germany, with 199,097, and the Netherlands, with 156,986.

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are the millions of passengers who have passed through Málaga Airport in the first four months of the year, which represents a 7.4% increase compared to the same period last year

Regarding the balance of the first four months, the markets with the highest demand in absolute terms were the British, with almost 1.6 million passengers, and, at a greater distance, the German (577,285), the Dutch (460,499), and the Italian (383,182).

Málaga Airport is in the best period of its hundred-year history. It currently connects with direct flights to more than 160 destinations in 40 countries through 262 routes, operated by 55 airlines.

Aena Network

Aena raised the passenger traffic across the network of airports in Spain last month to 28,284,768 passengers, a 3.7% increase compared to the same month in 2025. A figure that, they assure, implies "a growth lower than the 6.3% more that was recorded between April 2025 and April 2024." In addition, it specifies that in this period, 242,424 aircraft movements were managed, a 6.7% increase compared to April 2025.

Ahead of Málaga Airport in April is Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas with 5,776,833 passengers, representing a growth of 3.3%; Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 5,103,478, a 4.1% increase; and Palma de Mallorca, with 3,089,279 and a rise of 2.6%. However, in the computation of the four-month period, it climbs a position to position itself as the third in Spain in passenger traffic. Aena specifies that from January to April, 93,915,918 users passed through the airports of Spain, a 3.3% increase. A period in which 807,211 aircraft movements were registered, a 3.1% increase.

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