New record at Malaga Airport: 83,116 passengers per day in October

Málaga Airport closed October setting a new record: 83,116 passengers per day. A figure that means more people transit through these facilities daily than in most towns and cities of the province. Aena's data highlights that this infrastructure is among those that ended October with historic records in passenger movement, with 2,576,610, a 6.1% increase, and in landings and takeoffs, with 17,417, nearly a 4% increase. Additionally, it is among the country's major airports to show greater dynamism and growth well above the national average, which was 4.5% during the past month.

The boost in October, with figures similar to those of months like June and September, has been key for the Málaga Airport to exceed 23.3 million passengers in ten months, representing a growth of 7.3%. This figure allows for projections about the year-end, indicating that by just receiving the same number of passengers as in 2024 in November and December, these airport facilities would reach the record figure of 26.5 million travelers. Applying the growth trend of around 7%, the year-end would be well above 27 million users.

Aena explains that the October milestone "is due to the dynamism maintained in both national and foreign traffic." In this regard, they note that the bulk of the registered passengers traveled on commercial flights, totaling 2,572,830. Of these, 387,570 traveled to or from a Spanish city, showing an upward trend of 4.1%. The rest, 2,185,260, chose connections abroad, experiencing a 6.4% increase.

They also add that in relation to international traffic, the markets with the highest demand in absolute terms were the United Kingdom (614,678 passengers), Germany (207,809), the Netherlands (160,823), France (133,313), Italy (132,045), Ireland (119,367), and Belgium (97,536). They highlight growths in Lithuania, with an increase of almost 38% more travelers; the Czech Republic, with 31% more; Poland, with a 26% increase; and Morocco, with 25.6%.

7.3%

is the passenger increase recorded by Málaga Airport in the first ten months of the year compared to the same period in 2024

Regarding the cumulative year, they warn that "the positive evolution of traffic during October contributed to the ten-month balance of the year reaching historic highs in both travelers and operations." During this period, both international and national travelers have grown. A total of 161,607 flights operated on the runways, of which 159,015 were commercial, representing a 7.2% increase.

It is worth remembering that in October 2024, these facilities recorded a significant jump in passenger volume, experiencing a 30% growth compared to the same month five years earlier. This increase considers that during this five-year period, destinations underwent a pandemic and recovered from it. Aena's figures pointed out that during this period, 2.4 million passengers transited through this infrastructure, almost 10% more than a year earlier, and a total of 16,764 airplanes landed and took off, 7.5% more than in 2023 and 27.5% more than before the major health crisis. Additionally, Aena explained at the time that the recovery of the Costa del Sol was unparalleled, being one of the fastest-growing facilities among the country's major air infrastructures.

The significant increases in activity at these facilities in the months outside the high season led to more than 21.7 million travelers passing through this infrastructure in the first ten months of 2024, when the previous year at this time had not yet reached the milestone of exceeding twenty million travelers.