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Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport

Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain)
IATA: TFN ICAO: GCXO
Longest Active Runway
10,404 ft
3,171 meters
Field Elevation
2,076 ft
633 m MSL
Runway Inventory
1 active
Lighted / Paved
Coordinates & Class
28.4828°, -16.3417°
LARGE AIRPORT
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Derived Facts, National & Global Rankings

National Runway Rank
#16 in Spain
Out of 52 commercial aerodromes
Global Runway Rank
#805 Worldwide
Top 10.6% percentile
Elevation Ranking
#1256 MSL
Top 19.1% percentile
vs Large Airport Median
+4%
Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 Database Insight: Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport's longest active runway measures 10,404 ft (3,171 m). It ranks as the #16 longest runway in Spain and #805 worldwide among indexed commercial aerodromes.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator Length (ft / m) Width (ft / m) Surface Material Lighting Status
12/30 10,404 ft (3171m) 148 ft (45m) Asphalt (ASP) ✅ Lighted ✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name IATA Distance Longest Runway Lighting
Tenerife Sur Airport (Tenerife) TFS 29 NM (53.7 km) 10,499 ft ✅ Lighted
Gran Canaria Airport (Gran Canaria Island) LPA 60.4 NM (111.9 km) 10,171 ft ✅ Lighted

🛡️ Data Provenance & Verification Metadata

Source Dataset: OurAirports Open Aviation Database
Snapshot Version: 2026-09-01
Verification Method: SHA-256 Checksum Lock
Calculation Model: Haversine Great-Circle
Machine-readable endpoint: GET /api/airport/tfn.json ↗