Tenerife Sur Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain)

IATA: TFS ICAO: GCTS

Longest Active Runway

10,499 ft

3,200 meters

Field Elevation

209 ft

64 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

28.0445°, -16.5725°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #456 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#757 of 7558

Top 10.4% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Spain)

tied #8 of 11 in ES

same length as SCQ · #14 of 52 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+5%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 TFS in numbers: 10,499 ft longest runway · tied #456 of 650 published · #757 of 7,558 worldwide (top 10.4%) · tied #8 in Spain.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

TFS lies at 64 m (209 ft), #370 of 650 published airports by elevation and 37.6 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 97 ft above the Spain median (112 ft, 11 airports); TFN is highest at 2,076 ft, 1,867 ft higher than TFS.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

2 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

Closest of 2 paved-runway (≥5,000 ft) neighbours within 100 NM: Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (TFN), 29 NM, 10,404 ft. Next: LPA 63.2 NM. TFS has the longest runway in this radius, 95 ft over TFN.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 10,499 ft (3,200 m)

TFS runway: 07/25 10,499 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: tied #8 of 11 in Spain with SCQ at 10,499 ft; MAD leads by 3,772 ft (14,271 ft). +5% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
07/25	10,499 ft (3200 m / 3.200 km)	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 Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (Tenerife)	`TFN`	29 NM (53.7 km)	10,404 ft	✅ Lighted
Gran Canaria Airport (Gran Canaria Island)	`LPA`	63.2 NM (117 km)	10,171 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →