ENAIRE, Spain’s national air navigation service provider, has already managed over 2.1 million flights (2,108,575) between January and October 2025, almost 5% more (4.8%) than in the same period of the previous record year, 2024.
In the first ten months of the year, overflights, which do not depart from or land at a Spanish airport (481,509), increased by 6.0%; international flights (1,230,841) by 5.7%, and domestic flights (396,225) by 0.7%.
All ENAIRE control centres saw increases in the number of flights managed so far in 2025 compared to the previous year; Seville, 480,828, 6.5% more than in 2024; Canary Islands, 355,327, 5.7% more; Barcelona, 1,024,541, 5.3% more; Madrid, 1,131,324, 4.9% more; and Palma, 350,331, 2.5% more.
Traffic growth in Spain exceeds the European average (3.8%) by one percentage point so far this year compared with 2024, and is 14 points higher than the European average when compared with the same period in 2019 (13.8% for ENAIRE and -0.2% for Europe), the pre-COVID reference year.
October data
ENAIRE managed over 225,000 flights (226,181) in October 2025, 4.7% more than in the same month in 2024.
In October 2025, there were 133,648 international flights, 5.0% more than in the same month last year. Overflights (51,011) increased by 4.9%, and domestic flights (41,522) by 3.6%.
In October, air traffic growth in Spain was 0.2 percentage points below the European average (4.9%), although it exceeded it by 15.2 percentage points compared with the same month in 2019 (17.8% for Spain and 2.6% for Europe).
In October 2025, all ENAIRE control centres registered an increase in the number of flights managed compared to 2024: Seville recorded 51,661 flights (+6.3%); Madrid, 121,624 (+6.1%); Barcelona, 110,343 (+4.6%); Canary Islands, 36,133 (+3.6%); and Palma, 38,243 (+2.7%).
ENAIRE, international leader in safety management
Within the framework of the organization’s successive strategic plans, the 2020 Flight Plan and the 2025 Flight Plan, safety, quality of service, efficiency and sustainability are ENAIRE’s priorities in flight management.
Furthermore, ENAIRE has been the European leader in the effectiveness of its Safety Management Systrem since 2019, achieving and maintaining the maximum possible result (100%) since 2020 for the fifth consecutive year.
About ENAIRE
ENAIRE is the air navigation service provider in Spain.
As a company of the Ministry of Sustainable Transport and Mobility, it provides air traffic control services during the en route and approach phases of all flights to and from Spain and overflights. In addition, it manages communications, navigation and surveillance services from ENAIRE in the airspace and the entire AENA airport network in Spain and provides aerodrome air traffic control services in 21 airports, including the busiest.
ENAIRE is the fourth largest European air navigation service provider, and it is a member of international partnerships A6 Alliance, SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) Joint Undertaking, SESAR Deployment Manager, iTEC, CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation) and collaborates closely with ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).
ENAIRE has received the highest score in Europe on the aviation safety key performance indicator for four years in a row. It has also been awarded the EFQM 600 Seal for its safe, efficient, innovative and sustainable management of air navigation services.