ENAIRE, Spain’s state-owned air navigation manager, handled more than 160,000 flights (161,887) in February 2026, 2.0% more than in the same month of 2025, a record year.
International flights totalled 89,039, 3.4% more than in the same month of 2025; overflights – which do not land at or depart from a Spanish airport – totalled 40,168, up 2.5%; and domestic flights totalled 32,680, down 2.2%.
This increase in air traffic in Spain in February 2026 compared with 2025 is 0.5 percentage points lower than the European average increase (which is 2.5%). This small difference in the pace of growth in favour of the European average is due to the fact that, since 2021, air traffic in Spain has grown at a much faster rate than in Europe as a whole.
In fact, the increase in air traffic recorded in Spain in February 2026 compared with February 2019, the pre-pandemic baseline year, exceeds the European average by 21.9 percentage points (for ENAIRE the change is 20.7%, while for Europe it is -1.2%).
By control centre, and again comparing air traffic in February this year with that recorded a year earlier, Seville handled 41,131 flights, 4.6% more; Barcelona, 68,822, 2.2% more; Madrid, 95,732, 1.3%; Canary Islands, 35,395, 1.0% more; and Palma, 12,781, 5.1% less.
Cumulative annual data
As regards the cumulative figures for the year, ENAIRE handled more than 325,000 flights (327,437) between January and February 2026, 2.6% more than in the same period in 2025. In the first two months of the year, overflights (82,668) increased by 4.4%, international flights (178,560) by 3.5%, and domestic flights (66,209) decreased by 1.8%.
So far this year, by control centre, Seville handled 83,502 flights, 5.6% more than in the same period in 2025; Madrid, 194,886, 2.8% more; Barcelona, 138,102, 2.4% more; Canary Islands, 73,104, 1.4% more; and Palma, 25,206, 3.5% less.
So far this year, traffic growth in Spain is the same as the European average (2.6%) compared with 2025, and it exceeds the European average by 19.7 percentage points compared with the same period in 2019 (17.5% in the case of ENAIRE and -2.2% for Europe).
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 obtained the highest rating in the key performance indicator for air safety at European scale for six consecutive years, the last five with the maximum possible score of 100%. It has also been awarded the EFQM 600 Seal for its safe, efficient, innovative and sustainable management of air navigation services.