ENAIRE handled 165,550 flights in January, 3.3% more than in the same month in 2025

ENAIRE, Spain's air navigation manager, handled a total of 165,550 flights in January, 3.3% more than in the same month last year. 

In the last month, overflights (those that do not depart from or arrive at a Spanish airport) totalled 42,500, 6.3% more than in the same month last year. International flights (89,521) increased by 3.7%, and domestic flights (33,529) decreased by 1.5%. 

In January, air traffic growth in Spain was 0.7 percentage points above the European average for the same month in 2025 (2.6%), and it exceeded it by 17.8 percentage points compared with the same month in 2019 (14.6% for Spain and -3.2% for Europe). 

The Madrid Control Centre recorded the highest number of flights in January, nearly 100,000 (99,154), an increase of 4.2% compared to the same month in 2025. The Seville Control Centre recorded 42,371 flights (+6.7); the Barcelona Control Centre, 69,280 (+2.6%); the Canary Islands Control Centre, 37,709 (1.7%); and the Palma Control Centre, 12,425 (-1.8%). 

Note. The total traffic registered by ENAIRE's network does not correspond to the sum of flights managed by each control centre (CC). This is because each CC records a flight depending on the route and airspace it crosses, but that flight is only counted once in the ENAIRE network as a whole. For example: a flight departing from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport bound for Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat will be registered in both the Madrid and Barcelona CC, but only once in the network. 

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.