Las Palmas Gran Canaria

Operated By:

Aena

Website:

www.aena.es

Terminals:

1

This Review:

Only Terminal

Rating:

4 star - Very good service with many plus points and very few negatives
  LPA
LAS PALMAS
TT0107 /221750

 
Review created: 02/03/2019;
Last updated 02/03/2019

General:

The only commercial airport on Gran Canaria, and one of the most important in the Canaries.
   

Appearance:

The airport looks as though it has undergone significant expansion and renovation in recent years. The terminal buildings look as though they have been designed to cope with the numbers that use the airport during the height of the summer season, so in late February the terminal was very spacious - though they did have all check-in consolidated into six neighbouring desks which caused some pointless crowding.

Inbound

Domestic
I have not arrived on a domestic flight at this airport

International
On landing the airbridge takes you up into the building and then onto a long corridor that links all the gates together which eventually leads to the immigration hall. From immigration it's a short walk through to the baggage reclaim hall and then a straight walk out of the terminal to the arrivals hall

Immigration was quick, with anyone with a European passport being waived through

The large baggage reclaim hall is clearly set up for the height of summer season with lots of belts, so in late February half the space was in darkness

There ware no specific customs channels, just customs staff standing around near the exit monitoring passengers (at the time of landing the only flights arriving were from other EU locations)

There is a half hourly bus service from the airport to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria taking around 20 minutes to get to the San Telmo bus station in the centre of town and then another 15 minutes onto the Santa Catalina terminal near the harbour and majority of the hotels.

Outbound

Domestic
After checking in and passing through security you are in the large departures hall that spans virtually the entire length of the terminal building - meaning the walking distances to some gates can be quite long. There is no distinction between domestic and international flights, other than passport booths immediately at the top of some gates to cover for flights that are leaving the Schengen zone.

International
After checking in and passing through security you are in the large departures hall that spans virtually the entire length of the terminal building - meaning the walking distances to some gates can be quite long. There is no distinction between domestic and international flights, other than passport booths immediately at the top of some gates to cover for flights that are leaving the Schengen zone.

There are a couple of bars airside

There isn't very much landside, but once through to airside there are a large number of cafes and restaurants

There isn't very much landside, but once through to airside there are a large number of cafes and restaurants

A very large duty free shop is supported by a number of other shops across the airside part of the terminal

The toilets were clean