The 5 busiest airports in Spain have been named

As travel is gradually returning to pre-COVID-19 levels, airports are becoming busier.

With travel restrictions lifted, Spain welcomed 66.4 million tourists in 2022, up 138.9% from 2021, SimpleFlying reports.

Which Spanish airports were the busiest in 2022?

Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez Airport (MAD)

Madrid Airport, located in the country's capital, handled 50.6 million passengers in 2022. Although the figures were significantly higher than in 2021, the load factor was still 18% lower than in 2019.

Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)

Barcelona Airport handled 41.6 million passengers in 2022, down 21% from 2019.

Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI)

Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI), which serves the popular holiday destination on the island of Mallorca in the western Mediterranean, welcomed 28.5 million passengers in 2022, down just 1.2 million from 2019.

Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)

Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport, located in Andalusia on the southern Mediterranean coast of Spain, is the gateway to the millionaire playgrounds of Marbella and Puerto Banus. In 2022, Malaga Airport handled 18.4 million passengers, down 7.1% from 2019.

Miguel Hernández Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)

Located a few miles south of Alicante on the Costa Blanca, Alicante Airport is where you'll fly into if you're on holiday in Benidorm or one of the other seaside towns on the coast. In 2022, Alicante Airport handled 13.2 million passengers, down 12.3% from 2019.