Airports / Spain / TFS
Tenerife Sur Airport
GCTS / TFSTenerife, SpainELEV 209 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
29 nm
To the nearest alternate
Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (TFN).
Overview
Tenerife Sur Airport (GCTS / TFS) sits in Tenerife, Spain, where it functions as a large commercial airport. The airport sits 209 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into TFS for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (TFN, 29 nm), Gran Canaria Airport (LPA, 63 nm), and El Hierro Airport (VDE, 71 nm).
Charter pricing from TFS depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Reina Sofía and TCI. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Tenerife.
Field capability
ICAO
GCTS
IATA
TFS
FAA / Local
GCTS
Elevation
209 ft
Coordinates
28.0445° N · 16.5725° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Spain fields
state range 11–3,380 ft
At 209 ft, TFS sits lower than 64% of the 55 Spain fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 29nmTFNTenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportTenerife
- 63nmLPAGran Canaria AirportGran Canaria Island
- 71nmVDEEl Hierro AirportEl Hierro Island
- 72nmSPCLa Palma AirportSta Cruz de la Palma, La Palma Island
- 145nmFUEFuerteventura AirportEl Matorral
- 166nmACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSan Bartolomé
Location
Open the full mapGCTS · Tenerife Sur Airport · Tenerife, Spain