Aena’s airport group handled 37,669,196 passengers in September 2026, a 3.9% increase from the same month last year, while aircraft movements rose 4.9% to 318,246. Cargo traffic moved in the opposite direction, falling 5.7% to 125,380 tonnes across the group, which includes airports in Spain, the UK and Brazil.
Aena’s Spanish network recorded 31,671,269 passengers, up 4.2%, and 263,064 aircraft movements, up 5.3%. Cargo volumes declined 5.7% to 111,822 tonnes. Madrid-Barajas led passenger traffic with 6.3 million travellers, 6.6% more than a year earlier, and handled the most movements, with 39,773, an 8.6% increase. Barcelona-El Prat processed 5.4 million passengers and 33,386 operations, while Palma de Mallorca handled 4.2 million passengers and 28,782 operations.
Madrid-Barajas also remained Spain’s leading cargo airport, although its 62,417 tonnes represented a 13.1% year-on-year decline. Barcelona handled 18,634 tonnes, Zaragoza 17,589 tonnes and Vitoria 6,544 tonnes.
During the first nine months, Spanish airports handled 257.2 million passengers and 2.15 million aircraft movements. Passenger traffic rose 4.1%, operations increased 4.5% and cargo grew 0.9% to 989,990 tonnes. Across the full group, aircraft movements reached about 2.6 million, while cargo fell 2% year on year to approximately 1.1 million tonnes.