Spain’s state-owned air navigation manager ENAIRE oversaw 218,725 flights in April 2026, marking a 4.2% increase compared to the same month in record-breaking 2025. The traffic included 127,595 international flights, 50,500 overflights and 40,630 domestic flights, with each category rising by 4.2% year-over-year.
Spain’s April growth outpaced Europe’s average decline of 1.1%, exceeding it by 5.3 percentage points. Compared to pre-pandemic 2019, ENAIRE’s traffic climbed 19.3%, far surpassing Europe’s 0.1% drop.
By control center, Sevilla managed 52,221 flights, up 7.7%; Madrid handled 119,356, up 4.8%; Barcelona oversaw 104,615, up 4.2%; Palma controlled 33,293, up 2.8%; and Canarias recorded 35,597, up 0.2%.
For the first four months of 2026, ENAIRE managed 739,096 flights, a 3.5% rise from 2025. Overflights grew 4.9% to 179,375, international flights 4% to 414,490, and domestic 0.3% to 145,231. Year-to-date growth beat Europe’s 1.2% by 2.3 points and topped 2019 levels by 20.8 points versus the continent’s decline.
Control center totals through April: Sevilla 182,958 flights (+6.4%), Madrid 426,699 (+3.7%), Barcelona 326,558 (+3.6%), Palma 77,168 (+1.2%), Canarias 148,229 (+0.4%).