The airports of the Aena Group, which include 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, London Luton Airport, Leeds Bradford Airport, and 17 airports in Brazil, closed September with 37.66 million passengers, representing an increase of 3.9% compared to the same month in 2025.
During that period, the set of these infrastructures carried out 318,246 aircraft movements, 4.9% more than a year earlier, while the cargo volume stood at 125,380 tons, 5.7% below the figures from 2025.
Between January and September 2026, the airports of the Aena Group accumulated 309.9 million passengers, 4.1% more than in the first nine months of 2025. In that same interval, 2.6 million operations were recorded (+3.9%) and 1.1 million tons of goods were moved, 2% less than in the same period of the previous year.
Spanish airports
In September, the airports in the Aena network in Spain totaled 31.67 million passengers, 4.2% more than in the same month of 2025. Throughout the month, 263,064 flights were managed, representing an increase of 5.3%, and 111,822 tons of cargo were transported, 5.7% less than in September of the previous year.
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport once again led passenger traffic in September with 6.3 million, which implies an advance of 6.6% compared to the same month of the previous year.
Following it were Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 5.4 million travelers (+2.6% compared to 2025); Palma de Mallorca, with 4.1 million (+2%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 2.8 million (+6.8%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 2.1 million (+11.5%); Ibiza, with 1.2 million (+2.9%); Gran Canaria, with 1.19 million (+0.7%) and Valencia, with 1.12 million (+5.4%).
In terms of operations, Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas was also the airport with the most movements in September, with 39,773 flights (+8.6% over 2025). Next were Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 33,386 operations (+3%); Palma de Mallorca, with 28,782 (+2%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 18,766 (+6.3%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 13,146 (+12.4%); Gran Canaria, with 11,350 (+3.9%) and Ibiza, with 10,487 landings and takeoffs (-0.2%).
Regarding cargo traffic, the main airport by cargo volume was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with 62,417 tons in September, 13.1% less than in the same month of 2025.
Behind were Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 18,634 tons (+6.9%); Zaragoza airport, with 17,589 tons (+6.8%) and Vitoria, with 6,544 tons (+12.5%).
Between January and September 2026, Spanish airports in the Aena network have added 257.21 million passengers, 4.1% more than in 2025. During that period, 2.15 million aircraft movements were made (+4.5%) and 989,990 tons of cargo were transported, 0.9% more than in the first nine months of 2025.
Aena Airports in Brazil
The 17 airports managed by Aena in Brazil recorded 3.8 million passengers in September, representing an increase of 1.1% compared to the same month in 2025. Throughout the month, 38,552 flights were operated (+3.9%) and 11,283 tons of cargo were moved, 4.6% less than a year earlier.
The group of six ANB airports closed September with 1,406,618 passengers (+1.6%). Within this group, Recife Airport stands out, which accounted for 812,064 travelers (-1.3%).
At these airports, 13,115 flights were operated (+7.4%), of which Recife concentrated 6,885 (-0.4%). Regarding cargo, 5,852 tons were managed (-6.4%), of which 3,977 tons corresponded to Recife airport (-18.2%).
The group of eleven BOAB airports reached 2.4 million passengers in September, 0.8% more than in the same month of 2025, with Congonhas Airport as the main facility, registering 2 million travelers (+0.3%).
In total, 25,437 flights were carried out (+2.1%), of which 17,397 occurred at the airport in the São Paulo capital (-2.2%), and 5,431 tons of goods were moved (-2.6%).
At Congonhas Airport, in São Paulo, 4,491 tons of cargo were managed, 7.5% less than in the same month of the previous year.
In the accumulated from January to September 2026, Aena airports in Brazil have added 34.7 million passengers (+3.5%), with 337,141 aircraft movements (+0.6%) and 98,584 tons of cargo transported, 1.7% more than in the same period of 2025.
London-Luton Airport and Leeds Bradford
During September, London-Luton Airport served 1.7 million passengers (3), 7.3% more than in the same month of 2025.
In that month, 12,656 aircraft movements were recorded (+3.2%) and 2,275 tons of cargo were transported (4), 10% less than in 2025.
Between January and September 2026, London-Luton accumulates 14.2 million travelers (+6.2%), 105,558 operations (+2.5%) and 16,651 tons of cargo (4), which represents a decrease of 25.8% compared to the same period of the previous year.
Leeds Bradford Airport, which has been part of the Aena Group since last May 7, registered 484,444 passengers in September, 0.7% more than in the same month of 2025, and managed 3,974 aircraft movements (-0.5%).
In the accumulated from January to September 2026, 3,669,434 travelers have passed through its facilities (+2.9%) and 30,376 operations have been carried out (+2.7%).