ENAIRE managed over 150,000 flights in January, 7.6% more than in 2023

ENAIRE, Spain's air navigation manager, managed over 150,000 (150,990) flights in January, 7.6% more than in the same month last year. Of those, 81,146 were international (+10.3%), 37,001 were overflights (which do not land at or depart from a Spanish airport) (+6.7%), and 32,843 were domestic (+2.5%).

The increase in Spain in January exceeded the European average by 2.9 points, after closing out 2023 with an increase 10 points higher than the average.

All ENAIRE control centres registered an increase in the number of flights managed: Madrid recorded 90,867 flights (7.0%); Barcelona, 62,625 (9.9%);  Seville, 37,038 (10.3%); the Canary Islands, 34,006 (5.3%); and Palma, 12,329 (1.8%).

Committed to the environment

In the first 11 months of 2023, flight efficiency in the Spanish route network was 96.7%, improving on the figure for 2019, the previous record year for traffic in Spain.

This means that from January to November 2023, 1.6 million nautical miles, equivalent to 2.9 million km, were avoided (almost 73 times around Earth). This avoided emitting 55,000 tonnes of atmospheric CO₂ and saved 17,500 tonnes of fuel compared to 2019, all while managing more traffic.

About ENAIRE

ENAIRE is the air navigation service provider in Spain.

As a company of the Ministry of Sustainable Transport and Mobility, it provides en route control services for all flights and overflights from five control centres in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Gran Canaria and Palma, as well as approach services to every airport in the country.

In addition, 46 airports receive communication, navigation and surveillance services from ENAIRE, which also maintains their air traffic control systems, and 21 of them, including the country's busiest airports, rely on its aerodrome air traffic control services.

ENAIRE is Europe's fourth largest air traffic manager and participates in the A6 Alliance, a coalition of air navigation providers responsible for over 80% of European air traffic, and which is seeking to modernise the air traffic management system. It is also a member of other international alliances promoting the Single European sky, such as SESAR Joint Undertaking, SESAR Deployment Manager, iTEC, CANSO and ICAO.

ENAIRE, as the responsible agency identified by the Ministry of Sustainable Transport and Mobility to implement the U-Space system in Spain, will, through its digital platform, provide the Common Information Services (CIS), which are essential to facilitate U-space services to drones and Urban Air Mobility in cooperation with local air traffic services, so that all types of aircraft can fly safely in the same airspace.