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Gran Canaria Airport (LPA)

Gran Canaria Airport (LPA, GCLP) serves Gran Canaria, Spain. Flights leaving LPA left an average of 14.1 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 33rd least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 15.8 million passengers used it in the twelve months to March 2026, most often flying to or from Madrid.

Delays at LPA

Average departure delay per flight: 14.1 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in November (17.1 min) and lightest in April (11.5 min).

Average departure delay per flight from LPA, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202512.5 min5,531
September 202513.6 min5,293
October 202516.2 min5,867
November 202517.1 min6,153
December 202516.5 min6,381
January 202616.1 min5,988
February 202613.2 min5,630
March 202613.3 min6,429
April 202611.5 min5,759
May 202611.9 min5,543
June 202612.7 min5,484
July 202614.4 min6,010

Air traffic flow restrictions held 2.8% of arrivals at LPA for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of airport capacity (49% of those delay minutes).

Departure delay counts every cause, from the airline to air traffic control, and is measured against the scheduled time. Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, summarised by TripStow. EUROCONTROL does not endorse TripStow.

Passengers at LPA

15,808,946 passengers used LPA in the twelve months to March 2026, on 135,151 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at LPA, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
April 20251,344,47511,392
May 20251,153,23910,518
June 20251,170,53110,247
July 20251,277,07110,811
August 20251,283,63210,752
September 20251,176,37310,277
October 20251,317,59011,368
November 20251,411,13512,051
December 20251,439,67612,462
January 20261,393,69811,727
February 20261,349,89110,997
March 20261,491,63512,549

Eurostat publishes airport figures a few months behind. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Busiest routes from LPA

  1. Madrid (MAD)1,970,045 passengers
  2. Tenerife Norte (TFN)974,985 passengers
  3. Arrecife (ACE)851,589 passengers
  4. Fuerteventura (FUE)691,346 passengers
  5. Barcelona (BCN)524,780 passengers
  6. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)369,286 passengers
  7. Duesseldorf (DUS)360,090 passengers
  8. London Gatwick (LGW)333,624 passengers
  9. Oslo Lufthavn (OSL)322,370 passengers
  10. Manchester (MAN)312,420 passengers

Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Gran Canaria (LPA)?
Flights leaving LPA left an average of 14.1 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 33rd least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at LPA?
November 2025, when flights left an average of 17.1 minutes late; the lightest month was April 2026 (11.5 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at LPA?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At LPA in the last year the biggest cause was airport capacity (49% of those minutes), then other causes (26%).

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