last edited Dec 11, 2019
Getting to La Palma
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La Palma
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By sea
Beyond the routes to La Gomera, there are also connections to Tenerife with—common in the archipelago—the companies Fred Olsen, Naviera Armas, and Trasmediterranea.
By air
Internationally, La Palma receives just a few international flights, notably from Germany, England, and the Benelux. Domestically, Gran Canaria and Tenerife North are served by Binter/Naysa, and even more so Tenerife North by CanaryFly.
La Palma Airport
- Name: Aeropuerto de La Palma
- IATA code: SPC
- Website: Aeropuerto de La Palma
- Hub: No
- Number of terminals: 1
- Passenger capacity/year:
- Passenger traffic: 810,000 (2014).
- Distance from city center: 8 km from Santa Cruz de La Palma.
Services and transport
Inter-island distances
Approximate distances (km) from one island to another.
| El Hierro | Fuerteventura | Gran Canaria | La Gomera | La Palma | Lanzarote | Tenerife | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Hierro | 350 | 200 | 70 | 80 | 420 | 120 | |
| Fuerteventura | 350 | 90 | 280 | 350 | 15 | 190 | |
| Gran Canaria | 200 | 90 | 150 | 200 | 180 | 60 | |
| La Gomera | 70 | 280 | 150 | 60 | 350 | 35 | |
| La Palma | 80 | 350 | 200 | 60 | 390 | 90 | |
| Lanzarote | 420 | 15 | 180 | 350 | 390 | 240 | |
| Tenerife | 120 | 190 | 60 | 35 | 90 | 240 |