TFS : Tenerife South - Reina Sofia (Canary Islands)

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The island of Tenerife (one of the Canary Islands) enjoys two airports : Tenerife South (Sur - Reina Sofia - TFS) and North (Norte - Los Rodeos - TFN).
Ryanair goes to Tenerife South (TFS), which is situated, as its name implies, in the south of the island, in the touristic area - but 60 km away from the capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Airport website :
http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?Language=EN_GB&SiteName=TFS&c=Page&cid=1048146820956&pagename=subHome

Runway :
08/26 (3200 m)

Terminal :
Very large indeed, but linear. A very long hall, with arrivals on the left, check-in desks and departures on the middle and right.
The security check is on the upper floor, then you have to step down to the ground floor to reach the departure gates.
There are air bridges, not used (or not always used) by Ryanair.


To/from the airport :
Buses to Santa Cruz, Puerto de la Cruz and the beaches in the south (n° 111). They stop just in front of the terminal, "arrival" side. Tickets are bought on board. (The Canary Islands being part of Spain, they use the euros).
http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?Language=EN_GB&MO=1&SMO=1&SiteName=TFS&c=Page&cid=1048146821244&p=1048146820964&pagename=subHome

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A few recent pictures of TFS - Tenerife Sur :



Arrivals :



Check-in :



Airside, many shops :



The boarding gates :



From the upper floor airside, a good view of the runway and the apron :



Ryanair : docking very near to - but not at - the air bridge :

[amnesia]

Damn, see the Ritazza Cafe is there as well. It should not suprise me as I saw this poor place in Nortern airport too...