Canary Islands airports welcomed over 2,500 students during the 2024-2025 school year, from 73 different educational centres in the Canaries.
Tenerife South Airport received the most students during the school year, whose visits were organized in collaboration with the Centre for Initiatives and Tourism of the Southern Regions (CIT Sur), with 800 students from 23 schools. Fuerteventura Airport welcomed 667 students in 14 visits, who were also able to participate in its XXVI School Activities Program. Lanzarote Airport received 339 students in 7 visits; Gran Canaria, 334 students in 16 days; La Palma, 281 participants in 10 visits; El Hierro gathered 70 students in a single visit; and La Gomera, received 33 students in 2 visits.
The students mainly from nursery and primary school, and to a lesser extent from secondary and high school. Tenerife South Airport also welcomed students from the Erasmus+ program of IES La Laboral, from Brest (France), during one of the visits.
During their visits, students take a tour of the airport terminal and other facilities to learn about the work carried out by different teams such as the Fauna Control Service or the Rescue and Firefighting Service (SSEI). At La Palma Airport, they also visit various facilities related to energy saving, such as the solar panels installed on the roof, the wind turbines and the power plant. In this way, the aim is to raise awareness among future generations about the importance of environmental care and sustainability.
These visits are organized within the framework of Aena’s social commitment to the community and allow participants to get to know the airports better and at first hand, as well as their main characteristics and most representative facilities.
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