The Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport continues to rise. In March it posted its third record of the year with 1,475,739 passengers, up 16.4% from the same period in 2024. It was a month in which flight activity also hit new highs, rising 19.1% to reach 9,396 operations. This momentum reflects a solid rebound in travel demand and the airport’s growing role as a gateway to the Costa Blanca. [Source: Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport statistics, March 2025]
Those records gain extra significance because March 2024 overlapped with Holy Week, whereas this year it falls in April. Consequently, the growth in travelers happened without a vacation period this March. [Source: Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport statistics, March 2025]
International traffic continues to dominate Alicante’s travel mix. In March, it rose 18.2% to 1,274,566 passengers. Domestic traffic totaled 199,917 travelers, up 6% year over year. All figures refer to commercial traffic and the comparable period of the previous year. [Source: Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport statistics, March 2025]
United Kingdom led the international market in March with 502,586 travelers, followed by the Netherlands with 97,869; Germany with 95,729; Poland with 88,584; and Belgium with 81,616. [Source: Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport statistics, March 2025]
As for flights, the Alicante airport also set a monthly record in March, handling 9,396 operations, up 19.1% over March 2024. [Source: Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport statistics, March 2025]
Quarterly Data
With the addition of March, the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández airport posted a total of 3,699,742 passengers in the first quarter of the year, up 14.6% from the same period last year. Regarding flights, these months saw 24,094 movements, up 16.2% against 2024. [Source: Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport statistics, March 2025]
The airports of the Aena Group (made up of the 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, the London-Luton airport and 17 airports in Brazil) closed March 2025 with 28,775,355 passengers, 4.3% more than March 2024; they managed 249,502 aircraft movements, up 3.9%; and transported 126,889 tons of cargo, up 7.6% from last year. [Source: Aena Group 2025 statistics]