César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport
San Bartolomé · Spain · Atlantic/Canary
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Airport HistoryEst. 1970
Lanzarote's airport traces its origins to a 1941 landing at Llanos de Guacimeta and grew from a modest wartime aerodrome into the island's key tourism gateway, formally opening to international and domestic flights in 1970. In 2019, on the centenary of the birth of Lanzarote-born artist and architect César Manrique — whose mural graces the original terminal — the airport was renamed in his honor.
On July 24, a Junkers Ju 52 becomes the first aircraft to land at the Llanos de Guacimeta site, prompting the Spanish Air Force to later build a permanent aerodrome there for defense purposes.
Following runway extensions and facility improvements, the airfield begins provisionally accepting civil air traffic.
On March 3, international and domestic flights officially commence using a new passenger terminal and control center, featuring a mural by local artist César Manrique.
A new Terminal 1, with capacity for 6 million annual passengers, opens; the original 1970 terminal is repurposed as Terminal 2 for inter-island flights.
The original Guacimeta terminal building is converted into an aviation museum documenting the island's aviation heritage.
Coinciding with the centenary of artist César Manrique's birth, the airport is officially renamed to honor his legacy and his contribution to the terminal's design.
Official Aena airport history pages and general encyclopedic sources (Wikipedia). Some early dates (e.g., transitional 1946-1970 civil operations) are described loosely across sources as 'provisional' service.