Connections with the world

Gran Canaria’s privileged and strategic position in the Atlantic Ocean, situated 1,250 kilometres from the Spanish Mainland and only 210 kilometres from Africa, converts it into a logistics platform between Europe, Africa and the Americas.

• Its constantly improving and expanding land, sea and air transport network, ensures the Island’s optimum internal and external connections.

• Gran Canaria International Airport, the fifth most important in Spain, not only has scheduled flights to 86 destinations, including the principal cities of Spain and Europe, but also stands out as a charter flights receptor. Flight time with the principal European capital cities, ranges from two to four and a half hours. In 2008 the airport received more than 10.2 million passengers and handled over 116, 000 flights.

• The Port of Las Palmas, situated in the island’s capital city, constitutes a true Atlantic hub and is a perfect platform for maritime traffic between Europe, Africa and the Americas, connecting Gran Canaria with 135 ports around the world. Its strategic position has consolidated it as a supply port and a merchandise distribution centre. It stands out for its ship repair facilities and maritime services.

• Its road network of 1,180 kilometres offers quick and efficient connections between all the centres of population, industrial areas, tourist resorts and other places of interest.

• Gran Canaria is fully integrated in the Information Society. The deployment of broadband telecommunication networks on the island, services all the population, tourist and business centres and enables 98% of the island’s firms to have access to Internet.