If you are flying in -- hey, welcome to Lanzarote! You've arrived!
This airport is small, clean, well organized and quite easy.
LEAVING:
If you are flying out -- hey, later Lanzarote! You're leaving! (sad)
The departures flow is just fine (except RyanAir can't manage ques ever, in any airport!) -- particularly if you are flying with children, you'll be expedited to the family security line. They have something installed that is BRILLIANT -- it's like a little holding pen (that looks like a play area) both at the point where you need to get all your things together and on to the belt and then after when you need to reassemble and get everything back together. GENIUS. I was able to pop my 2 year old into this little play fence (it's very secure) for the 30 seconds it takes to do both sides of the security dance -- and he was mystified by it enough to not care he was actually trapped, and also secure enough that he wasn't trying to put himself on to the conveyer belt. SO SMART. I wish every airport had these in the family line! Probably saves them a lot of headaches too!
Also, all the staff was very nice. I guess if you live in the Canaries you are just more cheerful in general, but they were really swell -- even at Security!
There is a decent selection of food options (mostly the fast food type variety) and about 12 gates, so not overwhelming. There is a little children's play area in the median just outside the food court near gates 1-2, which was good to burn a little energy before boarding our 4 hour flight back to London.
All in all -- very nice experience for an airport, I hope to return someday to lovely Lanzarote and this portal to get you in and out surely does not disappoint! read more