Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport Hits Record 19,160 Passengers in 2025

Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport achieved a record 19,160 passengers in 2025, up 18% from 16,188 the previous year, with 6,187 aircraft movements marking a 15% rise from 5,396 in 2024. Catalonia's Department of Territory released the figures on Sunday, highlighting August as the peak month at 1,914 passengers, followed by March (1,810) and February (1,809). May recorded the lowest at 1,189, with April at 1,216.

Catalan officials attribute the surge to regular twice-weekly flights to Palma de Mallorca and Madrid, run by Air Nostrum and supported by Andorra's government. These routes have bolstered commercial activity at the airport, which Catalonia co-manages with Lleida–Alguaire Airport. High demand for hangar space—all 19 current units allocated, with others occupied or building—has spurred expansions this year, including nine new hangars on a 7,200-square-metre plot.

In 2025, the airport secured a deal with Organyà paragliding operators to integrate their operations, coordinated with Spain's DGAC, AESA, and the Catalan Air Federation. The agreement introduces air traffic control from summer 2026. Andorra's GRAE emergency rescue teams, part of the Catalan fire service, started constructing new on-site facilities to base 45 personnel there.

Occasional poor weather diverted Palma and Madrid flights to Lleida–Alguaire. Growth prospects include new routes; last year, the Andorran Tourist Accommodation Businesses Association called on the Tourism Ministry for connections to markets like London and Paris. Non-Schengen flights remain a priority, as State Secretary David Forné noted in October.

Lleida–Alguaire set an operations record with 42,207 movements, a 50% increase and its second-best year ever, alongside 53,848 passengers—up 36%, the third-highest after 58,614 in 2019 and 54,792 in 2010. The two airports combined reached 73,008 passengers, a 30% gain and their best joint result.