Canary Islands Airport Taxis and Transfers (2026): Fares, Routes and Fixed Prices at Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura

Canary Islands airport taxis at a glance

The five main Canary Islands airports all use the same taxi tariff, but fares differ widely because resorts sit anywhere from 6 km to 85 km from the terminal. The table summarises the main resorts, typical daytime meter fares, our fixed prices and whether ride apps work.

Meter figures in this guide are our calculations from the official tariff and published distances, before waiting time in traffic. Fixed prices are Global Airport Taxi's published prices per vehicle.

How do Canary Islands taxi fares work?

A trip from a Canary Islands airport to a resort or another town is an interurban journey, so the meter runs on the tariff set by the Government of the Canary Islands, not by the island or the town. The current rates come from the Order of 14 March 2023, published in the Boletín Oficial de Canarias and in force since 25 March 2023. That update raised interurban fares by about 20% across the islands, and no later change has been published.

There is no separate flag fall: the minimum charge covers the first 1.5 km. Aena's airport pages for Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Tenerife North list the same figures. Some older travel sites still show the pre-2023 €1.70 airport supplement; the current figure is €2.10.

How to estimate your own fare

By day, take the distance in km, subtract 1.5, multiply by €1.35, then add €3.85 and the €2.10 supplement. For a 30 km trip that is about €44.40. At night, on Sundays and holidays, use €1.55 and €4.25 instead, giving about €50.50 for the same trip. Add waiting time in slow traffic at €18.50 an hour.

Can you use Uber, Bolt or Cabify in the Canary Islands?

Not in the way you might at home. In early 2026 Spain's Ministry of Transport records showed no VTC licences for Uber, Cabify or Bolt in the Canary Islands, so there are no app-booked private cars at the airports. Uber has operated in south Tenerife since June 2023 only as a taxi-booking app, sending licensed taxis on the regulated tariff. Uber's own Fuerteventura page says you cannot request a ride there.

• Gran Canaria: Cabify applied for 1,200 VTC licences, blocked since 2023. On 30 September 2026 the Supreme Court rejected an appeal to limit 200 further VTC licences, so their processing continues, but none were granted by that ruling.
• Moratorium: the Canary Parliament extended its pause on new VTC licences in 2025, with about 9,000 applications pending.
• Taxi apps: HablaTaxi Canarias launched in Las Palmas city on 1 October 2026, booking official metered taxis.

In practice, you choose between a taxi from the rank and a pre-booked transfer.

Who can pick you up at a Canary Islands airport?

Each airport rank is reserved for taxis licensed in the municipality where the airport sits, so a taxi from your resort town usually cannot collect you there. These local rules explain why queues can build at busy times and why islands keep adding temporary arrangements.

Pre-booked licensed transfers are separate from the rank and meet you in arrivals.

Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) taxi: all routes and prices

From Gran Canaria Airport, a fixed-price car costs €42 to Playa del Inglés, €46 to Maspalomas and Meloneras, €35 to Las Palmas (Santa Catalina), €68 to Puerto Rico and €80 to Puerto de Mogán. On the meter, the same trips cost about €39, €47, €36, €65 and €78 by day, and roughly 13 to 15% more at night. Only Telde and Ingenio taxis may load at the rank. Gran Canaria is the busiest Canary airport, with 15,826,553 passengers in 2025.

Taxi from Gran Canaria Airport to Playa del Inglés

About 26 km and 25 to 30 minutes. The meter comes to about €39 by day and €44 at night; a fixed car is €42. The difference is small, so choose on convenience: the rank needs no booking, a pre-booked driver waits in arrivals.

Taxi from Gran Canaria Airport to Maspalomas and Meloneras

About 32 km and 28 minutes. The meter is about €47 by day and €54 at night; a fixed car is €46, so pre-booking is level by day and cheaper at night.

Taxi from Gran Canaria Airport to Las Palmas

Vegueta and Triana are about 19 km (€33 fixed), Santa Catalina and Las Canteras about 24 km and 25 minutes (€35 fixed, about €36 by day on the meter). The Canary government discussed capping this route at €40 by day and €45 at night in August 2026, but no cap is in force.

Taxi from Gran Canaria Airport to Puerto Rico and Puerto de Mogán

Puerto Rico is about 45 km and 40 minutes (€68 fixed, about €65 to €74 on the meter); Puerto de Mogán about 55 km and 45 minutes (€80 fixed, about €78 to €89). At night, the fixed price is the cheaper option on both.

See all Gran Canaria Airport transfer prices.

Tenerife South Airport (TFS) taxi: Los Cristianos, Costa Adeje and Las Américas

A taxi from Tenerife South Airport to Los Cristianos costs about €27 by day and €30 at night on the meter, to Costa Adeje about €30 and €33, and to Playa Paraíso about €42 and €47. The main resorts are close to the airport, so the meter is usually good value. The rank is served by Granadilla de Abona taxis, with Arona, Adeje and San Miguel taxis allowed to help at peaks under a February 2026 protocol. Uber can book a licensed taxi here at the same tariff. Tenerife South handled 13,969,678 passengers in 2025.

Distances for Tenerife South come from a transfer marketplace and are approximate, so treat these as guide figures. Playa de las Américas sits between Los Cristianos and Costa Adeje, so expect a similar fare.

When is pre-booking worth it at Tenerife South?

For time rather than price. Tenerife South was named among the airports most affected by EES passport queues in summer 2026, and a driver who waits from landing avoids a second queue at the rank. It also helps for groups, child seats and late arrivals. Request a Tenerife South Airport transfer quote with your address.

Tenerife North Airport (TFN) taxi: all routes and prices

From Tenerife North Airport, a fixed car costs €22 to La Laguna, €27 to Santa Cruz and its cruise terminal, and €45 to Puerto de la Cruz. These are short trips, so the meter is usually cheaper to La Laguna and Santa Cruz, and similar to Puerto de la Cruz. Tenerife North mainly handles inter-island and mainland flights, with 7,174,977 passengers in 2025.

Taxi from Tenerife North Airport to Puerto de la Cruz

About 27 km and 25 to 30 minutes. The meter is about €40 by day and €46 at night; a fixed car is €45 and a minivan €62.

Taxi from Tenerife North to the south of Tenerife

Fixed prices start from €69 to Tenerife South Airport and from €120 by car (€145 by minivan) to Costa Adeje and Los Cristianos, about 100 km away. See Tenerife North Airport taxi prices.

Lanzarote Airport (ACE) taxi: all routes and prices

From Lanzarote Airport, a fixed car costs €17 to Arrecife, €19 to Puerto del Carmen, €25 to Costa Teguise and €39 to Playa Blanca. On the meter, the short trips are cheaper (about €12 to Arrecife and €15 to Puerto del Carmen by day), but to Playa Blanca the meter is about €48 by day and €55 at night, so the fixed €39 is clearly lower. San Bartolomé taxis normally serve the rank, and the airport was declared an "área sensible" in July 2026. Lanzarote handled 8,920,901 passengers in 2025.

Taxi from Lanzarote Airport to Puerto del Carmen

About 8 km and 15 to 18 minutes: about €15 by day and €16 at night on the meter, or €19 fixed. The rank is usually the cheaper choice, unless you need a child seat or a larger car.

Taxi from Lanzarote Airport to Playa Blanca

About 33 km and 38 to 40 minutes. The meter is about €48 by day and €55 at night, against €39 fixed, a saving of roughly €9 to €16. Marina Rubicón is €41 fixed.

Taxi from Lanzarote Airport to Costa Teguise

About 15 km and 20 minutes: about €24 by day and €27 at night on the meter, or €25 fixed. See all Lanzarote Airport transfer prices.

Fuerteventura Airport (FUE) taxi: all routes and prices

From Fuerteventura Airport, a fixed car costs €22 to Caleta de Fuste, €55 to Corralejo, €72 to Costa Calma and €95 to Morro Jable. The meter is cheaper on short trips near the airport, about equal to Corralejo, and much dearer in the south: about €92 by day and €105 at night to Costa Calma, and €119 and €136 to Morro Jable. Puerto del Rosario taxis serve the airport on compulsory shifts. Fuerteventura handled 6,886,935 passengers in 2025.

Taxi from Fuerteventura Airport to Corralejo

About 38 km and 45 to 50 minutes. The meter is about €55 by day and €63 at night, against €55 fixed for a car or €75 for a minivan.

Taxi from Fuerteventura Airport to Costa Calma and Jandía

Costa Calma is about 65 km and an hour (€72 fixed against about €92 to €105 on the meter). Jandía Playa is €92 and Morro Jable €95 fixed, against about €119 to €136 on the meter.

Taxi from Fuerteventura Airport to Caleta de Fuste

About 9 km and 15 minutes: about €16 by day on the meter or €22 fixed. The rank is usually cheaper here. See all Fuerteventura Airport taxi prices.

Taxis to ferry and cruise ports

Many visitors combine islands, so airport-to-port taxis are common: Lanzarote Airport to Playa Blanca port is €39 fixed for ferries to Fuerteventura, and Fuerteventura Airport to Corralejo port is €55 for ferries to Lanzarote.

What our Canary Islands transfer service includes

All our Canary Islands prices are fixed per vehicle, not per person, and are agreed before you travel. The details differ slightly by airport, so check your quote.

When is the meter cheaper, and when is a fixed price better?

Distance and time of day decide it: under about 15 km the meter is usually cheaper, between 15 and 35 km the two are close, and beyond about 35 km a fixed price is usually lower, especially at night. This pattern comes straight from the per-km tariff, and holds across all five airports.

Fixed price vs night meter on long routes (euros):

• Playa Blanca, fixed€39
• Playa Blanca, night€55
• Costa Calma, fixed€72
• Costa Calma, night€105
• Morro Jable, fixed€95
• Morro Jable, night€136

How long will it take to get out of the airport?

Allow extra time for passport control: since the EU Entry/Exit System became fully operational on 10 April 2026, UK and other non-EU travellers register fingerprints and a photo on their first entry, and Ryanair named Tenerife South among the most affected airports in summer 2026, with Lanzarote also mentioned. Waits of up to two hours were reported at peaks.

This matters for your transfer choice. At the rank, you only join the taxi queue once you are through. With a pre-booked driver, waiting is counted from landing, so a long passport queue does not leave you without a car. Return visitors registered since October 2025 usually move faster.

Winter season: the busiest time for Canary Islands transfers

The Canary Islands' peak season is winter, and the 2026/27 winter flight season began on 25 October 2026. The islands' airports handled 54,753,915 passengers in 2025, up 3.6%, and UK visitors made up 37% of foreign arrivals in July 2026.

Passengers in 2025 by airport (millions):

• Gran Canaria15.83
• Tenerife South13.97
• Lanzarote8.92
• Tenerife North7.17
• Fuerteventura6.89

Christmas and New Year are the busiest weeks for taxis. The special Christmas tariff applies from 22:00 on 24 and 31 December and 5 January, and Lanzarote has used an island-wide joint taxi service over the holidays to cut queues. If you land in that period, booking ahead is worth it.

Families, groups and accessible transfers

Rank taxis usually take up to four passengers and do not carry child seats, so families and groups are generally better served by a pre-booked car or minivan. At Gran Canaria, our minivans for five to eight passengers are quoted at booking, child and booster seats are free, and wheelchair-accessible vehicles need 48 hours' notice. On other islands, request seats and vehicle size when you book and confirm them in your quote. See our child car seat guide and group airport transfers.

Which option should you choose?

Common mistakes and misconceptions

• "I'll just book an Uber." There are no app-booked private cars on the islands; in south Tenerife, Uber sends a licensed taxi at the normal tariff.
• "My resort's taxi will pick me up." Usually not: only local taxis may load at each airport rank.
• "Pre-booking always costs more." Not on long routes. Playa Blanca, Costa Calma and Morro Jable are cheaper fixed.
• "Fixed is always cheaper." Not on short hops. Arrecife, Puerto del Carmen and Caleta de Fuste are usually cheaper on the meter.
• "Night fares are the same." No. Tariff 2 applies from 22:00 to 06:00 and all day on Sundays and holidays.
• Trusting old fare tables. Fares rose about 20% in March 2023; the airport supplement is €2.10, not €1.70.

How to book a Canary Islands airport transfer

1. Choose your arrival airport: Tenerife South, Tenerife North, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote or Fuerteventura.
2. Enter your exact hotel or villa address.
3. Add your flight number and arrival time.
4. Select passengers, luggage and any child seats or accessible vehicle.
5. Check the price per vehicle and what is included.
6. Confirm and keep your driver's contact details.

Canary Islands airport transfers: frequently asked questions