Which Tenerife airport is closer to your hotel?
The one on your side of the island. Tenerife South (TFS) serves the south-west coast, from Los Cristianos to Playa de las Américas and Costa Adeje, where the clubs on our calendar are. Tenerife North (TFN) is the airport for Santa Cruz, La Laguna and Puerto de la Cruz, the north's nights out.
The table shows the direct TITSA buses (the Canaries call them 'guaguas') from each terminal and the journey time TITSA publishes for each line. At Tenerife South the stop is on floor 0, arrivals; at Tenerife North, Aena puts it on floor -1, in the bus park.
Landing in the south for a night in Santa Cruz? Line 10 links Tenerife South with the Intercambiador, Santa Cruz's bus station, in 55 min.
| If you're staying in | Airport | Direct bus | Time TITSA gives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas, Costa Adeje | Tenerife South (TFS) | 40 by day, 711 at night | 40 min (line 40, to the Costa Adeje bus station) |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Tenerife North (TFN) | 20, via La Laguna | 20 min (whole line) |
| La Laguna | Tenerife North (TFN) | 20 | 20 min (whole line) |
| Puerto de la Cruz | Tenerife North (TFN) | 30 | 30 min |
What if your flight lands late at night?
Then Tenerife South has the edge: line 711 runs all night, passing the terminal towards Los Cristianos and Costa Adeje from 23:00 to 04:50, after line 40's last departure at 21:40. Stops, gaps and times are in our guide to getting from Tenerife South airport to Las Américas.
At Tenerife North, line 20 leaves for La Laguna and Santa Cruz every day until 00:45. Line 30 to Puerto de la Cruz stops earlier: its last departure is at 23:20 from Monday to Friday and at 21:15 at weekends and on holidays.
Landed in the north but sleeping in the south? Ride line 20 to the Intercambiador in Santa Cruz, then the all-night 711, which leaves from 22:10 to 04:00. Between 23:30 and 05:00 it skips the bays inside and leaves from the outdoor stop next to the tram.
How do you get from one airport to the other?
On line 343, which Aena describes as a direct link between Tenerife North and Tenerife South with no stops in between, in 50 min. It runs four times a day in each direction, with one timetable for Monday to Friday and another for weekends and holidays.
The line starts in Puerto de la Cruz and ends at the Costa Adeje bus station, so it also takes you from the north airport to the south coast. The table gives the time it passes each terminal.
| Direction | Monday to Friday | Weekends and holidays |
|---|---|---|
| Leaves Tenerife North for the south | 06:25 · 10:40 · 15:10 · 18:40 | 06:25 · 09:45 · 14:05 · 17:15 |
| Leaves Tenerife South for the north | 09:35 · 13:05 · 17:50 · 21:50 | 09:20 · 12:25 · 16:40 · 19:40 |
How much is the bus from Tenerife North airport?
Aena lists indicative fares for the Tenerife North lines: €2.65 to Santa Cruz or La Laguna on line 20 and €4.75 to Puerto de la Cruz on line 30. On line 343, it's €9.70 to Tenerife South and €12.40 to the Costa Adeje bus station.
Aena itself calls these figures a guide and sends you to TITSA for the exact fare, which depends on distance. It publishes no fares for the Tenerife South lines; there, TITSA's fares page works out each journey.
Riding buses for several days? TITSA's tourist card gives unlimited bus and tram travel for €10 a day or €50 a week.
Taxi from either airport: what does it cost?
There's no fixed fare: at both airports you pay the meter, on the official tariff the Canary Islands Government set in BOC no. 59 of 24 March 2023, which Aena reproduces for the Tenerife North rank. Every trip to or from an airport adds a €2.10 supplement.
At both terminals the rank is on floor 0, arrivals. Aena gives the same advice at each: take a taxi only from the signposted rank and ask for a receipt if you want to complain.
| When | Per kilometre | Minimum fare |
|---|---|---|
| Working days, 06:00–22:00 | €1.35 | €3.85 |
| Nights, Sundays and holidays | €1.55 | €4.25 |
| 24 and 31 December and 5 January, from 22:00 | €1.55 | €6.54 |
Flying home early after a night out
From the south coast, the 711 heads back to Tenerife South all night, every day. Before you book a dawn flight, check what time your night starts in our calendar.
From the north, night line 104 runs from Puerto de la Cruz to Santa Cruz, and its last two departures, at 04:40 and 05:25, call at Tenerife North. Line 20 leaves Santa Cruz's Intercambiador for the airport from 05:10.
Coming for the Santa Cruz carnival? The city sits on the north airport's line 20, and our guide to the carnival nights has the night buses back to the south.
