Flights from Gatwick to La Palma

The charter airline Thomsonfly operates flights to La Palma from London Gatwick during the high season.

You can book your flights online at www.thomsonfly.com

The flying time is around 3 hours and 20 minutes but remember that Spain is one hour ahead of the UK so all times quoted are local.

One of the biggest problems the airline industry is experiencing at the moment is lost luggage, which has been largely caused by all the extra security checks. If your bags do not arrive with you at La Palma Airport, contact Iberia who are the ground handling agents for Thomsonfly on +34 922 426 162.

Thomsonfly operates a flight from London Gatwick to La Palma every Monday during the summer season.

You can catch the return flight back to London later on that same day.

For the latest timetables, fares and to book a flight online click on the airline link above. Remember that Spain is one hour ahead of the UK so all times quoted are local and you should put your clocks and watches forward when you arrive in La Palma.

La Palma Airport is just 8kms from Santa Cruz de la Puerto on the Island of La Palma in the Canary Islands. In Spanish the airport is known as Aeropuerto de La Palma.

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The airport itself is quite a bit smaller than those of its neighbouring islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Fuerteventura but 1,207,572 passengers and 20,428 flights were handled there in 2007.

Most of the flights are from within Spain or the Canary Islands and the route most people take to get here is to fly to Tenerife North Airport and then change on to an inter island flight.

The best bet for domestic flights to La Palma is Binter Airways a Canary island based company, or Iberia who are Spain's national airline. There are also a good number of charter flights on offer from Germany, the UK, Holland and Belgium and we have provided information on scheduled flights from Gatwick to La Palma and Manchester to La Palma