Distance between Tenerife North and Tenerife South airports

[Sparkles3]

We've booked an apartment quite close to Tenerife South (Reina) airport and are now looking at our flights. Considering using airmiles to pay for them and have found that Tenerife North has better flight times and is considerably cheaper. Has anyone any idea how long it would take to drive from the North to the South - ie. is it a long way and are the roads OK? Also, has anyone hired a car from Tenerife North airport?

Thanks for any advice.

[mushroom25]

if you go to http://www.sun4free.com/tenerife-map.php# and click on the top image, you'll see a (fairly) accurate road map. There's no distances shown, but it's very approx 40 miles from 1 airport to the other.

[Sparkles3]

Thanks for this, really useful site.

[NORMANTHEDOG]

i thought that after the terrible plane crash at the north,that it had been shut for good

[ianess]

No...they built the South Airport to cater mainly for the tourist trade but the North Airport has always been used for internal inter-island flights amongst others and is still a well used facility. The plane crash mentioned had very little if any blame at all attached to the airport, and wouldn't have happened at all if it wasn't for a terrorist scare on Gran Canaria.

[Sparkles3]

Well, they're charging for flights into the airport so I assume it's still functioning!! Didn't know anything about a crash, so thanks for your info ianess!