The volcanic island Lanzarote forms with other Canaries, of Spanish dominion in full Atlantic Ocean to the height of North Africa. The airport is located in Arrecife, the main town on the west side of the island by the sea. It consists of a terminal located to the east of a single runway oriented 03-21. As the island is popular with tourists and holidaymakers, significant traffic from northern Europe is observed. The extremely favorable climate throughout the year drains many charter flights every month. From a traffic point of view, the regular routes to Spain motherland are provided by Iberia, Vueling and Air Europa. The inter-island routes are operated by Binter Canaria with their fleet of ATR72 and Canary Fly. The bulk of the traffic is shared between the tour operators companies with TUI tops the list, Thomas Cook, Jettime, Aer Lingus, Travel Services and Monarch. Low-cost airlines are also present in mass in Lanzarote with Easyjet, Ryanair, Eurowings, Jet2 and Transavia. Every day, cargo flights operated by Swiftair connect the island to the mainland for perishable goods or mail. There is a small military base in Arrecife, it is not uncommon to observe a military aircraft in the colors of the Spanish monarchy. Winds generally coming from the northeast, it is runway 03 which is almost always used for all traffic.