captjames wrote on May 21^st, 2012 at 9:15am:

Markoz wrote on May 21st, 2012 at 8:35am: Hi Nuno. Is Lanzarote the airport that took over from Tenerife after the Pan Am/KLM 747 accident? Just curious, I'm sure I read somewhere that it either moved to another island or lower down on the same island. Been a while since I heard the information, so I may have it wrong. :-? Mark Well Tenerife now has a South Airport (TFS) so maybe that was to replace TFN?

Ah. You are right captjames! After looking it up on Wikipedia, this is what it says:

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In 1978 a second airport was inaugurated on the island: the new Tenerife South Airport (TFS). This airport now serves the majority of international tourist flights. Los Rodeos, renamed to Tenerife North Airport (TFN), was then used only for domestic and inter-island flights, but in 2002 a new terminal was opened and it carries international traffic once again, including budget airlines. The Spanish authorities installed a ground radar at Tenerife North following the accident.

Back in the early 80's, I met a man who was a survivor from that accident. His story was very interesting as to how he got out of the Pan Am 747 and ran for his life, with nothing more than some minor burns a badly broken ankle that happened after jumping out landed on the ground.

Mark