[4] On February 19, 1921, the then company Marítimo Canaria received authorization from the Ministry of Transport to establish an air service on the coast of Tazacorte.

So it was decided to build the airfield called Buenavista de Arriba, also known as Buena Vista, about three kilometers west of the island's capital, Santa Cruz, at an elevation of 350 meters.

The former runway and control tower as well as the airport terminal building, which has since been converted into a private house, still exist today.

In one of the longest incidents of this kind, between April 6 and 10, 2008, about three quarters of all flight movements were cancelled, and the airport had to be completely closed temporarily.

[5] A new terminal building opened in July 2011, giving the airport an ultimate capacity of 3 million passengers per year.