I took loads of pics on my recent trip on Binter. Please excuse the state of the windows!
We took off from FUE in a Northerly direction and then turned West shortly afterwards going over Tetir.
Coming back we flew up the West coast of the Jandia peninsular and then East across the island coming in to land from the North, unlike the more usual landings from the South.
I've uploaded almost all of the pics, some are pretty poor quality as the plane was nearly 30 minutes late on the way back, arr

Not sure if this is allowed but here goes.
We have just spent five nights on Gran Canaria and I have to say, I'm glad I live on Fuerte.
You either have tortuous driving in the mountains, which I don't really mind, or the madness of the motorways, which are as bad as the UK (if not worse).
I don't know if the crossings on the ferry are ever smooth but we encountered rough journeys in both directions. There were a lot of sick passengers on the way back. Fortunately Jill and I were OK (surprisin

Noticias:

The largest offshore vessel in the world on its way to Gran Canaria.

The multipurpose offshore vessel "Pioneering Spirit", the largest in the world in its category, is sailing towards the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where it is scheduled to arrive on November 24. A technical stopover for the supply of provisions and relief of part of its crew, maritime media report, advances the specialized digital magazine puentedemando. COM.



Owned by Allseas, its main task is th

Radio Sintonia:

Transferred to Gran Canaria after being rescued from the sea on Cofete beach.

A man, about 50 years old and of Polish origin, has had to be transferred, in serious condition, in a medical helicopter from the SUC to the Insular University Hospital of Gran Canaria, after being recovered from a cardiorespiratory arrest, on the beach of Cofete, Fuerteventura.

According to 1-1-2, at 12:56 p.m., the Emergency and Security Coordination Center received an alert requesting medica

Radio Sintonia:

The Cabildo of Fuerteventura asks that the daily connectivity of Armas de Morro Jable to Gran Canaria be recovered.

The president of the Cabildo, Lola García, has asked the Government of the Canary Islands to hold a meeting with the Island Corporation and Naviera Armas to recover maritime connectivity between the port of Morro Jable and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. According to the Island Corporation, Naviera Armas has interrupted the daily connection between both ports and

A runway at Gando airport was blocked for an hour and a half yesterday after a Binter Canarias flight from Gran Canaria to Fuerteventura had to be aborted as it was about to take off due to overheating brakes.

According to air traffic controllers (ATC) via their official X (Twitter) account, the aircraft requested help from firefighters from the Gando terminal, forcing airlines and ATC to work for over an hour and a half with only one runway.

The controllers explained in their tweet that t

The victim was transferred by helicopter from Costa Calma to the Insular Hospital.

Emergency teams recovered a tourist who was in cardiorespiratory arrest in the swimming pool of a hotel complex in the town of Costa Calma, in Fuerteventura, in the early afternoon of this Wednesday.

As reported by the Emergency and Security Coordination Centre (Cecoes) 1-1-2 in a statement, the 59-year-old woman was transferred in critical condition to the Insular University Hospital of Gran Canaria by a me

He fished in Fuerteventura with a recreational boat and dispatched it as a catch from a professional boat that was moored at the Arguineguín pier


The Civil Guard of Fuerteventura has denounced on September 18 the owner of a professional fishing boat for carrying out fishing activities in Fuerteventura waters using a recreational boat. The Civil Guard intercepted an isothermal van with 294 kilos when it was embarking at the Morro Jable dock, using a sales document that falsely indicated th