What does Bruna mean for travellers in the south of Tenerife?

Four of the seven flights diverted on Sunday 8 November ended up at Tenerife Sur, the island’s southern airport. They were bound for La Palma, where Aena’s tally says the weather was poor.

Travellers in the south will notice little on the ground, since the area has only a yellow wind warning with gusts up to 70 km/h. AEMET, the weather service, issued orange with 90 km/h for Tenerife Nord and La Palma, and both warnings run until 23:59.

Air traffic controllers said on X that arrivals at Tenerife Sur and Gran Canaria were also regulated. How long this lasts and what delays follow has not been published.

If you fly on Sunday, check the flight status directly with your airline, as the reports advise. On the coast, the emergency services urge people to avoid piers, breakwaters and surf zones at high tide.

Which flights were diverted and where did they come from?

Aena’s tally shows four diversions to Tenerife Sur and three to Gran Canaria. The flights came from Munich, Zurich, Hamburg and Madrid, plus Tenerife Sur and Gran Canaria.

The Munich, Zurich and Madrid flights landed at Tenerife Sur, while the Hamburg flight went to Gran Canaria. One report says two planes from Gran Canaria and one from Tenerife Sur returned to their departure airport, while another calls it a diversion.

Accounts differ on the details, yet all agree on seven diversions. None names the airlines involved.

The reports give no total for cancelled flights. Tenerife Norte, the airport in the north-east of the island, does not appear in the reports in connection with Bruna.

Which warning levels apply on the islands?

The Canary Islands government lowered the level for rain and coastal phenomena at 11:30, from alert (alerta) to pre-alert (prealerta). That covers Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and Gran Canaria, while Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Graciosa stayed on pre-alert.

From 11:30 the flood pre-alert is over across the whole archipelago. The Directorate-General for Emergencies can bring back the PEINCA flood plan if needed.

On wind, AEMET has orange with gusts up to 90 km/h on La Palma and in Tenerife Nord. Yellow with 70 km/h covers the rest of Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro and Gran Canaria, and summits could see more than 100 km/h.

On the western islands, yellow warnings for rain and thunderstorms, possibly with hail, applied until 18:00. On Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Graciosa they run until midnight.

What happened on Tenerife?

Wind caused most of the 16 incidents on the 112 emergency line between Saturday night and Sunday morning. That is what Montserrat Román, head of the services department at the Directorate-General for Emergencies, said.

On Tenerife, branches and trees fell, and fences and signs shifted. The places affected were La Laguna, Icod de los Vinos, Los Realejos, Tegueste, Santa Cruz and San Miguel de Abona.

According to Canarias7’s assessment, the consequences were not especially serious. Tenerife lifted restrictions at 15:10 and reopened municipal facilities.

Weather stations at the Izaña observatory recorded gusts of 106 km/h at 08:19 and 112 km/h at 10:10. Snow was forecast for the Teide summit, and the reports do not say whether the Teide cable car, ferries or schools were affected.

How are La Palma, Binter and the neighbouring islands doing?

Binter cancelled one flight from La Palma, leaving passengers stranded. The airline is looking for seats on other flights.

If none are free, Binter is considering a ferry to Tenerife with a connecting flight to Gran Canaria. According to the report, this is only under review and has not happened.

La Palma had five incidents. In Santa Cruz de La Palma, a chair blown by a gust struck one person, who was taken to a health centre.

There were landslides on the LP-2 near Fuencaliente. La Gomera closed the CV-14 near El Rejo as a precaution.

At 07:01 the Cabildo (island government) of Gran Canaria suspended all events from 12:00, and it lifted that at 13:01. The UD Las Palmas v CD Eldense match at 17:30 was postponed with no new date.

How unusual is this, and what comes next?

Press reports counted 26 cancellations and 7 diversions in the low Therese on 18 March 2026. Among other things, the Teide routes dropped out because Titsa suspended several lines.

Bruna is the second name on AEMET’s 2026-27 list, and the season has run since 1 September 2026. Only lows with major impact that trigger broad warnings get a name.

No forecast for Monday 9 November or later has been published. The reports only run to Sunday, with rain until midnight on the eastern islands.

The reports say nothing on compensation, and amounts have not been checked, so travellers should clarify this with their airline. Legal sources on EU Regulation 261/2004 say weather is an extraordinary circumstance that removes compensation, but the airline still owes care.