Who flies to ski? Group size, length of stay and airport gateway in private transfers to Andorra, 2026–27: Preliminary Observations

This preliminary note from ANDY (rideandy.com) describes confirmed private transfers between Catalan and neighbouring airports and Andorra. Official statistics show that Andorra's winter tourism is becoming more overnight and more international, with a mean stay of 3.3 nights in winter 2025–26. Much less is known about this last-mile, air-to-resort segment. Records were extracted on 15 November 2026. Destinations were classified from pickup and drop-off address text; about 65% of bookings lack a structured city code. Among 2,499 confirmed bookings, 179 were classified as Andorra transfers: 104 in the 2026 off-season (May–November), 23 in the left-truncated end of winter 2025–26, and 52 already booked for winter 2026–27 (December 2026–April 2027). At party level (excluding return legs), off-season Andorra parties had a mean of 2.27 passengers (median 2; 39 of 92 were solo travellers). Winter 2026–27 parties already on the books had a mean of 5.00 passengers (median 5; none were solo; 25 of 31 had four or more passengers). Where a return date was recorded, the median stay was 3 nights off-season (n = 9) and 7 nights in the winter sample (n = 20), against an official national mean of 3.3 nights. Barcelona Airport accounted for 81 of 104 off-season transfers (78%) and 48 of 52 winter transfers (92%); Girona's share was 19 of 104 (18%) off-season and 1 of 52 (2%) in the winter sample. These winter figures describe early bookers only and will be re-estimated after the season closes, in a full version planned for April–May 2027.