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Ibiza Airport

Ibiza Airport
Aeroport d'Eivissa
Aeropuerto de Ibiza
IATA: IBZ ICAO: LEIB
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Aena
Location Ibiza
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates 38°5222N 01°2233E / 38.87278°N 1.37583°E / 38.87278; 1.37583Coordinates: 38°5222N 01°2233E / 38.87278°N 1.37583°E / 38.87278; 1.37583
Website aena-aeropuertos.es
Map
IBZ
Location within Ibiza
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 9,186 2,800 Asphalt / Concrete
Statistics (2011 - provisional)
Passengers 5,643,152
Passenger change 10-11 11.9%
Aircraft Movements 61,767
Movements change 10-11 8.4%
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[1]
Spanish AIP, AENA[2]

Ibiza Airport (IATA: IBZICAO: LEIB) (Catalan: Aeroport d'Eivissa, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Ibiza) is the airport serving the Balearic islands of Ibiza and Formentera in Spain, used by 95% of all people who arrive at or depart from these two islands. The airport is located 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Ibiza Town.[2]

The airport traffic is characterised by the seasonal nature of the tourist industry, and as such it handles over 85% of the total volume of passengers during the six months of the peak season (MayOctober). The airport also offers year-round scheduled inter-island and mainland traffic, with flights operating to primary business hubs, such as Barcelona, Madrid and Palma de Mallorca.

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History

The airport was first established as a temporary military airport during the Spanish Civil War, and remained open after the conflict for use as an emergency airport.

In 1949 the site was used to operate some domestic and international tourist flights, but was then closed in 1951.

It was not until 1958 that work commenced to re-open the airport in reaction to the rapid development of the tourist market in the Balearic Islands, particularly in neighbouring Majorca. The airport was reopened on 1 April 1958 with the first destinations during that year including Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid.

The airport was expanded progressively over the subsequent decades with runway, taxiway, apron and terminal enhancements designed to cope with the growing air tourist market which by the late 1990s was generating over 3.5 million passengers a year at the airport.

In 2011 the airport provisionally handled over 5.6 million passengers and around 61,000 aircraft movements, an increase of 11.9% and 8.4% respectively compared with 2010.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin
Air Berlin Düsseldorf, Palma de Mallorca
Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 4 June 2012], Berlin-Tegel [ends 2 June 2012], Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Münster/Osnabrück, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Stuttgart, Zürich
Air Europa Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid
Air Méditerranée Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air One Seasonal: Milan-Malpensa
AlbaStar Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Milan Orio-al-Serio, Verona
Arkefly Seasonal: Amsterdam
Baboo Geneva
Bmibaby Seasonal: Belfast-City [begins 26 May 2012], East Midlands
BMI Seasonal Charter: Aberdeen
British Airways Seasonal: London-Gatwick
British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer Seasonal: London-City,[3] Manchester
Seasonal Charter: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle
Condor Flugdienst Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart
Darwin Airline Seasonal: Geneva, Lugano
EasyJet Seasonal: Belfast-International, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bilbao, Bristol, Geneva, Glasgow-International, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Southend [begins 28 April 2012], London-Stansted, Lyon, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Naples, Newcastle upon Tyne, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, Venice-Marco Polo
Flybe Seasonal: Southampton
Germanwings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum Alicante, Badajoz, Burgos, Leon, Lisbon, Madrid, Málaga, Marseille, Minorca, Nantes, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Salamanca, Valencia, Valladolid, Zaragoza
Seasonal: Lisbon, Lleida
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast-International, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Monarch Scheduled Seasonal - Birmingham, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester
Neos Milan-Malpensa, Mian-Orio al Serio, Venice-Treviso, Verona
Niki Seasonal: Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna
Norwegian Air Shuttle Oslo-Gardermoen
Orbest Orizonia Airlines Seasonal: Dublin [begins 18 May]
Ryanair Barcelona, Girona [begins 25 March], Madrid, Seville, Valencia
Seasonal: Bergamo, Birmingham, Bologna, Bournemouth, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels South-Charleroi, Cagliari, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh [begins 2 May 2012], Eindhoven, Glasgow-Prestwick, Hahn, Leeds-Bradford, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Málaga, Manchester [begins 1 April], Marseille [begins 26 March], Pisa, Rome-Ciampino, Trapani, Treviso, Turin, Weeze
Travel Service Airlines operated by Smart Wings Seasonal: Prague
Swiftair Alicante, Barcelona, Zaragoza
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal: Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomson Airways Seasonal: Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUIfly Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart
Vueling Barcelona, Bilbao, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino, Toulouse
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Madrid

Statistics

Ibiza Airport Passenger Totals 1997-2011 (millions)
Updated: 28 January 2012.[1] 2011 data provisional.
Passengers Aircraft movements Cargo (tonnes)
1997 3,556,828
1998 3,780,181
1999 4,185,633 45,959
2000 4,475,708 52,544 4,985
2001 4,472,279 52,079 4,531
2002 4,094,446 48,344 4,426
2003 4,157,291 47,990 4,232
2004 4,171,580 48,798 4,510
2005 4,164,703 49,603 4,350
2006 4,460,141 54,146 4,427
2007 4,765,625 57,855 4,308
2008 4,647,487 57,235 3,928
2009 4,572,819 53,552 3,143
2010 5,040,800 56,988 3,196
2011 (provisional) 5,643,152 61,767 2,755
Source: Aena Statistics[1]

References

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