Ibiza Airport

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Ibiza Airport

Aeroport d'Eivissa
Aeropuerto de Ibiza
Aena Ibiza.svg
Aeroport d'Eivissa 2013-12-01 15-45.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerENAIRE
OperatorAena
ServesIbiza and Formentera
LocationIbiza, Spain
Focus city forVueling
Elevation AMSL24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates38°52′22″N 01°22′33″E / 38.87278°N 1.37583°E / 38.87278; 1.37583Coordinates: 38°52′22″N 01°22′33″E / 38.87278°N 1.37583°E / 38.87278; 1.37583
Websiteaena.es
Map
IBZ is located in Ibiza
IBZ
IBZ
Location within Ibiza
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 9,186 2,800 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers2,110,348
Passenger change 19-20Decrease 74.1%
Aircraft Movements33,185
Movements change 19-20Decrease 56%
Cargo (t)1,053
Cargo change 19-20Decrease 26.6%
Source: AENA[1][2]
Control tower of the airport
Exterior at night (2007)

Ibiza Airport (IATA: IBZ, ICAO: LEIB) (Catalan: Aeroport d'Eivissa, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Ibiza) is the international airport serving the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Formentera in Spain located 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Ibiza Town.[2] In 2020, the airport handled 2.1 million passengers (after more than 8.2 million in pre COVID-19 conditions in 2019), making it the thirteenth busiest airport in the country.[1] As the island is a major European holiday destination, it features both year-round domestic services and several dozen seasonal routes to cities across Europe. It is also used as a seasonal base for Vueling.

History[]

1940–1989[]

The airport was first established as a temporary military airport during the Spanish Civil War, and it 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 it was 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 neighboring Majorca. The airport reopened on 1 April 1958 with the first destinations during that year including Palma, Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid.

1990 to Today[]

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 3.6 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[]

Passenger[]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Europa Madrid, Palma de Mallorca
Seasonal: Gran Canaria,[3] Málaga,[3] Santiago de Compostela,[3] Seville[3]
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly,[4] Toulouse
Air France Hop Seasonal: Montpellier, Toulouse
Air Malta Seasonal: Malta[5]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Blue Air Seasonal: Bucharest (begins 10 June 2022)[6]
British Airways London–City
Seasonal: London–Gatwick (begins 5 April 2022),[7] London–Heathrow, Southampton[8]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels
Chair Airlines Seasonal: Zürich
Condor Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen (begins 30 June 2022),[9] Düsseldorf,[10] Hannover,[11] Nuremberg[12]
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam
easyJet Seasonal: Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–International, Berlin,[13] Bordeaux, Bristol, Geneva, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon, Manchester,[14] Milan–Malpensa, Nantes, Naples, Nice, Porto, Toulouse, Venice
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
EGO Airways Seasonal: Forli
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Katowice, Warsaw-Chopin
Eurowings Düsseldorf
Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg, Hannover, Stuttgart, Vienna
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
Green Airlines Seasonal: Groningen[15]
Iberia Express Seasonal: Madrid
Iberia Regional Alicante, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia
Seasonal: León, Lleida, Málaga, Menorca, Nice, Valladolid
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol,[16] East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
KLM Seasonal: Amsterdam
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin[17][18]
Lübeck Air Seasonal: Lübeck (begins 25 May 2022)[19]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Neos Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Rimini, Rome–Fiumicino,[20] Turin,[21] Venice, Verona
People's Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein
Ryanair Alicante,[22] Barcelona, Madrid, Málaga, Seville, Valencia
Seasonal: Bari,[23] Bergamo, Berlin, Billund,[24] Birmingham, Bologna, Bordeaux,[25] Bristol, Charleroi, Dublin, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Hahn, Liverpool, London–Stansted, Manchester, Marseille, Nuremberg (begins 4 June 2022),[26] Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela,[27] Treviso, Turin, Vienna,[28][29] Weeze
Seasonal: Bolzano, Parma
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva[30]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon[31]
Transavia Amsterdam, Eindhoven
Seasonal: Brussels (begins 1 July 2022),[32] Lyon,[33] Montpellier,[34] Paris–Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague
TUI Airways Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich
Seasonal charter: Dublin (resumes 11 May 2022)[35]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Antwerp, Brussels, Ostend/Bruges
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
Volotea Seasonal: Asturias, Bilbao, Santander, Verona, Zaragoza
Vueling Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Málaga, Seville, Valencia
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Asturias,[36] Lisbon, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air Seasonal: Budapest, Naples, [37] Rome–Fiumicino (begins 1 June 2022)[38]

Cargo[]

AirlinesDestinations
Swiftair[39] Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia

Statistics[]

Ibiza Airport passenger totals 1998-2020 (millions)
Updated: 22 August 2021[1]
Passengers Aircraft movements Cargo (tonnes)
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 5,643,180 61,768 2,755
2012 5,555,048 57,738 2,316
2013 5,726,579 56,304 2,190
2014 6,212,198 60,142 2,021
2015 6,477,283 64,612 2,023
2016 7,416,368 72,503 1,831
2017 7,903,892 75,691 1,747
2018 8,104,316 76,995 1,616
2019 8,155,635 75,378 1,435
2020 2,110,348 33.185 1,053
Source: Aena Statistics[1]

Accidents and incidents[]

  • On 7 January 1972, Iberia Airlines Flight 602 struck a mountain when on approach to Ibiza Airport. All 104 passengers and crew on board were killed.[40]

References[]

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  2. ^ a b Spanish AIP (AENA) Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine[1]
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  4. ^ Liu, Jim. "Air France S20 Short-Haul Network additions as of 28JAN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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  39. ^ "Swiftair cargo routes". 21 June 2020.
  40. ^ Harro Ranter (7 January 1972). "ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VIR EC-ATV Ibiza Airport (IBZ)". Retrieved 1 June 2015.

External links[]

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