Ibiza Airport
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] As the island is a major European holiday destination, it features some year-round domestic services as well as several dozen seasonal routes to cities across Europe. It is also used as a seasonal base for Vueling.
Ibiza Airport Aeroport d'Eivissa Aeropuerto de Ibiza | |||||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||
Owner | ENAIRE | ||||||||||||
Operator | Aena | ||||||||||||
Serves | Ibiza and Formentera | ||||||||||||
Location | Ibiza, Spain | ||||||||||||
Focus city for | Vueling | ||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 24 ft / 7 m | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°52′22″N 01°22′33″E | ||||||||||||
Website | aena.es | ||||||||||||
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History
1940–1989
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 Palma, Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid.
1990 to date
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
Cargo
Airlines | Destinations |
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Swiftair[25] | Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia |
Statistics
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Updated: 21 June 2020[1] |
Passengers | Aircraft movements | Cargo (tonnes) | |
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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 (June) | 533,444 | 7,854 | 512 |
Source: Aena Statistics[26][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.[27]
References
- "Estadsticas - Aeropuertos Espaoles y Navegacin Area - aena-aeropuertos.es". Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- Spanish AIP (AENA) Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Liu, Jim. "Air Europa adds new Ibiza routes in 1H20". Routesonline. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- Liu, Jim. "Air France S20 Short-Haul Network additions as of 28JAN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/284162/airmalta-adds-ibiza-service-in-3q19/
- https://mediacentre.britishairways.com/news/09122020/fly-to-europe-from-southampton-with-british-airways?ref=News
- "Corendon announces Düsseldorf + Basel bases; 15 routes added at DUS". anna.aero. 2020-09-07.
- Liu, Jim. "Corendon Airlines S20 Network expansion". Routesonline. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- "Flights to Nuremberg". corendonairlines.com.
- https://www.easyjet.com/en
- "easyJet holidays adds four new routes for summer 2021". ttgmedia.com. 18 December 2020.
- "Jet2's Bristol Airport base will bring 450,000-holiday seats". ukaviation.news. 11 November 2020.
- https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/284219/neos-adds-rome-ibiza-service-in-s19/
- Liu, Jim. "Neos resumes Turin – Ibiza route in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Ryanair expands Spanish base routes in S17".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Ryanair expands Scotland service in S17".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/
- "Laudamotion outlines summer 2018 operations". routesonline.com. 16 March 2018.
- Liu, Jim. "Ryanair / Laudamotion S20 network consolidation as of 18JUN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- Ltd. 2018, UBM (UK). "Swiss expands Geneva European network from June 2019". Routesonline.
- Liu, Jim. "TAP Air Portugal NS21 Short-Haul network additions as of 11SEP20". Routesonline. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- Liu, Jim. "Transavia France S20 network expansion as of 17JAN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Thomson outlines planned new routes in S17".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Volotea S17 New routes as of 10OCT16".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Swiftair cargo routes". 21 June 2020.
- 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
Media related to Ibiza Airport at Wikimedia Commons