Palma de Mallorca Airport

Palma de Mallorca Airport Aeroport de Palma de Mallorca Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca
IATA: PMI – ICAO: LEPA
Summary
Airport type		Public and military
Operator		Aena
Location		Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Hub for		Air Berlin Air Europa AlbaStar Orbest Orizonia Airlines Ryanair(Opens March 2012) Spanair
Elevation AMSL		7 m / 24 ft
Coordinates		39°33′06″N 002°44′20″E
Map
PMI Location in Majorca
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
06L/24R	3,270	10,728	Asphalt
06R/24L	3,000	9,842	Asphalt
Statistics (2011 - provisional)
Passengers			22,726,459
Passenger change 10-11			7.6%
Aircraft Movements			180,139
Movements change 10-11			3.2%
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA Spanish AIP, AENA

Palma de Mallorca Airport (IATA: PMI, ICAO: LEPA) (Catalan: Aeroport de Palma de Mallorca, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca) is an airport located 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Palma, Majorca, adjacent to the village of Can Pastilla. Also known as Son Sant Joan Airport or Aeroport de Son Sant Joan, it is the third largest airport in Spain, after Madrid's Barajas Airport and Barcelona Airport. During the summer months it is one of the busiest airports in Europe,^{[citation needed]} and was used by 22.7 million passengers in 2011. The airport is the main base for the Spanish carrier Air Europa and also a focus airport for German carrier Air Berlin.

Palma de Mallorca Airport occupies an area of 6.3 km² (2.4 sq mi). Due to rapid growth of passenger numbers, additional infrastructure was added to the two terminals A (1965) and B (1972). This main terminal was designed by local architect Pere Nicolau Bonet and was officially opened on 12 April 1997. The airport now consists of four modules: Module A, Module B, Module C and Module D. The airport can handle 25 million passengers per year, with a capacity to dispatch 12,000 passengers per hour. Future plans include an increase of the passenger capacity to 32 million passengers in 2010 and to 38 million passengers in 2015.

History

Palma de Mallorca Airport, August 2008

The history of Palma de Mallorca airport began in the 1920s, when seaplanes were used for postal services to the other Balearic Islands. A flat field next to Son Sant Joan was then used in the 1930s for flight routes to other parts of Spain. A private aerodome was also set up.

In 1938, Palma de Mallorca airport started being used for military aviation, while Iberia and Deutsche Lufthansa established new routes to the military base.

In 1954, Palma de Mallorca's runway was extended and asphalted, and also had brand new taxiways and aprons added near it. This made the airport able to serve more airlines and more types of aircraft.

The increase in traffic in 1958 led to a new terminal being constructed, and turned the airbase into a large civilian airport. A new large apron was also built. The new airport opened to domestic and international traffic on 7 July 1960. Just two weeks later, expansion to the aerodome was planned, including the extension of the runway and taxiway. At the end of the year, more plans were made, including a power plant, a communications centre and fire and rescue facilities.

After reaching 1 million passengers for the first time in 1962, in 1965, a new terminal was constructed, and air navigation services were completed at the end of the following year. Also in 1965, a smaller terminal which today is terminal B was planned to be built, due to passenger numbers increasing rapidly, reaching 2 million in 1965. A second runway was also to be built. It was to be built parallel to the existing one, and work began on it in 1970. Two years later, terminal B went into service, and the second runway opened in 1974.

In 1980, the airport carried 7 million passengers. However, this increased to nearly 10 million in 1986. This yet again led to a new terminal to be constructed, which is today's current terminal, which is terminal A. Construction started in mid 1993 and was designed by the Majorcan architect Pere Nicolau Bonet. during the construction in 1995, passenger numbers exceeded 15 million. The new terminal finally opened in 1997.

Today, Palma de Mallorca airport carries over 20 million passengers to their destinations, particularly to mainland Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Modules

There are four modules at the airport. Module A, Module B, Module C and Module D.

Module A

Located in the north of the airport. It has 28 gates of which 8 have airbridges. This is the only Module that has double airbridges attached to gates. The Pier is mainly used by flights to non-Schengen destinations including the UK and Ireland.

Module B

The smallest Module located in the north east. It has 8 gates of which none have airbridges. Air Nostrum is the only airline to use this Module.

Module C

The largest of the Modules located in the east. It has 33 gates of which 9 have airbridges. It is used by Air Berlin, Niki and Condor along with EasyJet flights to Schengen destinations. The majority of airbridges have airberlin.com written on them.

The southern area of the Module was worked on and reopened in May 2011. The refurbishment and expansion is so that the Module can handle lots more flights, and to improve ways to get into the pier as it is the longest walk from security control. There will also be a further 8 gates with airbridges, but there will still be 33 in total.

Module D

Located in the south. It has 19 gates of which 10 have airbridges. All odd numbered gates are gates with a bus transfer. The majority of airbridges have airberlin.com written on them. Because of the closure of the southern area of Module C, this, it is used mainly for flights to Europe.

Airlines and destinations

A Niki Airbus A321-200 taxiing past Module C.

A Vueling Airbus A320-200 taxiing to gate in Module D.

An Air Europa Boeing 737-800 being pushed back from gate in Module C.

An Iberia Airbus A321-200 being pushed back from gate in Module C.

An Air Berlin Airbus A320-200 in the old livery on the runway.

A Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A320-200 landing.

Note: The list of airlines that use modules is based on the module that they usually use.

Airlines	Destinations	Module
Adria Airways	Seasonal Charter: Ljubljana	D
Aer Lingus	Seasonal: Cork, Dublin	A
Air Algérie	Algiers	A
Air Berlin	Alicante, Almeria, Amsterdam, Asturias, Basel/Mulhouse, Barcelona, Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 3 June 2012], Berlin-Tegel [ends 2 June 2012], Bilbao, Bremen, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Faro, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Leipzig/Halle, Madrid, Málaga, Minorca, Munich, Münster/Osnabrück, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Porto, Saarbrücken, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Stuttgart, Valencia, Zürich Charter: Luxembourg Seasonal: Copenhagen, Dresden, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Memmingen, Weeze	C
Air Europa	Seasonal Charter: Aberdeen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford	A
Air Europa	Alicante, Barcelona, Granada, Madrid, Málaga, Paris-Orly, Seville, Valencia, Zaragoza	D
Air Méditerranée	Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Strasbourg	D
Air One	Seasonal: Milan-Malpensa, Pisa, Venice	D
AlbaStar	Bologna, Humberside [begins 1 June 2012], Milan-Malpensa, Milan Orio-al-Serio, Verona	D
Aviogenex	Seasonal: Belgrade	D
Arkefly	Seasonal: Amsterdam	D
Bmibaby	East Midlands Seasonal: Belfast-City, Birmingham	A
BMI	Seasonal Charter: Aberdeen	A
British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer	Seasonal: Birmingham, London-City, Manchester Charter: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London-Stansted	A
Bulgaria Air	Sofia	A
City Airline	Gothenburg-Landvetter	D
Cimber Sterling	Aalborg, Copenhagen	D
Condor	Frankfurt Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Stuttgart	C
Darwin Airline	Bern, Geneva	A
EasyJet	Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Southend [begins 1 May 2012], London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Seasonal: Belfast-International	A
EasyJet	Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 3 June 2012], Berlin-Schönefeld [ends 2 June 2012], Dortmund, Milan-Malpensa, Naples [begins 30 June 2012], Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino	C
EasyJet Switzerland	Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva	C
Edelweiss Air	Zurich	C
Enter Air	Katowice, Poznan, Warsaw	D
Europe Airpost	Seasonal: Dublin	A
Europe Airpost	Paris-Charles de Gaulle	D
Finnair	Helsinki	D
Flybe	Scheduled Seasonal: Exeter, Southampton Seasonal Charter: Edinburgh, Inverness, Isle of Man	A
Germania Airline	Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 1 July 2012], Bremen, Cologne/Bonn, Dusseldorf, Liepzig, Magdeburg/Cochstedt, Munich, Zurich	D
Germanwings	Cologne/Bonn Seasonal: Dortmund, Hanover, Stuttgart	D
Helvetic Airways	Seasonal: Berne	D
Holidays Czech Airlines	Seasonal: Dublin	A
Iberia	Madrid	D
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Albacete, Badajoz, Burgos, Huesca, Ibiza, La Rioja, Lleida, Lyon, Melilla, Minorca, Nantes, Nice, Nîmes, San Sebastian, Valencia, Valladolid, Zaragoza Seasonal: Perpignan	A
Jat Airways	Seasonal: Belgrade	D
Jet2	Seasonal: Belfast-International, Blackpool, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne	A
Jetairfly	Brussels, Brussels South-Charleroi [begins 31 March 2012], Liège, Ostend	D
Lufthansa	Frankfurt Seasonal: Berlin-Brandenburg, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich	D
Lufthansa Regional operated by Contact Air	Seasonal: Stuttgart	D
Luxair	Luxembourg	D
Malév Hungarian Airlines	Seasonal: Budapest	D
Meridiana Fly	Rome-Fiumicino	D
Monarch	Scheduled: London-Gatwick, Manchester Scheduled Seasonal: Birmingham, London-Luton Seasonal Charter: Aberdeen, Bristol, Cork, Durham, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Glasgow, Newcastle upon Tyne	A
Neos	Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Verona	D
Niki	Graz, Lisbon, Salzburg, Vienna Seasonal: Innsbruck, Linz	C
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Aalborg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda	D
Onur Air	Istanbul-Atatürk, İzmir	D
Orbest Orizonia Airlines	Aberdeen Seasonal: Dublin, Shannon	A
Orbest Orizonia Airlines	Asturias, Oporto, Valladolid	D
Ryanair	London-Stansted Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Glasgow-Prestwick, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, Manchester, Shannon	A
Ryanair	Barcelona, Girona, Madrid, Malaga [begins 21 March 2012], Santander [begins 21 March 2012], Santiago de Compostela [begins 22 March 2012], Seville, Valencia Seasonal: Aarhus, Alicante, Beauvais, Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Billund, Bratislava, Bremen, Brussels South-Charleroi, Eindhoven, Gothenburg-City, Haugesund, Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Krakow, Kaunas, Lübeck, Maastricht, Magdeburg/Cochstedt, Marseille, Memmingen, Oslo-Rygge, Oslo-Torp, Poznan, Reus, Stockholm-Skavsta, Stockholm-Vasteras, Tampere, Weeze	D
S7 Airlines	Moscow-Domodedovo	D
SAS Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen Seasonal: Bergen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stavanger, Stockholm-Arlanda	D
Sky Work Airlines	Seasonal: Berne	A
Small Planet Airlines	Seasonal Charter: Milan-Malpensa, Vilnius	D
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich Seasonal: Geneva	D
TAROM	Seasonal: Bucharest-Henri Coanda	D
Thomas Cook Airlines	Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Durham, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Seasonal:Humberside, Norwich, Southampton	A
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium	Brussels	D
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia	Aalborg, Bergen, Billund, Borlänge, Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Helsinki, Karlstad, Malmo, Orebro, Oslo-Gardermoen, Oulu, Stockholm-Arlanda	C
Thomson Airways	Birmingham, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Seasonal: Aberdeen, Belfast-International, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Derry, Dublin, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Humberside, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Norwich, Southampton, Shannon	A
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen, Rotterdam	C
Transavia France	Nantes, Paris-Orly	C
Travel Service	Debrecen	D
Travel Service operated by Smart Wings	Seasonal: Brno, Ostrava, Prague	D
TUIfly	Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart	D
TUIfly Nordic	Copenhagen, Malmö-Sturup, Norrköping, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda	D
VIM Airlines	Moscow-Domodedovo	D
Vueling	Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino Seasonal: Bordeaux, Cardiff, Lyon, Nice, Toulouse	D
Wizz Air	Bucharest-Baneasa [begins 25 June 2012], Budapest, Cluj-Napoca	A

In addition to those listed above, there are also numerous charter flights.

Statistics

Following a decline in passenger numbers at the airport following the September 11 attacks in 2001, numbers rose steadily between 2002 and 2007 when traffic peaked at 23.2 million passengers, however from 2007 there has been a decline in passenger numbers with 21.1 million using the airport in 2010.

Palma de Mallorca Airport Passenger Totals 1999-2011 (millions)

Updated: 27 January 2012. 2011 data provisional.

	Passengers	Aircraft movements	Cargo (tonnes)
1999	19,127,773	168,533
2000	19,424,243	176,997	25,156
2001	19,206,964	169,603	23,068
2002	17,832,558	160,329	20,412
2003	19,185,919	168,988	19,935
2004	20,416,083	177,859	20,408
2005	21,240,736	182,028	21,025
2006	22,408,427	190,304	22,443
2007	23,227,983	197,354	22,833
2008	22,832,865	193,357	21,395
2009	21,203,028	177,492	17,086
2010	21,117,417	174,635	17,289
2011 (provisional)	22,726,459	180,139	15,776
Source: Aena Statistics

Route statistics

Busiest International Routes from Palma-Son Sant Joan Airport January–October (2011) Rank City Passengers Top Carriers 1 Düsseldorf, Germany 906,124 Air Berlin, Condor, Lufthansa, TUIFly 2 Cologne-Bonn, Germany 707,428 TUIFly, Germanwings, Condor, Air Berlin 3 Frankfurt, Germany 693,944 Air Berlin, Condor, Lufthansa, TUIFly. 4 Manchester, United Kingdom 686,802 Thomsom Airways, Thomas Cook Airlines, Ryanair, Monarch, Jet2, EasyJet 5 London-Gatwick, United Kingdom 587,341 EasyJet, Monarch, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomsom Airways 6 Stuttgart-Echterdingen, Germany 578,890 TUIFly, Contact Air, Germanwings, Condor, Air Berlin 7 Hamburg-Fuhlsbuettel, Germany 569,159 Air Berlin, Condor, Lufthansa, TUIFly 8 Munich-Franz Josef Strauss 515,083 TUIFly, Lufthansa, Condor, Air Berlin 9 Berlin-Tegel, Germany 399,026 Air Berlin, Lufthansa 10 Zürich, Switzerland 366,889 Swiss International Airlines, Air Berlin 11 London-Stansted, United Kingdom 303,190 Ryanair, BA CityFlyer, EasyJet, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomsom Airways 12 East Midlands, United Kingdom 277,870 Thomsom Airways, Thomas Cook Airlines, Ryanair, Monarch, Jet2, Bmibaby 13 Dortmund, Germany 271,404 Air Berlin, EasyJet, Germanwings 14 Nuremberg, Germany 269,084 Air Berlin, TUIFly 15 Bremen, Germany 257,006 Air Berlin, Ryanair 16 Bristol, United Kingdom 248,289 Thomsom Airways, Ryanair, Monarch, EasyJet 17 Birmingham, United Kingdom 245,740 Bmibaby, BA CityFlyer, Monarch, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomsom Airways 18 Paderborn, Germany 244,868 Condor, Air Berlin 19 London-Luton, United Kingdom 242,432 EasyJet, Monarch, Thomas Cook Airlines 20 Leipzig, Germany 236,341 Air Berlin Accidents and Incidents On 4 January 1991, Douglas DC-3 EC-EQH of Aeromarket Express overran the runway on a cargo flight to Menorca Airport and was damaged beyond repair. On 8 March 1993, Douglas C-47A EC-FAH of ARM crashed on take-off while on a cargo flight to Madrid-Barajas Airport. Both crew were killed. On 12 April 2002 Tadair Flight 306 operated by a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner EC-GKR a cargo flight from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Palma de Mallorca. Flight 306 crashed on landing on runway 24L, killing both pilots. See also Aena (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea) References External links Mallorca Airport Palma de Mallorca Airport official website Current weather for LEPA at NOAA/NWS Accident history for PMI at Aviation Safety Network Palma de Mallorca Airport travel guide from Wikitravel