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Ibiza Airport

Aeroport d'Eivissa / Aeropuerto de Ibiza
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAena
LocationIbiza, Spain
Hub forVueling
Elevation AMSL24 ft / 7 m
Websiteaena-aeropuertos.es
Map
IBZ is located in Ibiza
IBZ
IBZ
Location within Ibiza
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 9,186 2,800 Asphalt / Concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers6,211,882
Passenger change 13-14Increase8.5%
Aircraft Movements60,142
Movements change 13-14Increase6.8%
Source: AENA[1][2]

Ibiza Airport (IATA: IBZ, ICAO: 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] 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 hub by Vueling.

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

AirlinesDestinations
Air Berlin Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Zürich
Air Europa Madrid, Palma de Mallorca
Seasonal: Barcelona, Santiago de Compostela
AlbaStar Seasonal charter: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Alitalia Seasonal: Milan-Linate, Rome–Fiumicino
Arkia Israel Airlines Seasonal: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion[3]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Blu-express
operated by Blue Panorama Airlines 		Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino
British Airways Seasonal: Edinburgh, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow
British Airways
operated by BA CityFlyer 		London–City
Seasonal: London-Stansted (begins 28 May 2016)[4]
Seasonal charter: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Leipzig/Halle, Manchester, Munich
easyJetSeasonal: Amsterdam,[5] Belfast–International, Bristol, Hamburg,[6] London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Southend, London–Stansted, Lyon, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Rome–Fiumicino, Venice
easyJet SwitzerlandSeasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva[7]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
Etihad Regional
operated by Darwin Airline 		Seasonal: Geneva
Eurowings Hamburg (begins 30 March 2016)[8]
Flybe Seasonal charter: Southampton
Germania[9] Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld,[10] Bremen[11]
Seasonal charter: Norwich
Germanwings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
Iberia
operated by Air Nostrum 		Alicante, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia
Seasonal: Asturias, Badajoz, Burgos, León, Lisbon, Lleida, Málaga, Marseille, Menorca, Nantes, Nice, Paris–Orly, Perpignan, Salamanca, Valladolid, Zaragoza
Iberia Express Seasonal: Madrid
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jetairfly Seasonal: Brussels, Liège, Antwerp, Ostend
KLM Seasonal: Amsterdam (begins 4 July 2016)[12]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Meridiana Seasonal: Bergamo,[13] Milan-Linate,[13] Milan–Malpensa
Monarch Airlines Seasonal: Birmingham, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester
Neos Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Venice, Verona
Niki Seasonal: Graz (begins 1 June 2016), Linz (begins 28 June 2016), [14] Vienna
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Oslo–Gardermoen
Ryanair Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia
Seasonal: Bergamo, Birmingham, Bologna, Bristol, Brussels, Charleroi, Dublin, East Midlands, Eindhoven, Hahn, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–Stansted, Málaga, Manchester, Marseille, Pisa, Prestwick, Rome–Ciampino, Treviso (begins 3 May 2016),[15] Turin (begins 2 May 2016),[15] Weeze
S7 Airlines Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo (begins 3 June 2016)[16]
SkyWork Airlines Seasonal: Bern
SmartWings
operated by Travel Service Airlines		 Seasonal: Prague
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Seasonal: Brussels, Liège
Thomson Airways Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Transavia Eindhoven
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Rotterdam/The Hague
TUI Airlines Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUIfly Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich (begins 29 March 2016),[17] Stuttgart
Volotea Seasonal: Asturias, Bari, Bordeaux, Nantes, Palermo, Santander, Verona (begins 26 June 2016),[18] Vigo, Zaragoza
Vueling Barcelona, Seville
Seasonal: Alicante, Amsterdam, Bilbao, Brussels, Lisbon, Madrid, Málaga, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Orly, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela,[19] Toulouse, Valencia
Wizz Air Seasonal: Budapest (begins 18 June, 2016)

Statistics

Ibiza Airport Passenger Totals 1997-2014 (millions)
Updated: 30 November 2015. 2015 data Provisional.[1]
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 5,643,180 61,768 2,755
2012 5,555,048 57,738 2,316
2013 5,726,581 56,305 2,190
2014 6,211,882 60,142 2,020
2015 6,337,669 62,572 1,906
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.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Estadsticas - Aeropuertos Espaoles y Navegacin Area - aena-aeropuertos.es". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b Spanish AIP (AENA)
  3. ^ http://www.tnet.org.il/sitefiles/1/2444/90080.asp
  4. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/12147808/British-Airways-to-fly-from-Stansted-for-the-first-time.html
  5. ^ "easyJet adds 20 new routes for summer 2015". EasyJet. 10 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Easyjet regains growth path in Spain". 02b.com. 17 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Ibiza to Geneva - Cheap Flights £14.79 or less". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  8. ^ http://airlineroute.net/2016/02/12/ew-europe-s16update2/
  9. ^ "Germania Flight Schedule / 30.12.2014 - 01.11.2015" (PDF). Germania.
  10. ^ "Germania Planned New S15 Routes as of 19NOV14". Airline Route. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Germania Adds New Muenster Service from May 2015". Airline Route. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  12. ^ http://airlineroute.net/2015/12/17/kl-ibz-jul16/
  13. ^ a b "Meridianafly Expands Milan Seasonal Routes in S15". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  14. ^ http://airlineroute.net/2016/01/19/hg-s16/
  15. ^ a b http://airlineroute.net/2015/10/30/fr-ibz-may16/
  16. ^ L, J (29 September 2015). "S7 Airlines Adds New Spanish Routes in S16". Airline Route. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  17. ^ Aktuelle Routennews - Seite 228 - Aktuelles aus der Luftverkehrsbranche - airliners.de - Forum
  18. ^ http://airlineroute.net/2015/10/20/v7-s16update2/
  19. ^ UBM Information Ltd. 2015 (10 February 2015). "Vueling Expands Santiago de Compostela Service from late-June 2015". Routesonline. Retrieved 1 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ Harro Ranter (7 January 1972). "ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VIR EC-ATV Ibiza Airport (IBZ)". Retrieved 1 June 2015.

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