Ibiza Airport

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Ibiza Airport

IATA: IBZ - ICAO: LEIB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aena
Serves		Ibiza
Elevation AMSL		20 ft (6 m)
Coordinates		38°52′22″N, 01°22′23″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
06/24	9,186	2,800	Asphalt

Ibiza Airport (IATA: IBZ, ICAO: LEIB) is the airport serving the Balearic islands of Ibiza and Formentera, used by 95% of all people who arrive at or depart from these two islands.

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 (May-October). 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.

1 History
2 Statistics
3 Airlines and destinations
4 References
5 External links

[edit] 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 2006 the airport handled nearly 4.5 million passengers and over 54,000 aircraft movements.

[edit] Statistics

	Number of Passengers	Number of Movements
1997	3,556,828
1998	3,780,181
1999	4,185,633	45,959
2000	4,475,708	52,544
2001	4,472,279	52,079
2002	4,094,446	48,344
2003	4,157,291	47,990
2004	4,171,580	48,798
2005	4,164,703	49,603
2006	4,460,141	54,146
^{Source: Aena Statistics [1]}

[edit] Airlines and destinations

airberlin (Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Palma de Mallorca)
Air Europa (Barcelona, Madrid, Southampton)
Aer Lingus (Dublin [begins 17 June])
bmibaby (Cardiff [seasonal], East Midlands [seasonal])
British Airways (London-Gatwick)
Clickair (Barcelona)
Condor Airlines (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart)
easyJet (Belfast-International, Berlin-Schonefeld [seasonal June 24 - September 27], Bristol, East Midlands [seasonal], Geneva, Glasgow-International, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Milan-Malpensa, Newcastle, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [seasonal July 12 - August 31])
First Choice Airways (Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Exeter, London-Gatwick, Manchester)
Flyglobespan (Edinburgh, Glasgow-International)
Germanwings (Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund [begins 22 June], Stuttgart)
Iberia (Madrid)
- operated by Air Nostrum (Alicante, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Valencia)
Jet2.com (Belfast-International, Blackpool [begins 3 July], Leeds/Bradford, Manchester)
LTU International (Düsseldorf)
Lufthansa (Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Hamburg)
Monarch Airlines (Birmingham, London-Luton, Manchester)
Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo [seasonal])
Ryanair (Milan Orio al Serio) [Begins 28 October 2008])
Scandinavian Airlines System (Oslo [seasonal, begins May 24, 2008])
Spanair (Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Seville)
Sun d'Or International Airlines (Tel Aviv) (starts on 11 May 2008-Seasonal)
Thomas Cook Airlines (Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle)
Thomsonfly (Birmingham, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich)
Transavia.com (Amsterdam)
Volare Airlines (Milan-Malpensa) [seasonal July 22 - September 8]
Vueling Airlines (Alicante [seasonal June 13 - September 15], Barcelona, Bilbao [seasonal May 31 - September 20], Madrid, Seville [seasonal May 20 - September 21], Valencia)