Ibiza Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Ibiza Airport
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IATA = IBZ
ICAO = LEIB
type = Public
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operator = Aena
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location = Ibiza
elevation-f = 20
elevation-m = 6
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r1-number = 06/24
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r1-length-m = 2,800
r1-surface = Asphalt
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Ibiza Airport Airport codes|IBZ|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.

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 2007 the airport handled nearly 4.8 million passengers and just under 58,000 aircraft movements.

tatistics

Airlines and destinations

*airberlin (Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg, Palma de Mallorca)
*Air Europa (Barcelona, Madrid, Southampton)
*Aer Lingus (Dublin)
*British Airways (London-Gatwick)
*Clickair (Barcelona)
*Condor Airlines (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart)
*easyJet (Belfast-International, Berlin-Schonefeld [seasonal] , Bristol, East Midlands [seasonal] , Geneva, Glasgow-International, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Milan-Malpensa, Newcastle, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [seasonal] )
*First Choice Airways (Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Exeter, London-Gatwick, Manchester)
*flybaboo (Geneva)
*Flyglobespan (Edinburgh, Glasgow-International)
*Germanwings (Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Stuttgart)
*Iberia (Madrid)
**operated by Air Nostrum (Alicante, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Valencia)
*Jet2.com (Belfast-International, Blackpool, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester)
*Lufthansa (Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Hamburg)
*Monarch Airlines (Birmingham, London-Luton, Manchester)
*Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo [seasonal] )
*Ryanair (Girona [starts 4 November] , London-Stansted [begins 28 October] , Milan Orio al Serio [begins 28 October] )
*Scandinavian Airlines System (Oslo [seasonal] )
*Spanair (Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Seville)
*Sun d'Or International Airlines (Tel Aviv) [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, London-Stansted [begins 2 May 2009] , Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich)
*Transavia.com (Amsterdam)
*Volare Airlines (Milan-Malpensa) [seasonal]
*Vueling Airlines (Alicante [seasonal] , Barcelona, Bilbao [seasonal] , Madrid, Seville [seasonal] , Valencia)

References

External links

* [http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?cid=1047658429070&pagename=Estandar%2FPage%2FAeropuerto&SMO=-1&SiteName=IBZ&c=Page&MO=0&lang=EN_GB Official Airport Website (in English)]
* [http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0919395/L/ Aerial View]