Menorca Airport

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Menorca Airport Mahon Airport
IATA: MAH - ICAO: LEMH
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aena
Serves		Mahon
Elevation AMSL		298 ft (91 m)
Coordinates		39°51′45″N, 004°13′07″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
01R/19L	6,890	2,100	Asphalt
01L/19R	7,710	2,350	Asphalt

Minorca Airport or Mahon Airport (IATA: MAH, ICAO: LEMH) is the airport serving the Balearic island of Minorca in the Mediterranean Sea, near the coast of Spain. The airport was opened on March 24, 1969 when all civilian services were transferred from the neighbouring San Luis Airport. It has a single terminal building, with 11 gates, none of which are linked by a jetway, and in the year to June 2006 it had handled 961,695 passengers and 12,870 movements. In total, the airport serves 35 cities and 36 airports in 4 countries (on scheduled flights). Receiving operations from 48 airlines (of which 20 are scheduled operators (at July 2006).

On 14 September 2006 a partial roof collapse occurred in part of a terminal undergoing renovations/construction work. The collapse may have been caused by a build-up of heavy rain water. The debris temporarily trapped 20 and injured three workers.[1] [2]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Air Berlin (Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Leipzig, Nuremberg, Palma de Mallorca)
• Air Europa (Barcelona)
• Air Madrid (Madrid, Palma de Mallorca)
• British Airways
  • operated by GB Airways (London-Gatwick)
• easyJet (Bristol, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, Newcastle [starts 14 July 2007])
• Flyglobespan (Edinburgh, Glasgow)
• Iberia (Barcelona, Madrid)
  • operated by Air Nostrum (Barcelona, London-Gatwick, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca)
• Lagun Air (León)
• Monarch Airlines (London-Luton, Manchester)
• Spanair (Barcelona, Madrid)

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

[edit] External links

• Official Airport Website (in English)
• World Aero Data airport information for LEMH