Son Bonet Aerodrome

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Son Bonet Airport (Mallorca Airport) Aeródromo de Son Bonet
IATA: n/a - ICAO: LESB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aena
Serves		Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Elevation AMSL		135 ft (41 m)
Coordinates		39°35′36″N, 02°42′10″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
06/24	3,281	1,000	Asphalt

Aircraft in Son Bonet Airport in 1930

Son Bonet Aerodrome (Spanish: Aeródromo de Son Bonet) (ICAO: LESB) was the first civil airfield on Mallorca. Originally built during the 1920s as an alternative to the military airport at Son Sant Joan, the first commercial flight was in 1927 and a flying school established in 1935. The airfield is located in the Marratxí municipality between Pont d’Inca and Pla de Na Tesa, which is in close proximity to Palma (only 5½ km north-west from the town centre). During the Spanish Civil War it was adapted for both civilian and military purposes. The Italian air force briefly used the airport as one of their bases to launch bomber raids onto the mainland. During 1946, Son Bonet was equipped as a customs airport and opened to domestic and international traffic in July. Over the following decade, the airport traffic increased which facilitated modernisation and improvements to be made. However the airport could neither accommodate larger aircraft nor could the runway be extended, so these services were transferred to the island's main airport in the July 1959. Today it is primarily used for general and leisure aviation, with approximately 8,000 flights per year.