| Palma de Mallorca Airport Aeroport de Palma de Mallorca Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca |
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| IATA: PMI – ICAO: LEPA | |||
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| Airport type | Public and military | ||
| Operator | Aena | ||
| Location | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 7 m / 24 ft | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 06L/24R | 3,270 | 10,728 | Asphalt |
| 06R/24L | 3,000 | 9,842 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 21,117,270 | ||
| Passenger change 09-10 | 0.4% | ||
| Aircraft Movements | 174,631 | ||
| Movements change 09-10 | 1.6% | ||
| Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[1] Spanish AIP, AENA[2] |
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Palma de Mallorca Airport (IATA: PMI, ICAO: LEPA) (Catalan: Aeroport de Palma de Mallorca, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca) is an airport located 8 km (5.0 mi) east[2] of Palma, Majorca, adjacent to the village of Can Pastilla. Also known as Son Sant Joan Airport or Aeroport de Son Sant Joan, it is the third largest airport in Spain,[1] after Madrid's Barajas Airport and Barcelona Airport. During the summer months it is one of the busiest airports in Europe, and was used by 21.1 million passengers in 2010.[1] The airport is the main base for the Spanish carrier Air Europa and also a focus airport for German carrier Air Berlin.
Palma de Mallorca Airport occupies an area of 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi). Due to rapid growth of passenger numbers, additional infrastructure was added to the two terminals A (1965) and B (1972). This main terminal was designed by local architect Pere Nicolau Bonet and was officially opened on 12 April 1997. The airport now consists of four modules: Module A, Module B, Module C and Module D. The airport can handle 25 million passengers per year, with a capacity to dispatch 12,000 passengers per hour. Future plans include an increase of the passenger capacity to 32 million passengers in 2010 and to 38 million passengers in 2015.
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The history of Palma de Mallorca airport began in the 1920s, when seaplanes were used for postal services to the other Balearic Islands. A flat field next to Son Sant Joan was then used in the 1930s for flight routes to other parts of Spain. A private aerodome was also set up.[3]
In 1938, Palma de Mallorca airport started being used for military aviation, while Iberia and Deutsche Lufthansa established new routes to the military base.[4]
In 1954, Palma de Mallorca's runway was extended and asphalted, and also had brand new taxiways and aprons added near it. This made the airport able to serve more airlines and more types of aircraft.
The increase in traffic in 1958 led to a new terminal being constructed, and turned the airbase into a large civilian airport. A new large apron was also built. The new airport opened to domestic and international traffic on 7 July 1960. Just two weeks later, expansion to the aerodome was planned, including the extension of the runway and taxiway. At the end of the year, more plans were made, including a power plant, a communications centre and fire and rescue facilities.[5]
After reaching 1 million passengers for the first time in 1962, in 1965, a new terminal was constructed, and air navigation services were completed at the end of the following year. Also in 1965, a smaller terminal which today is terminal B was planned to be built, due to passenger numbers increasing rapidly, reaching 2 million in 1965. A second runway was also to be built. It was to be built parallel to the existing one, and work began on it in 1970. Two years later, terminal B went into service, and the second runway opened in 1974.
In 1980, the airport carried 7 million passengers. However, this increased to nearly 10 million in 1986. This yet again led to a new terminal to be constructed, which is today's current terminal, which is terminal A. Construction started in mid 1993 and was designed by the Majorcan architect Pere Nicolau Bonet. during the construction in 1995, passenger numbers exceeded 15 million. The new terminal finally opened in 1997.[6]
Today, Palma de Mallorca airport carries over 20 million passengers to their destinations, particularly to mainland Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom.
There are four modules at the airport. Module A, Module B, Module C and Module D.
Located in the north of the airport. It has 28 gates of which 8 have airbridges. This is the only Module that has double airbridges attached to gates. The Pier is mainly used by flights to non-Schengen destinations including the UK and Ireland.
The smallest Module located in the north east. It has 8 gates of which none have airbridges. Air Nostrum is the only airline to use this Module.
The largest of the Modules located in the east. It has 33 gates of which 9 have airbridges. It is used by Air Berlin, Niki and Condor along with EasyJet flights to Schengen destinations. The majority of airbridges have airberlin.com written on them.
The southern area of the Module was worked on and reopened in May 2011. The refurbishment and expansion is so that the Module can handle lots more flights, and to improve ways to get into the pier as it is the longest walk from security control. There will also be a further 8 gates with airbridges, but there will still be 33 in total.[7]
Located in the south. It has 19 gates of which 10 have airbridges. All odd numbered gates are gates with a bus transfer. The majority of airbridges have airberlin.com written on them. Because of the closure of the southern area of Module C, this, it is used mainly for flights to Europe.
Note: The list of airlines that use modules is based on the module that they usually use.
| Airlines | Destinations | Module |
|---|---|---|
| Adria Airways | Seasonal Charter: Ljubljana | D |
| Aer Lingus | Seasonal: Cork, Dublin | A |
| Air Algérie | Algiers | A |
| Air Berlin | Alicante, Almeria, Amsterdam, Asturias, Basel/Mulhouse, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Bremen, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Faro, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Leipzig/Halle, Madrid, Málaga, Minorca, Munich, Münster/Osnabrück, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Porto, Saarbrücken, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Stuttgart, Valencia, Zürich, Zweibrücken Charter: Luxembourg Seasonal: Copenhagen, Dresden, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Memmingen, Weeze |
C |
| Air Europa | Seasonal charter: Aberdeen, Dublin [begins 29 May], Leeds/Bradford [begins 3 May] | A |
| Air Europa | Alicante, Barcelona, Granada, Madrid, Málaga, Paris-Orly, Seville, Valencia, Zaragoza | D |
| Air Méditerranée | Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Strasbourg | D |
| Air One | Seasonal: Milan-Malpensa [begins 13 July 2012], Pisa [begins 13 July 2012], Venice [begins 13 July 2012], | D |
| AlbaStar | Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Milan Orio-al-Serio, Verona | D |
| Aviogenex | Seasonal: Belgrade | D |
| Arkefly | Seasonal: Amsterdam | D |
| Bmibaby | East Midlands Seasonal: Belfast-City [begins 27 May], Birmingham |
A |
| BMI | Seasonal Charter: Aberdeen | A |
| British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer | Seasonal: Birmingham, London-City, Manchester Charter: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London-Stansted |
A |
| Bulgaria Air | Sofia | A |
| City Airline | Gothenburg-Landvetter | D |
| Cimber Sterling | Aalborg, Copenhagen | D |
| Condor | Frankfurt Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Stuttgart |
C |
| Darwin Airline | Bern, Geneva | A |
| EasyJet | Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Southend [begins 1 May], London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Seasonal: Belfast-International |
A |
| EasyJet | Berlin-Schönefeld, Dortmund, Milan-Malpensa, Naples [begins 30 June], Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino | C |
| EasyJet Switzerland | Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva | C |
| Edelweiss Air | Zurich | C |
| Enter Air | Katowice, Poznan, Warsaw | D |
| Europe Airpost | Seasonal: Dublin | A |
| Europe Airpost | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | D |
| Finnair | Helsinki | D |
| Flybe | Scheduled Seasonal: Exeter, Southampton Chartered Seasonal: Edinburgh, Inverness, Isle of Man |
A |
| Germania Airline[8] | Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 1 July], Bremen, Cologne/Bonn, Dusseldorf, Liepzig, Magdeburg/Cochstedt, Munich, Zurich | D |
| Germanwings | Cologne/Bonn Seasonal: Dortmund, Hanover, Stuttgart |
D |
| Helvetic Airways | Seasonal: Berne | D |
| Holidays Czech Airlines | Seasonal: Dublin | A |
| Iberia | Madrid | D |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum | Albacete, Badajoz, Burgos, Huesca, Ibiza, La Rioja, Lleida, Lyon, Melilla, Minorca, Nantes, Nice, Nîmes, San Sebastian, Valencia, Valladolid, Zaragoza | A |
| Jat Airways | Seasonal: Belgrade | D |
| Jet2 | Seasonal: Belfast-International, Blackpool, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne | A |
| Jetairfly | Brussels, Brussels South-Charleroi [begins 31 March], Liège, Ostend | D |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt Seasonal: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich |
D |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Contact Air | Seasonal: Stuttgart | D |
| Luxair | Luxembourg | D |
| Malév Hungarian Airlines | Seasonal: Budapest | D |
| Meridiana Fly | Rome-Fiumicino | D |
| Monarch | Scheduled: London-Gatwick, Manchester Scheduled Seasonal: Birmingham, London-Luton Chartered Seasonal: Aberdeen, Bristol, Cork [begins 19 May], Durham, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Glasgow, Newcastle upon Tyne |
A |
| Neos | Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Verona | D |
| Niki | Graz, Lisbon, Salzburg, Vienna Seasonal: Innsbruck, Linz |
C |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Aalborg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda | D |
| Onur Air | Istanbul-Atatürk, İzmir | D |
| Orbest Orizonia Airlines | Aberdeen Seasonal: Dublin, Shannon |
A |
| Orbest Orizonia Airlines | Asturias, Oporto, Valladolid | D |
| Ryanair | London-Stansted Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cork [begins 28 March], Dublin, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Glasgow-Prestwick, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, Manchester, Shannon |
A |
| Ryanair | Barcelona, Girona, Madrid, Malaga [begins 21 March], Santander [begins 21 March], Santiago de Compostela [begins 22 March], Seville, Valencia Seasonal: Aarhus [begins 26 March], Alicante, Beauvais [begins 22 March], Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Billund, Bratislava, Bremen, Brussels South-Charleroi, Eindhoven, Gothenburg-City [begins 25 March], Haugesund [begins 26 March], Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden [begins 27 March], Krakow [begins 25 March], Kaunas [begins 27 March], Lübeck, Maastricht [begins 22 March], Magdeburg/Cochstedt [begins 27 March], Marseille [begins 21 March], Memmingen, Oslo-Rygge, Oslo-Torp [begins 25 March], Poznan [begins 27 March], Reus, Stockholm-Skavsta, Stockholm-Vasteras [begins 26 March], Tampere [begins 29 March], Weeze |
D |
| S7 Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo | D |
| SAS Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen Seasonal: Bergen [begins 29 June], Oslo-Gardermoen, Stavanger [begins 29 June], Stockholm-Arlanda |
D |
| Sky Work Airlines | Seasonal: Berne | A |
| Small Planet Airlines | Chartered seasonal: Milan-Malpensa, Vilnius | D |
| Spanair | Barcelona, Madrid, Nador | D |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Geneva, Zürich | D |
| Swiss operated by Swiss European Airlines | Geneva | D |
| TAROM | Seasonal: Bucharest-Henri Coanda | D |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Durham, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Seasonal:Humberside, Norwich, Southampton |
A |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium | Brussels | D |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia | Aalborg, Bergen, Billund, Borlänge, Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Helsinki, Karlstad, Malmo, Orebro, Oslo-Gardermoen, Oulu, Stockholm-Arlanda | C |
| Thomson Airways | Birmingham, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Seasonal: Aberdeen, Belfast-International, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Derry, Dublin, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Humberside, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Norwich, Southampton, Shannon |
A |
| Transavia | Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen, Zweibrücken | C |
| Transavia France | Nantes | C |
| Travel Service | Debrecen | D |
| Travel Service operated by Smart Wings | Seasonal: Brno, Ostrava, Prague | D |
| TUIfly | Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Zweibrücken | D |
| TUIfly Nordic | Copenhagen, Malmö-Sturup, Norrköping, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda | D |
| VIM Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo | D |
| Vueling | Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bilbao, Lyon [begins 28 March 2012], Madrid, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino, Toulouse | D |
| Wizz Air | Bucharest-Baneasa [begins 23 June], Budapest, Cluj-Napoca | A |
| XL Airways Germany | Zweibrücken | D |
In addition to those listed above, there are also numerous charter flights.
Following a decline in passenger numbers at the airport following the September 11 attacks in 2001, numbers rose steadily between 2002 and 2007 when traffic peaked at 23.2 million passengers, however from 2007 there has been a decline in passenger numbers with 21.1 million using the airport in 2010.[1]
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