Palma de Mallorca Airport

Palma de Mallorca Airport Aeroport de Palma de Mallorca Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca
IATA: PMI – ICAO: LEPA
Summary
Airport type	Public and military
Operator	Aena
Serves	Mallorca, Spain
Location	Palma de Mallorca
Focus city for	Air Berlin Air Europa Ryanair Vueling
Elevation AMSL	7 m / 24 ft
Coordinates	39°33′06″N 002°44′20″E / 39.55167°N 2.73889°E / 39.55167; 2.73889 (Palma de Mallorca Airport)Coordinates: 39°33′06″N 002°44′20″E / 39.55167°N 2.73889°E / 39.55167; 2.73889 (Palma de Mallorca Airport)
Website	aena-aeropuertos.es
Map
PMI Location in Majorca
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06L/24R 3,270 10,728 Asphalt 06R/24L 3,000 9,842 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 23,115,499 Passenger change 13–14 1.5% Aircraft movements 172,628 Movements change 13-14 1.5%
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[1] Spanish AIP, AENA[2]

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. More commonly 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 23.1 million passengers in 2014.^[3] 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.

History

Early years

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 aerodrome was also set up.^[4]

In 1938, Palma de Mallorca airport started being used for military aviation, while Iberia and Deutsche Lufthansa established new routes to the military base.^[5]

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 aerodrome 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.^[6]

Growth since the 1960s

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 Air Spain began operating from the airport^[7] and a smaller terminal, which today is terminal B was planned to be built. Passenger numbers had increased 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 Bover. During the construction in 1995, passenger numbers exceeded 15 million. The new terminal finally opened in 1997.^[8]

Today

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] Today, Palma de Mallorca airport carries over 23.1 million passengers^[3] to their destinations, particularly to mainland Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Modules

There are four modules at the airport. Module A, Module B, Module C and Module D.

Module A

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. This part of the terminal building is closed during winter months and is only used in the Summer.

Module B

It is the smallest module, located in the north east. It has 8 gates located on the ground floor, of which none have airbridges. It is used by regional aircraft of Air Nostrum, mainly operating flights to Ibiza Airport, Menorca Airport, Valencia Airport, Lleida Airport, Asturias Airport and Santiago de Compostela Airport.

Module C

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 2010. The refurbishment and expansion is so that the Module can handle 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.^[9]

Module D

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. During the closure of the southern area of Module C, it was used mainly for flights to Europe.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Module
Adria Airways	Seasonal charter: Ljubljana	D
Aer Lingus	Seasonal: Belfast–City, Cork, Dublin	A
Aeroflot operated by Rossiya	Seasonal: Saint Petersburg	A
Air Algérie	Algiers	A
airBaltic	Seasonal: Riga[10]	D
Air Berlin	Alicante, Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin–Tegel, Bilbao, Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Faro, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Leipzig/Halle, Málaga, Munich, Münster/Osnabrück, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Seville, Saarbrücken, Stuttgart, Valencia, Zürich Seasonal: Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden	C
Air Contractors	Seasonal charter: Dublin	A
Air Europa	Alicante, Barcelona, Granada, Madrid, Paris–Orly, Seville, Valencia, Zaragoza Seasonal: Ibiza,[11] Lisbon (begins 5 June 2015),[12] Málaga, Salamanca	D
Air Kärnten	Seasonal charter: Klagenfurt (begins 23 May 2015)[13]	C
Air Méditerranée	Lyon, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Strasbourg	D
Air Moldova	Seasonal charter: Chișinău (begins 16 June 2015)	A
Aviolet operated by Air Serbia	Seasonal charter: Belgrade	D
AlbaStar	Seasonal charter: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Verona, Venice	D
Alitalia	Seasonal: Milan-Linate (begins 1 August 2015), Rome–Fiumicino Seasonal charter: Bologna	D
Arkefly	Seasonal: Amsterdam	D
Austrian Airlines	Vienna Seasonal: Vienna	D
Blu-express operated by Blue Panorama Airlines	Seasonal charter: Bologna, Catania, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Turin	D
British Airways	London–Heathrow	A
British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer	London–City Seasonal charter: Edinburgh, Glasgow	A
Bulgaria Air	Sofia	A
Condor	Manchester	A
Condor	Frankfurt, Hanover Seasonal: Berlin–Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Stuttgart	C
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam	D
Czech Airlines	Seasonal charter: Ostrava, Prague	D
Etihad Regional operated by Darwin Airline	Geneva	A
easyJet	Bristol, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted Summer seasonal: Belfast–International, Edinburgh,[14] Glasgow,[15] London–Luton,[16] London–Southend, Manchester,[17] Newcastle upon Tyne[18]	A
easyJet	Berlin–Schönefeld, Hamburg[19] Summer seasonal: Lyon (begins 4 July 2015),[20] Milan–Malpensa,[21] Naples,[22] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[23] Rome–Fiumicino,[24] Toulouse (begins 3 July 2015)[25]	C
easyJet Switzerland	Basel/Mulhouse Summer seasonal: Geneva[26]	C
Edelweiss Air	Zürich	C
Enter Air	Gdańsk, Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw–Modlin, Wrocław	D
Europe Airpost	Paris–Charles de Gaulle	D
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki	D
Flybe	Seasonal: Birmingham, Southampton Seasonal charter: Inverness	A
Germania[27]	Bremen, Erfurt/Weimar Seasonal: Düsseldorf (begins 4 May 2015),[28] Frankfurt (begins 4 May 2015),[28] Kassel, Münster/Osnabrück (begins 2 May 2015),[28] Rostock	D
Germanwings	Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Düsseldorf Seasonal: Berlin–Tegel, Hamburg, Hanover, Stuttgart	D
Helvetic Airways	Seasonal: Bern	D
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Lleida Airport, Ibiza Airport, Menorca Airport, Santiago de Compostela Airport, Valencia Airport Seasonal: Salamanca	B
Iberia Express	Madrid, Tenerife–South	D
IGavion operated by SkyTaxi	Seasonal: Dole[29]	TBC
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Belfast–International, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne	A
Jetairfly[30]	Charleroi Summer seasonal: Antwerp,[31] Brussels, Liège, Ostend/Bruges Seasonal charter: Cork	A, D
JetXtra.com operated by BA CityFlyer	Seasonal charter: Humberside	A
Lufthansa	Frankfurt Seasonal: Munich	D
Luxair	Luxembourg Seasonal: Châlons Vatry	D
Meridiana	Rome–Fiumicino Seasonal charter: Turin	D
Monarch Airlines	London–Gatwick, Manchester Seasonal: Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, London–Luton	A
Neos	Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Venice, Verona	D
Niki	Graz, Salzburg, Vienna Seasonal: Innsbruck, Linz	C
NordStar	Seasonal charter: Saint Petersburg	A
Norwegian Air Shuttle	London–Gatwick	A
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Aalborg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg–Landvetter, Helsinki, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda	D
Orbest	Seasonal charter: Lisbon,[32] Porto (begins 1 May 2015)[32]	A
Orenair	Seasonal charter: Yekaterinburg	A
Primera Air	Seasonal charter: Gothenburg–Landvetter	D
Ryanair	London–Stansted Summer seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cork, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, Manchester, Prestwick, Shannon	A
Ryanair	Barcelona, Berlin-Schönefeld (begins 27 October 2015), Bremen, Brussels, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Hahn, Madrid, Santiago de Compostela, Seville Summer seasonal: Baden-Baden/Karlsruhe, Beauvais, Bergamo, Billund, Bologna, Bratislava, Eindhoven, Girona, Göteborg–Landvetter, Kaunas, Kraków, Málaga, Marseille, Memmingen, Moss, Porto, Poznań, Reus, Rome–Ciampino, Santander, Stockholm–Skavsta, Valencia, Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze	D
S7 Airlines	Moscow–Domodedovo	D
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal: Bergen, Stavanger, Gothenburg–Landvetter	D
SkyWork Airlines	Seasonal: Bern	A
Small Planet Airlines	Seasonal charter: Humberside, Vilnius	D
SmartWings operated by Travel Service Airlines[33]	Summer seasonal: Brno, Ostrava, Prague	D
SmartWings operated by Travel Service Slovakia[33]	Summer seasonal: Bratislava	D
Swiss International Air Lines	Geneva, Zürich	D
Swiss International Air Lines operated by Swiss Global Air Lines	Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse (ends 31 May 2015)	D
TAROM	Seasonal: Bucharest	D
Thomas Cook Airlines	Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Seasonal: Norwich	A
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium	Brussels	D
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia	Seasonal charter: Aalborg, Bergen, Billund, Borlänge, Copenhagen, Gothenburg–Landvetter, Helsinki, Karlstad, Malmö, Örebro, Oslo–Gardermoen, Oulu, Stockholm–Arlanda	C
Thomson Airways	Birmingham, East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Seasonal charter: Aberdeen, Belfast–International, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool (begins 3 May 2016),[34] London–Luton, London–Stansted, Norwich, Southampton, Humberside	A
Transaero Airlines	Seasonal: Saint Petersburg, Moscow–Domodedovo	A
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen, Rotterdam/The Hague	C
Transavia France	Seasonal: Nantes Seasonal charter: Metz/Nancy	C
Travel Service Airlines	Debrecen, Wrocław	D
TUIfly	Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Karlsruhe/Baden Baden (begins 1 May 2015), Munich, Nuremberg, Saarbrücken (begins 23 May 2015), Stuttgart	D
TUIfly Nordic[35]	Copenhagen, Helsinki, Malmö, Norrköping, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda	D
Ukraine International Airlines	Seasonal charter: Kiev–Boryspil	D
Ural Airlines	Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo	D
VIM Airlines	Moscow–Domodedovo	D
Volotea	Seasonal: Asturias, Bari, Bordeaux, Nantes, Palermo, Toulouse, Turin, Venice, Vigo, Zaragoza Seasonal charter: Cork, Jersey, London–Southend, Southampton	A, C, D
Vueling	Alicante, Barcelona, Granada, Málaga, Munich, Seville, Valencia Seasonal: Algiers, Amsterdam, Asturias, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Brussels, Catania, Cardiff,Genoa, Lyon, Marseille, Moscow–Domodedovo, Paris–Orly, Rennes, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Toulouse	A, D
Wizz Air	Summer seasonal: Budapest, Cluj-Napoca	A
Yakutia Airlines	Moscow–Vnukovo	A
XL Airways France	Seasonal: Lille	D

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Swiftair	Barcelona, Madrid

Other facilities

Previously Spanair had its head office in the Spanair Building on the airport property.^[36] Both Futura International Airways and Iberworld used to have large operational offices on the premises of Palma airport but these are no longer in use.

Statistics

Passenger statistics

	Passengers	Aircraftmovements	Cargo (tonnes)
1999	19,127,773	168,533
2000	19,424,243	176,997	25,156
2001	19,206,964	169,603	23,068
2002	17,832,558	160,329	20,412
2003	19,185,919	168,988	19,935
2004	20,416,083	177,859	20,408
2005	21,240,736	182,028	21,025
2006	22,408,427	190,304	22,443
2007	23,227,983	197,354	22,833
2008	22,832,865	193,357	21,395
2009	21,203,028	177,492	17,086
2010	21,117,417	174,635	17,289
2011	22,726,707	180,152	15,777
2012	22,666,858	173,966	13,712
2013	22,768,082	170,138	12,237
2014	23.115.499	172,628	11,516
Source: Aena Statistics[1]

Route statistics

Busiest international routes from Palma-Son Sant Joan Airport January–October (2011)

Rank	City	Passengers	Top carriers
1	Düsseldorf, Germany	906,124	Air Berlin, Condor, Lufthansa, TUIFly
2	Cologne/Bonn, Germany	707,428	TUIFly, Germanwings, Condor, Air Berlin, Ryanair
3	Frankfurt, Germany	693,944	Air Berlin, Condor, Lufthansa, TUIFly
4	Manchester, United Kingdom	686,802	Thomson Airways, Thomas Cook Airlines, Ryanair, Monarch, Jet2, EasyJet, Condor Flugdienst
5	London–Gatwick, United Kingdom	587,341	EasyJet, Monarch, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways
6	Stuttgart-Echterdingen, Germany	578,890	TUIFly, Contact Air, Germanwings, Condor, Air Berlin
7	Hamburg-Fuhlsbuettel, Germany	569,159	Air Berlin, Condor, Lufthansa, TUIFly
8	Munich-Franz Josef Strauss	515,083	TUIFly, Lufthansa, Condor, Air Berlin
9	Berlin–Tegel, Germany	399,026	Air Berlin, Lufthansa
10	Zürich, Switzerland	366,889	Swiss International Airlines, Air Berlin
11	London–Stansted, United Kingdom	303,190	Ryanair, EasyJet, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways
12	East Midlands, United Kingdom	277,870	Thomson Airways, Thomas Cook Airlines, Ryanair, Monarch, Jet2, Bmibaby
13	Dortmund, Germany	271,404	Air Berlin, EasyJet, Germanwings
14	Nuremberg, Germany	269,084	Air Berlin, TUIFly
15	Bremen, Germany	257,006	Air Berlin, Ryanair
16	Bristol, United Kingdom	248,289	Thomson Airways, Ryanair, Monarch, EasyJet
17	Birmingham, United Kingdom	245,740	Bmibaby, BA CityFlyer, Monarch, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways
18	Paderborn, Germany	244,868	Condor, Air Berlin
19	London–Luton, United Kingdom	242,432	EasyJet, Monarch, Thomas Cook Airlines
20	Leipzig, Germany	236,341	Air Berlin, Condor

Accidents and incidents

• On 4 January 1991, Douglas DC-3 EC-EQH of Aeromarket Express overran the runway on a cargo flight to Menorca Airport and was damaged beyond repair.^[37]

• On 8 March 1993, Douglas C-47A EC-FAH of ARM crashed on take-off while on a cargo flight to Madrid–Barajas Airport. Both crew were killed.^[38]

• On 12 April 2002 Tadair Flight 306 operated by a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner EC-GKR a cargo flight from Madrid–Barajas Airport to Palma de Mallorca. Flight 306 crashed on landing on runway 24L, killing both pilots.^[39]

See also

• Aena (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea)

References

External links

Media related to Palma de Mallorca Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Current weather for LEPA at NOAA/NWS

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