Ibiza Airport

Ibiza Airport (IATA: IBZ, ICAO: LEIB) (Catalan: Aeroport d'Eivissa, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Ibiza) is the international airport serving the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Formentera in Spain located 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Ibiza.^[2] In 2020, the airport handled 2.1 million passengers (after more than 8.2 million in pre COVID-19 conditions in 2019), making it the thirteenth busiest airport in the country.^[1] As the island is a major European holiday destination, it features both year-round domestic services and several dozen seasonal routes to cities across Europe. It is also used as a seasonal base for Vueling.

Ibiza Airport Aeroport d'Eivissa Aeropuerto de Ibiza
IATA: IBZ ICAO: LEIB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Aena
Serves	Ibiza and Formentera
Location	Ibiza, Spain
Focus city for	Vueling
Elevation AMSL	24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	38°52′22″N 01°22′33″E
Website	aena.es
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 9,186 2,800 Asphalt
Statistics (2023 - till Aug)
Passengers 6,382,961 Passenger change 2022 10.1% Aircraft Movements 59,721 Movements change 2022 3.0% Cargo (t) 697.7 Cargo change 2022 13.0%
Source: AENA[1][2]

Control tower of the airport

Exterior at night (2007)

History

1940–1989

The airport was first established as a temporary military airport during the Spanish Civil War, and it 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 it was 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 neighboring Majorca. The airport reopened on 1 April 1958 with the first destinations during that year including Palma, Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid.

1990 to Today

The airport has 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 3.6 million passengers a year at the airport.

In 2011, the airport provisionally handled over 5.6 million passengers and around 61,000 aircraft movements, an increase of 11.9% and 8.4% respectively compared with 2010.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal: Athens[3]
Aeroitalia	Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa,[4] Rome–Fiumicino[4]
Air Europa	Madrid[5] Seasonal: Bilbao[citation needed]
Air France	Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[6]
Animawings	Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni[7]
ASL Fly Executive	Seasonal: Antwerp[citation needed]
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Vienna[8]
British Airways	London–City[9] Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[10] London–Heathrow,[11] London–Stansted[12] Seasonal charter: Isle of Man,[citation needed] Jersey[citation needed]
Brussels Airlines	Seasonal: Brussels[13]
Condor	Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[14] Frankfurt,[15] Munich,[citation needed] Nuremberg[citation needed], Zürich[citation needed]
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam[citation needed]
Discover Airlines	Seasonal: Frankfurt,[16] Munich[17]
easyJet	Seasonal: Amsterdam,[18] Basel/Mulhouse,[19] Belfast–International,[18] Berlin,[20] Bordeaux,[18] Bristol,[18] Geneva,[18] London–Gatwick,[21] London–Luton,[19] Lyon,[19] Manchester,[22] Milan–Linate,[23] Milan–Malpensa,[20] Nantes,[18] Naples,[18] Nice,[18] Porto,[19] Toulouse[18]
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zurich[24]
Eurowings	Seasonal: Berlin,[25] Cologne/Bonn,[26] Düsseldorf,[27] Hamburg,[28] Salzburg,[25] Stuttgart[25]
Iberia	Alicante, Palma de Mallorca,[29] Valencia Seasonal: León,[30] Lleida,[citation needed] Málaga,[citation needed] Menorca,[29] Nice,[citation needed] Valladolid,[citation needed] Vigo[citation needed]
Iberia Express	Madrid[31]
ITA Airways	Seasonal: Milan–Linate,[32] Rome–Fiumicino[33]
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Belfast–International,[34] Birmingham,[35] Bournemouth,[36] Bristol,[37] East Midlands,[38] Edinburgh,[39] Glasgow,[40] Leeds/Bradford,[41] Liverpool,[42] London–Luton,[43] London–Stansted,[44] Manchester,[45] Newcastle upon Tyne[44]
KLM	Seasonal: Amsterdam[46]
Lufthansa	Frankfurt[47]
Luxair	Seasonal: Luxembourg[48]
Neos	Seasonal: Bergamo,[49] Bologna,[50] Milan–Malpensa,[49] Rome-Fiumicino,[51] Verona[52]
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Oslo[53]
People's	Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein [citation needed]
Ryanair	Alicante,[18] Barcelona,[18] Madrid,[18] Málaga,[18] Seville,[18] Valencia[18] Seasonal: Bari,[18] Beauvais,[18] Bergamo,[18] Berlin,[18] Birmingham,[18] Bologna,[18] Bristol,[18] Charleroi,[18] Dublin,[18] Edinburgh,[18] Eindhoven,[18] Hahn,[18] Leeds/Bradford,[18] Liverpool,[54] London–Stansted,[55] Manchester,[18] Marseille,[18] Newcastle upon Tyne,[18] Pisa,[18] Porto,[56] Rome–Fiumicino,[18] Santiago de Compostela,[57] Treviso,[18] Toulouse,[18] Turin,[18] Vienna,[58][59] Weeze[18]
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal: Copenhagen,[60] Stockholm–Arlanda[61]
SkyAlps	Seasonal: Bolzano[62]
Smartwings	Seasonal charter: Prague,[citation needed] Vienna[63]
Swiss International Air Lines	Seasonal: Geneva[64][65]
TAP Air Portugal	Seasonal: Lisbon[66][67]
Transavia	Amsterdam,[68] Eindhoven[69] Seasonal: Brussels,[70] Paris–Orly,[71] Rotterdam/The Hague[72]
Travelcoup	Seasonal: Munich,[citation needed] Zurich[citation needed]
TUI Airways	Seasonal: Birmingham,[citation needed] Bournemouth,[citation needed] Bristol,[citation needed] Cardiff,[citation needed] East Midlands,[73] Exeter,[74] Glasgow,[citation needed] London–Gatwick,[75] London–Stansted,[citation needed] Manchester,[76] Newcastle upon Tyne,[77] Norwich[78]
TUI fly Belgium	Seasonal: Antwerp,[79] Brussels,[80] Ostend/Bruges[81]
TUI fly Deutschland	Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[82] Hannover[83]
TUI fly Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam,[84] Dublin[85]
Uep Fly	Menorca,[86][better source needed] Palma de Mallorca[87]
Volotea	Seasonal: Asturias,[88] Bilbao[citation needed]
Vueling	Alicante, Barcelona,[89] Bilbao,[89] Málaga,[90] Paris–Orly,[91] Seville,[89] Valencia[89] Seasonal: Amsterdam,[91] Geneva,[citation needed] Lisbon,[citation needed] Milan–Malpensa,[citation needed] Porto,[92] Rome–Fiumicino,[citation needed] Santander[93]
Wizz Air	Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino[94]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Swiftair[95]	Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia

Statistics

Ibiza Airport passenger totals 1998-2024 (millions)

Updated: December 2023 (AENA Data)[1]

	Passengers	Aircraft movements	Cargo (tonnes)
1998	3,780,181
1999	4,185,633	45,959
2000	4,475,708	52,544	4,985
2001	4,472,279	52,079	4,531
2002	4,094,446	48,344	4,426
2003	4,157,291	47,990	4,232
2004	4,171,580	48,798	4,510
2005	4,164,703	49,603	4,350
2006	4,460,141	54,146	4,427
2007	4,765,625	57,855	4,308
2008	4,647,487	57,235	3,928
2009	4,572,819	53,552	3,143
2010	5,040,800	56,988	3,196
2011	5,643,180	61,768	2,755
2012	5,555,048	57,738	2,316
2013	5,726,579	56,304	2,190
2014	6,212,198	60,142	2,021
2015	6,477,283	64,612	2,023
2016	7,416,368	72,503	1,831
2017	7,903,892	75,691	1,747
2018	8,104,316	76,995	1,616
2019	8,155,635	75,378	1,435
2020	2,110,348	33,185	1,053
2021	2,341,271	61,612	1,027
2022	8,156,708	80,723	1,147
2023	8,931,598	82,803	?
2024	9,069,410	83,049	?
Source: Aena Statistics[1]

Busiest routes

Busiest international routes from IBZ (2023)

Rank	Destination	Passengers	Change 2022 / 23
1	Amsterdam	330,676	8%
2	Manchester	311,774	10%
3	London-Gatwick	292,513	35%
4	Paris-Orly	240,321	7%
5	London-Stansted	232,912	6%
6	Milan-Malpensa	201,482	10%
7	Eindhoven	188,190	19%
8	Bergamo	175,531	20%
9	Rome-Fiumicino	173,900	0%
10	Birmingham	134,486	2%
11	Düsseldorf	125,520	7%
12	Bristol	123,854	7%
13	Newcastle	114,651	7%
14	London-Heathrow	113,559	2%
15	Zurich	110,122	7%
16	Munich	108,345	14%
17	Naples	102,707	16%
18	Brussels	101,410	25%
19	London-City	97,895	3%
20	Lisbon	92,811	48%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[96]

Busiest Spanish routes from IBZ (2023)

Rank	Destination	Passengers	Change 2022 / 23
1	Barcelona	1,241,342	13%
2	Madrid	988,337	7%
3	Palma de Mallorca	554,295	5%
4	Valencia	356,949	15%
5	Málaga	173,287	30%
6	Seville	147,000	14%
7	Alicante	138,452	19%
8	Bilbao	123,989	5%
9	Santiago de Compostela	22,192	25%
10	Asturias	13,486	39%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[96]

Accidents and incidents

• On 7 January 1972, Iberia Airlines Flight 602 struck a mountain when on approach to Ibiza Airport. All 104 passengers and crew on board were killed.^[97]