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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 Town.[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
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAena
ServesIbiza and Formentera
LocationIbiza, Spain
Focus city forVueling
Elevation AMSL24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates38°52′22″N 01°22′33″E / 38.87278°N 1.37583°E / 38.87278; 1.37583
Websiteaena.es
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IBZ is located in Ibiza
IBZ
IBZ
Location within Ibiza
IBZ is located in Spain
IBZ
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IBZ (Spain)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 9,186 2,800 Asphalt
Statistics (2023 - till Aug)
Passengers6,382,961
Passenger change 2022Increase 10.1%
Aircraft Movements59,721
Movements change 2022Increase 3.0%
Cargo (t)697.7
Cargo change 2022Decrease 13.0%
Source: AENA[1][2]
Control tower of the airport
Exterior at night (2007)

History

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1940–1989

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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

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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

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Passenger

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AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens
airBaltic Seasonal: Vilnius (begins 5 June 2025)[3]
Air Europa Madrid
Seasonal: Bilbao
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly[4]
ASL Fly Executive Seasonal: Antwerp[5]
Aurigny Seasonal: Guernsey[6]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Binter Canarias Seasonal: Gran Canaria[7]
British Airways London–City[8]
Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[9][10] London–Heathrow,[11] London–Stansted[12]
Seasonal Charter: Isle of Man (begins 2 August 2025),[13] Jersey[13]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[14]
Chair Airlines Seasonal: Zürich
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[15] Frankfurt, Munich, Nuremberg (begins 24 May 2025), Zürich
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt,[16] Munich[17]
easyJet Seasonal: Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–International, Berlin,[18] Bordeaux, Bristol, Geneva, Lisbon,[19] London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon, Manchester,[20] Milan–Malpensa, Nantes, Naples, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[21] Porto, Toulouse, Venice
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich[22]
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin,[23] Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Salzburg,[23] Stuttgart
Iberia Alicante, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia
Seasonal: León,[24] Lleida, Málaga, Menorca, Nice, Valladolid, Vigo
Iberia Express Madrid[25]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham,[26] Bournemouth (begins 1 May 2025),[27] Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
KLM Seasonal: Amsterdam[28]
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Neos Seasonal: Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Oslo
People's Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein
Ryanair Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid, Málaga, Seville, Valencia
Seasonal: Bari,[29] Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Bordeaux,[29] Bristol, Charleroi, Dublin, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Hahn, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool,[30] London–Stansted,[31] Manchester, Marseille, Newcastle upon Tyne, Pisa, Porto,[32] Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela,[33] Treviso, Toulouse, Turin, Vienna,[34][35] Weeze
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen,[36] Stockholm–Arlanda[37]
SkyAlps Seasonal: Bolzano
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Prague
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva[38]
TAP Air Portugal Seasonal: Lisbon[39][40]
Transavia Amsterdam, Eindhoven
Seasonal: Brussels,[41] Paris–Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague
Travelcoup Seasonal: Munich,[42] Zürich[42]
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin,[43] East Midlands, Exeter (resumes 24 May 2025),[44] Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Antwerp, Brussels, Ostend/Bruges
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Hannover
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
Uep Fly Menorca,[45] Palma de Mallorca
Universal Air Seasonal: Malta
Volotea Seasonal: Asturias, Bilbao
Vueling Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Málaga, Paris–Orly, Seville, Valencia
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Asturias, Geneva,[46] Lisbon, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela
Wizz Air Seasonal: Naples,[47] Rome–Fiumicino[48]

Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
Swiftair[49] Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia

Statistics

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Ibiza Airport passenger totals 1998-2023 (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 ?
Source: Aena Statistics[1]

Busiest routes

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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[50]
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[50]

Accidents and incidents

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  • 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.[51]

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