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Airport in Menorca, Spain

Menorca Airport (THERE IT IS: I , ICAO: Led ; Catalan: Menorca Airport , Spanish: Menorca airport ), also known as Mahón Menorca Airport is an international airport serving the island of Menorca, one of Spain’s Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The airport is located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) southwest of the city of Mahón. [2] The airport is primarily used by charter and seasonal flights and is busiest during the April-October season. In 2019, the airport handled over 3 million passengers, making it the fifteenth busiest airport in the country that year. [first]

History [ edit ]

Menorca Airport from the runway (2012)

The first airfield on Menorca (San Luis Aerodrome) was constructed in the late 1930s during the Spanish Civil War, with an 850 metre runway. During the 1940s, the airfield was often used by planes coming from the neighbouring island of Mallorca and in 1949, Spain’s Ministry of Aviation agreed to make San Luis a fully civilian airfield. In August 1949, the airfield’s first inaugural flight landed from Barcelona, operated by Aviaco and using a Bristol 170 aircraft. During the late 1950s and early 60s, the runway was extended twice in order to accommodate the larger Douglas DC-4, which Aviaco had begun flying to San Luis. In September 1965, the airfield was officially renamed as Mahón Airport. [3]

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By the 1960s, with the increase in passenger traffic, came the demand for a new and larger airport to be built, with a longer runway to accommodate larger aircraft. In 1967, construction began on what is now the site of the current airport and, on 24 March 1969, the new airport known as Menorca Airport was officially opened. Since then, San Luis has primarily been used by light aircraft as a flying club. [4]

Throughout the 1970s and 80s, passenger traffic continued to grow and, by 1986, the airport’s passenger numbers had exceeded 1 million per year. This then prompted the construction of the airport’s current terminal in 1987, which opened to the public in May 1988. Due to the continual rise in passenger numbers, the airport was further expanded and refurbished several times during the 1990s and 2000s, opening in its current form in 2008. [5] [6]

Terminal [ edit ]

Menorca Airport currently has 42 check-in desks, 16 departure gates (5 with airbridges) and 6 baggage claim carousels. [7]

On 14 September 2006 a partial roof collapse occurred in the new part of the terminal undergoing construction work. The collapse may have been caused by a build-up of heavy rain water. The debris temporarily trapped 20 and injured 3 workers. [8] [9]

In 2016, for the first time, the annual passenger volume processed through the airport exceeded 3 million. [first]

Airlines and destinations [ edit ]

Passenger [ edit ]

Airlines Destinations
Air Europa Palma de Mallorca
Seasonal: Barcelona
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Binter Canarias Seasonal: Gran Canaria
British Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels
easyJet Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–International, Berlin, Bordeaux, Bristol, Geneva, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zurich [ten]
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf
Eurowings Discover Seasonal: Frankfurt (begins 28 April 2023) [11]
Iberia Madrid
Seasonal: Alicante, Ibiza, León, [twelfth] Palma de Mallorca, Valencia, Zaragoza (Begins 21 July 2023) [13]
Iberojet Seasonal charter: Lisbon
ITA Airways Seasonal: Milan – Linate, Rome -Fiumicino [14]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, [15] Bristol, [16] East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, [17] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lübeck Air Seasonal: Lübeck [18]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich [19]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Neos Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan – Malpensa, Turin, Venice, Verona
Ryanair Barcelona, ​​Málaga
Seasonal: Alicante, Bergamo, Bologna, Bordeaux, Charleroi, [20] Dublin, East Midlands, London–Stansted, Madrid, Manchester, [21] Marseille, Naples, Rome -Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Treviso, [22] Toulouse, Valencia
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Oslo [23]
Smartwings Seasonal: Prague
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Gneva [24]
TAP Air Portugal Seasonal: Lisbon (begins 4 June 2023) [25]
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Lyon, [26] Nantes, [26] Paris–Orly
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich [27]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
Tui Fly Germany Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart
Uep fly Ibiza, [28] Palma de Mallorca [29]
Volot Seasonal: Coruña, Asturia, Bilbao, [30] Little, [thirty first] Lyon, [32] Marseille, Murcia, [33] Nantes, San Sebastián, [34] Santander, [32] Saragossa
Vueling Barcelona, London–Gatwick, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Alicante, Bilbao, Granada, [35] Madrid, [36] Rome -Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Valencia [35]

Cargo [ edit ]

Statistics [ edit ]

Menorca airport annual passenger since 2000 (millions)
Updated: 20 August 2021. [first]
Passengers Aircraft movements Cargo (tonnes)
2000 2.772,337 32,348 4,528
2001 2,825,147 32,787 4,206
2002 2,733,733 32,259 3.954
2003 2,704,838 32,288 3.705
2004 2,631,334 29,538 3,975
2005 2,590,733 29,428 3.829
2006 2,690,992 32,921 3,686
2007 2,776,458 33,802 3,668
2008 2,605,932 31,804 3.244
2009 2,433,666 28,189 2.621
2010 2.511,629 28,358 2,400
2011 2,576,200 28.042 2.070
2012 2,545,942 25,533 1.793
two thousand and thirteen 2,565,462 24,419 1.636
2014 2,632,615 24,716 1,422
2015 2.867,521 28,687 1.502
2016 3,178,284 31,252 1.391
2017 3,434,615 30,293 1,374
2018 3,442,742 31,370 1,221
2019 3,495,025 31,594 1.238
2020 1,076,952 14,570 967
2021 (July) 489,867 5.022 81
Source: Aena Statistics [first]

Ground Transportation [ edit ]

Public Transport [ edit ]

Menorca airport is served by bus route 10 linking it with the Mahón central bus station. Services run Monday to Sunday from approximately 0600 to 2245 in both directions, with the exact timetable and frequencies varying over the months of the year to essentially reflect tourism-related demand; the trip duration is 10 minutes. [38] [39] The service is operated by Torres Allés Autocares on behalf of local authorities. [40]

References [ edit ]

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  2. ^ a b “How to consult the AIP” . Archived from the original on March 7, 2012 . Retrieved January 30, 2011 .
  3. ^ “History” . Retrieved 20 September 2022 .
  4. ^ “History” . Retrieved 20 September 2022 .
  5. ^ “History” . Retrieved 20 September 2022 .
  6. ^ “Menorca Mahón Airport History” . Retrieved 20 September 2022 .
  7. ^ “Building Menorca Terminal Airport, Balearic Islands” . Retrieved 20 September 2022 .
  8. ^ “Three injured in partial roof collapse at Menorca airport” . 14 September 2006 . Archived from the original on August 16, 2017 . Retrieved September 14, 2006 .
  9. ^ “Builders hurt in airport roof fall – Sep 14, 2006” . CNN.com. 2006-09-14 . Retrieved 2013-09-21 .
  10. ^ Liu, jim. “Edelweiss Air adds Zurich – Mahon service in S20” . Routesonline . Retrieved 8 October 2019 .
  11. ^ “EUROWINGS DISCOVER NS23 SHORT-HAUL NETWORK ADDITIONS – 11DEC22” . Aeroroutes . 12 December 2022 . Retrieved 12 December 2022 .
  12. ^ “Air Nostrum will link León and six destinations with 368 flights between June and October | Transport” .
  13. ^ “IBERIA NS23 DOMESTIC / SPAIN NETWORK ADDITIONS” .
  14. ^ https://www.ita-airways.com/en_it/offers/all-offers/summer-destinations-spain.Splml.html [ only url ]
  15. ^ “Jet2.com Adds Birmingham Routes in S17” . routesonline . Retrieved 7 July 2016 .
  16. ^ “Jet2’s Bristol Airport base will bring 450,000-holiday seats” . ukaviation.news . 11 November 2020.
  17. ^ https://www.jet2.com/news/jet2_com_and_jet2holidays_take_off_at_two_new_bases/ [ only url ]
  18. ^ https://www.leebeck-air.de/files/content/downloads/pdf/europakarte%20en%20oj.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  19. ^ “Lufthansa: Book now for the summer” .
  20. ^ “Rayanir website” . Ryanair.com . [ not specific enough to verify ]
  21. ^ “Manchester gains Ryanair summer route to Menorca” .
  22. ^ “Ryanair route map | Our European destinations” .
  23. ^ “Only Flight” . tu.no.
  24. ^ Liu, Jim (18 December 2019). “SWISS expands Geneva network in S20” . routesonline.com .
  25. ^ “TAP to begin flying to Menorca and Mallorca” (in Portuguese). 9 January 2023.
  26. ^ a b “Transavia launches four new routes between Spain and France in June” . hosteltur.comdate=17 March 2021 .
  27. ^ “Thomson outlines planned new routes in S17” . Routesonline . Retrieved 2018-07-30 .
  28. ^ “UEPFLY ADDS IBIZA – MAHON SECTOR IN NW22” . aeroroutes.com . 18 October 2022.
  29. ^ “About Us” . 23 August 2022.
  30. ^ Liu, jim. “Volotea S20 new routes as of 29NOV19” . Routesonline . Retrieved 3 December 2019 .
  31. ^ “Seven new routes from Lille Airport” . 28 April 2022.
  32. ^ a b Liu, jim. “Volotea outlines post-COVID 19 network expansion in S20” . Routesonline . Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
  33. ^ “Volotea will connect Murcia with Menorca” . 29 April 2021.
  34. ^ “Volotea opens in Hondarribia with routes to Palma and Menorca this summer” . 29 April 2021.
  35. ^ a b Liu, jim. “Vueling July – Oct 2020 new routes update as of 03UL20” . Routesonline . Retrieved 6 July 2020 .
  36. ^ https://www.vueling.com/en/book-your-flight/new-routes [ only url ]
  37. ^ “Swiftair cargo routes” . 21 June 2020.
  38. ^ “Get to the destination from the airport – CIME” .
  39. ^ “Tib – Route 10: Maó – Aeroport – Cime” .
  40. ^ “The company, Autocares Torres, Transport and Rental of Bus in Menorca” .

External links [ edit ]

Media related to Menorca Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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