Menorca Airport

Aeroport de Menorca
Aeropuerto de Menorca
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAena
ServesMenorca
LocationMahón, Menorca, Spain
Elevation AMSL92 m / 302 ft
Coordinates39°51′45″N 004°13′07″E / 39.86250°N 4.21861°E / 39.86250; 4.21861
Websitewww.aena.es/en/menorca.html
Map
MAH is located in Minorca
MAH
MAH
Location of airport in Menorca
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,550 8,366 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers1,076,952
Passenger change 19-20Decrease 69.2%
Aircraft Movements14,570
Movements change 19-20Decrease 53.9%
Cargo (t)966
Cargo change 19-20Decrease 22%
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA [1][1]
Spanish AIP, AENA[2]

Menorca Airport (IATA: MAH, ICAO: LEMH; Catalan: Aeroport de Menorca, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Menorca), 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.[1]

History

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]

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.[3]

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.[3][4]

Terminal

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

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 rainwater. The debris temporarily trapped 20 and injured 3 workers.[6][7]

In 2016, for the first time, the annual passenger volume processed through the airport exceeded 3 million.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air Europa Palma de Mallorca
Seasonal: Barcelona
Air Nostrum Seasonal charter: Lisbon,[8] Porto[8]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Binter Canarias Seasonal: Gran Canaria
British Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt,[9] Munich (begins 6 April 2024)[10]
easyJet Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–International, Berlin, Bordeaux, Bristol, Geneva, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Porto (begins 25 June 2024),[11] Toulouse
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zurich[12]
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf
Iberia Madrid
Seasonal: Alicante, Ibiza, León,[13] Palma de Mallorca, Valencia, Zaragoza[14]
Iberojet Seasonal charter: Lisbon
ITA Airways Seasonal: Milan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino[15]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool (begins 5 May 2024),[16] London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich[17]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Neos Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Venice, Verona
Ryanair Barcelona, Málaga
Seasonal: Alicante, Bergamo, Bologna, Bordeaux, Charleroi,[18] Dublin, East Midlands, London–Stansted, Madrid, Manchester,[19] Marseille, Naples, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Treviso,[20] Toulouse, Valencia
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Oslo[21]
Smartwings Seasonal: Prague
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva[22]
TAP Air Portugal Seasonal: Lisbon[23]
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Lyon,[24] Nantes,[24] Paris–Orly
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands,[25] Exeter, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich[26]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart
Uep Fly Ibiza,[27] Palma de Mallorca[28]
Volotea Seasonal: A Coruña, Asturias, Bilbao,[29] Lille,[30] Lyon,[31] Marseille, Murcia,[32] Nantes, San Sebastián,[33] Santander,[31] Zaragoza
Vueling Barcelona, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Bilbao, Madrid,[34] Málaga, Seville, Valencia[35]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Swiftair[36] Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca

Statistics

Menorca airport annual passenger since 2000 (millions)
Updated: 20 August 2021.[1]
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
2013 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[1]

Ground Transportation

Public Transport

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.[37][38] The service is operated by Torres Allés Autocares on behalf of local authorities.[39]

References

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  24. ^ a b "Transavia launches four new routes between Spain and France in June". hosteltur.comdate=17 March 2021.
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  26. ^ "Thomson outlines planned new routes in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  27. ^ "UEPFLY ADDS IBIZA – MAHON SECTOR IN NW22". aeroroutes.com. 18 October 2022.
  28. ^ "About Us". 23 August 2022.
  29. ^ Liu, Jim. "Volotea S20 new routes as of 29NOV19". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  30. ^ "Seven new routes from Lille Airport". 28 April 2022.
  31. ^ a b Liu, Jim. "Volotea outlines post-COVID 19 network expansion in S20". Routesonline. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  32. ^ "Volotea conectará Murcia con Menorca". 29 April 2021.
  33. ^ "Volotea se estrena en Hondarribia con rutas a Palma y Menorca este verano". 29 April 2021.
  34. ^ "New Routes". Vueling.
  35. ^ Liu, Jim. "Vueling July - Oct 2020 new routes update as of 03UL20". Routesonline. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  36. ^ "Swiftair cargo routes". 21 June 2020.
  37. ^ "Arribar a la destinació des de l'aeroport - CIME".
  38. ^ "TIB - Route 10: Maó – Aeroport - CIME".
  39. ^ "La empresa, Autocares Torres, transportes y alquiler de autobuses en Menorca".

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