Menorca Airport

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Menorca Airport
Aeroport de Menorca
Aeropuerto de Menorca
Menorca Airport (7336476996).jpg
IATA: MAHICAO: LEMH
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Aena
Location Mahón, Menorca, Spain
Elevation AMSL 92 m / 302 ft
Coordinates 39°51′45″N 004°13′07″E / 39.86250°N 4.21861°E / 39.86250; 4.21861Coordinates: 39°51′45″N 004°13′07″E / 39.86250°N 4.21861°E / 39.86250; 4.21861
Website aena-aeropuertos.es
Map
MAH is located in Minorca
MAH
MAH
Location of airport in Minorca
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01R/19L 2,100 6,890 Asphalt
01L/19R 2,550 8,366 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 2,632,615
Passenger change 13–14 Increase2.6%
Aircraft Movements 24,716
Movements change 13–14 Increase1.2%
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[1]
Spanish AIP, AENA[2]

Menorca Airport or Mahón Airport (IATA: MAHICAO: LEMH; Catalan: Aeroport de Menorca, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Menorca) is the airport serving the Balearic island of Minorca in the Mediterranean Sea, near the coast of Spain. The airport is located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) southwest of Mahón.[2]

History[edit]

The airport was opened on 24 March 1969 when all civilian services were transferred from the neighbouring San Luis Airport.

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 three workers.[3][4]

A major refit of the Airport was finished before the start of the 2008 season. It now has 16 gates linked by jetway to the main terminal building.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Airlines Destinations
Adria Airways Seasonal charter: Ljubljana
Air Berlin Seasonal: Berlin–Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Munich
Air Europa Seasonal: Barcelona
AlbaStar Charter: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Alitalia Seasonal: Milan-Linate (begins 1 August 2015), Rome–Fiumicino
Arkefly Seasonal: Amsterdam
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[5]
Blu-express
operated by Blue Panorama Airlines
Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino
British Airways
operated by BA CityFlyer
Seasonal: London–City, Manchester
Seasonal charter: Aberdeen, Dublin[6]
easyJet Seasonal: Bristol, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Southend, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[7] Rome–Fiumicino
easyJet Switzerland Seasonal: Geneva
Flybe Seasonal charter: Glasgow–International
Germania Seasonal charter: Norwich
Iberia
operated by Air Nostrum
Madrid, Valencia
Seasonal: Alicante
Seasonal charter: Vitoria
InterSky Seasonal: Friedrichshafen
Seasonal charter: Bern
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow–International, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester[8] Newcastle upon Tyne
Jetairfly Seasonal: Brussels
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt
Malmö Aviation Seasonal charter: Billund, Copenhagen, Göteborg–Landvetter, Malmö
Monarch Airlines London–Gatwick
Seasonal: Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, London–Luton, Manchester
Neos Seasonal: Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino, Verona
Niki Seasonal charter: Innsbruck[9]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Oslo–Gardermoen
Orbest Seasonal charter: Porto[10]
Ryanair Seasonal: Barcelona, East Midlands, Madrid, Valencia
SkyWork Airlines Seasonal: Bern
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow–International, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomson Airways Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow–International, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam
Travel Service Airlines Bratislava
Seasonal: Prague
TUIfly Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn,[11] Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart
Volotea Seasonal: Asturias, Zaragoza
Vueling Barcelona, Santiago de Compostela
Seasonal: Alicante, Bilbao, Genoa, Madrid, Malaga,[12] Paris–Orly, Rome–Fiumicino, Seville, Turin

Statistics[edit]

Menorca Airport Passenger Totals 2000-2011 (millions)
Updated: 16 January 2015. 2014 data Provisional.[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
Source: Aena Statistics[1]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Media related to Mahón Airport at Wikimedia Commons