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Palma de Mallorca Airport
Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca

IATA: PMI – ICAO: LEPA
Summary
Airport typePublic and military
OperatorAena
LocationPalma de Mallorca, Spain
Elevation AMSL7 m / 24 ft
Coordinates39°33′06.03″N 02°44′19.71″E / 39.551675, 2.7388083
Runways
DirectionLengthSurface
mft
06L/24R3,27010,728Asphalt
06R/24L3,0009,842Asphalt
06C/24C2,5008,202Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Passengers23,227,983
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Palma de Mallorca Airport or Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca (IATA: PMI, ICAO: LEPA) is an airport located approximately 8 km east of Palma de Mallorca, adjacent to the village C'an Pastilla. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many The ICAO (ˌaɪˌkeɪˈoʊ Airport code or location indicator is a four-letter Alphanumeric Code designating each airport around An airport is a location where Aircraft such as airplanes, Helicopters and blimps take off and land Palma is the major City and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain Previously known as Son Sant Joan Airport or Aeropuerto de Son Sant Joan, it is the third largest airport in Spain, after Madrid Barajas International Airport and Barcelona International Airport. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Madrid-Barajas Airport (Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas is the main international airport serving the Spanish capital Madrid. Barcelona International Airport, also known as El Prat, is the main Airport serving Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. During the summer months it is one of the busiest airports in Europe. The airport is a hub for German carrier airberlin. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

Son Sant Joan Airport occupies an area of 6. 3 km². Due to rapid growth of passenger numbers, additional infrastructure was added to the two terminals A (1965) and B (1972). An airport terminal is a building at an Airport where passengers transfer between ground transportation and the facilities that allow them to board and disembark from Airplanes This main terminal was designed by local architect Pere Nicolau Bonet and was officially opened on April 12, 1997. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The airport now consists four gate areas: Terminal A is mostly used for domestic flights, while Terminals B, C and D are for international traffic. The airport handles 25 million passengers per year, with a capacity to dispatch 12,000 passengers per hour. Future plans includes an increase of the passenger capacity to 32 million passengers in 2010 and to 38 million passengers in 2015.

Statistics

Despite a decline in passenger numbers at the airport following the events of 11th September, 2001, numbers have risen steadily since 2001 with over 22. 3 million passengers using the airport in 2006. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

PassengersOperations
199919,127,773168,533
200019,424,243176,997
200119,206,964169,603
200217,832,558160,329
200319,185,919168,988
200420,416,083177,859
200521,240,736182,028
200622,408,427190,304
200723,227,983197,354
Source: Aena Statistics [1]

Airlines and destinations

In addition to those listed above, there are also numerous charter flights. Aena is the Spanish state owned company that owns and manages all Spanish airports Aer Lingus is the Flag carrier airline of Ireland. Based at Dublin Airport, it operates 41 Airbus aircraft serving Europe Africa and North Air Europa Líneas Aéreas SAU is an Airline based in Palma, Majorca, Spain. Austrian Airlines AG is the flag carrier Airline of Austria, headquartered in Vienna. British Midland Airways Limited or BMI, styled as bmi (the company's trademark formerly operated as British Midland) is a scheduled Airline Bmibaby is a British Low-cost airline and a subsidiary of British Midland PLC. British Airways plc ( is the national Airline and Flag carrier of the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe Brussels Airlines is the largest Belgian airline It operates to over 50 destinations in 20 European countries as well as long-haul flights to East Central and West Africa Bulgaria Air ( Bulgarian name България Ер) is the National airline carrier of Bulgaria, based in the capital Sofia Centralwings is a scheduled airline (although will convert to becoming solely a Charter airline on 1 October 2008 based in Warsaw, Poland. Clickair is a low-cost airline based in Barcelona, Spain, operating services from Spanish cities to nearly 40 destinations in Europe. Condor Flugdienst is an Airline based in Germany It is Germany's largest holiday airline operating services to the Mediterranean Asia Africa North America and the Caribbean EasyJet Airline Company Limited, styled as easyJet, is a low cost airline based at London Luton Airport. AS Estonian Air is an airline based in Tallinn, Estonia. It is a regional airline feeding into the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS network via Stockholm First Choice Airways is a Charter airline of European tour operator TUI Travel PLC, based in Crawley, England. Flybe Limited is a British Airline based at Exeter International Airport, England. Flyglobespan is a Scottish low-cost airline based in Edinburgh. Germanwings is a low-cost airline based in Cologne, Germany. It operates services to over 66 destinations in Europe. Girjet (Gestion Aerea Ajecutiva SL was an Airline based in Barcelona, Spain. Hamburg International (Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH is an independent Airline based in Hamburg, Germany. Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España SA (Iberia Airlines of Spain ( or Iberia as it is commonly known is the largest Airline of Spain, based Air Nostrum Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo SA, also known as Iberia Regional, is a Regional airline based in Valencia, Spain Jet2com is a British low-cost airline based in Leeds, England. Jetairfly is an Airline based in Belgium. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights LagunAir Líneas Aéreas, usually referred to simply as LagunAir, was an Airline based in León, Spain. Lauda Air is an Airline based in Vienna, Austria. It operates scheduled leisure flights and charters to holiday destinations in Europe, Luxair (Luxair Société Luxembourgeoise de Navigation Aérienne SA is the Flag carrier Airline of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Monarch Airlines is a British charter and scheduled Airline based in Luton, England. Niki is an Airline based in Vienna, Austria. It operates services to leisure destinations in Europe and Egypt from Vienna Norwegian Air Shuttle ( is a Norwegian low-cost airline, with headquarters at Fornebu outside Oslo and its main base at Oslo Airport Ryanair (,) is an Irish Airline with headquarters in Dublin and its biggest operational base at London Stansted Airport in the UK Scandinavian Airlines System ( SAS) is a multi-national Airline for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the leading carrier in the Spanair is an Airline based in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It is a subsidiary of Scandinavian Airlines Systems that provides a scheduled Sterling Airlines A/S is an Icelandic owned low-fare airline, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Swiss International Air Lines Ltd (short Swiss) is the principal Airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America Thomas Cook Airlines is a British Charter airline based in Manchester, England. Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium is a charter Airline based in Belgium. Thomsonfly is a British airline owned by the TUI Group. Thomsonfly is the largest Charter airline in the world and also operates scheduled services transaviacom is a Netherlands based Low-cost airline operating as an independent part of the Air France-KLM group Travel Service (Hungary is an Charter airline based in Hungary. TUIfly is the third biggest airline in Germany (after Lufthansa and Air Berlin and was founded in January 2007 as a cooperation of Hapag-Lloyd Flug and Hapag-Lloyd Volare SpA, operating as volarewebcom, is a low-fares airline based in Italy. Wizz Air is a Hungarian low-cost airline with headquarters in Vecsés, Hungary XL Airways was a British low-cost charter and scheduled Airline, which ceased operations when it went into administration on 12 September 2008

Since 2002 the former Terminal B is no longer in use. The new terminal B known as Módulo B or Interislas has been built next to the control tower, and is used for inter-Islands (Mahón and Ibiza) flights.

Terminal A, part of the original airport, is currently being used for the majority of British bound low fares and charter flights. Easyjet has its own set of boarding in this part of the airport, which has also been recently expanded to create two levels of gates.

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