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Palma de Mallorca Airport

Palma de Mallorca · Spain · Europe/Madrid

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2Runways

10,728Longest (ft)

27Elevation (ft)

120Route Records

34Airline Records

UTC+1Timezone

222Mapped Stands

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Route Intelligence

48Well Connected

Shortest route

MAHMenorca Airport131.2 km

Air Berlin

Longest route

DMEDomodedovo International Airport3,125.7 km

Vueling Airlines

Nearest international

ALGHouari Boumediene Airport320.5 km

Air Algerie

Longest international

DMEDomodedovo International Airport3,125.7 km

Iberia Airlines

Longest domestic

SCQSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport1,003.2 km

Ryanair

Airport Connectivity Score

48/100

Well Connected

Destinations served120 destinations

Airline diversity34 airlines

Haul mix coverage2 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

06L/24R10,728 ftAsphaltLIT

06R/24L9,842 ftAsphaltLIT

Haul Mix

short-haul

medium-haul

Geographic Context

Nearest airport

MAHMenorca Airport131.2 km

Nearest same country

MAHMenorca Airport131.2 km

Nearest international

ALGHouari Boumediene Airport320.5 km

Farthest airport

GISGisborne Airport19,592.7 km

Within 500 km: 35 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 194 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 543 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1MAHMenorca Airport131.2 kmL

2IBZIbiza Airport139.8 kmL

3BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport202 kmL

4REUReus Airport221.8 kmL

5CDTCastellón-Costa Azahar Airport239 kmM

6GROGirona-Costa Brava Airport261.6 kmL

7VLCValencia Airport276.3 kmL

8ILDLleida-Alguaire Airport305.2 kmM

9ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport318.2 kmL

10ALGHouari Boumediene Airport320.5 kmL

ATC Frequencies6

APPAPP118.95 MHz

ATISATIS119.25 MHz

CLDCLNC DEL123.88 MHz

GNDGND121.705 MHz

OPSOPS130.25 MHz

TWRTWR118.305 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

320

738

73H

319

321

E90

75W

332

CR9

73G

Live Departures & Arrivals5

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EJU38CGA20N5,950 ft

TFL9LKB38M8,100 ft

IBB35AVE2953,200 ft

RYR4PTB7384,400 ft

ANE12DMAT769,650 ft

Source: adsb.lol — community ADS-B network. Approximate local traffic within 40nm, not a definitive schedule.

Aircraft Spotted Here

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Airline Records in Dataset34

EIAer Lingus

AHAir Algerie

3OAir Arabia Maroc

ABAir Berlin

UXAir Europa

AFAir France

AZAlitalia

OSAustrian Airlines

BABritish Airways

FBBulgaria Air

DECondor Flugdienst

OKCzech Airlines

BEFlybe

STGermania

4UGermanwings

IBIberia Airlines

LSJet2.com

LHLufthansa Cargo

LGLuxair

ZBMonarch Airlines

HGNiki

DYNorwegian Air Shuttle

FRRyanair

SKScandinavian Airlines System

SXSkyWork Airlines

LXSwiss International Air Lines

X3TUIfly

TOTransavia France

HVTransavia Holland

QSTravel Service

V7VOLOTEA Airways

VYVueling Airlines

HKYangon Airways

U2easyJet

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Airport HistoryEst. 1960

Palma de Mallorca Airport's roots go back to 1921, when seaplanes served the island via Palma's harbor, but its modern site at Son Sant Joan opened to domestic and international commercial traffic on 7 July 1960. Rapid growth followed as Mallorca became one of Europe's premier package-holiday destinations, particularly for British and German tourists, driving successive terminal and runway expansions through the 1960s-1990s. Today it is operated by Spain's Aena and ranks among Spain's busiest airports, with traffic that swells dramatically each summer tourist season.

✦Palma de Mallorca is consistently ranked among Spain's busiest airports, with summer passenger volumes far exceeding the island's own population due to the tourism boom.

✦Aviation to Mallorca began with seaplanes operating from Palma's harbor in the early 1920s, decades before Son Sant Joan existed.

✦The airport's 1997 terminal was designed by Mallorcan architect Pere Nicolau Bonet, giving it a distinct local architectural identity compared to many other European airports of the era.

✦The island's heavy dependence on German and British package tourists made the airport one of Europe's most seasonal, with traffic multiplying several times over between winter and peak summer months.

1935

First scheduled commercial route

The first scheduled air service began between Palma and Madrid, an early step in the island's development as an air-connected tourist destination.

1959

Traffic authorized to shift to Son Sant Joan

Authorities approved the transfer of commercial air traffic from the smaller Son Bonet aerodrome to the Son Sant Joan site, paving the way for the modern airport.

1960

Son Sant Joan opens to traffic

The airport officially opened for domestic and international commercial traffic on 7 July 1960, coinciding with the rapid growth of Mediterranean package tourism.

1965

Terminal A construction begins

Construction started on a new passenger terminal to handle rapidly increasing charter and scheduled traffic from northern Europe.

1972

Terminal B opens

A second terminal opened to accommodate the surge of non-scheduled charter flights bringing tourists to the island.

1997

New main terminal opens

A large new terminal designed by Majorcan architect Pere Nicolau Bonet opened, modernizing the airport for the mass-tourism era.

2003

Inter-island module opens

A dedicated module for flights between the Balearic Islands opened, further increasing the airport's capacity.

Operator

Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (Aena)1991 – presentAena has managed Spain's state airport network, including Palma, since its creation in 1991; the airport was managed by predecessor Spanish civil aviation authorities before that.

Compiled from Aena's official airport history page and Wikipedia/Simple Flying summaries; current passenger-ranking figures are approximate and change year to year.