Ibiza Airport (IATA: IBZ, ICAO: LEIB) (Catalan: Aeroport d'Eivissa, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Ibiza) is the international airport serving the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Formentera in Spain located 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Ibiza Town. In 2020, the airport handled 2.1 million passengers (after more than 8.2 million in pre COVID-19 conditions in 2019), making it the thirteenth busiest airport in the country. As the island is a major European holiday destination, it features both year-round domestic services and several dozen seasonal routes to cities across Europe. It is also used as a seasonal base for Vueling.

History

1940–1989

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The airport was first established as a temporary military airport during the Spanish Civil War, and it remained open after the conflict for use as an emergency airport. In 1949, the site was used to operate some domestic and international tourist flights, but it was closed in 1951.

It was not until 1958 that work commenced to re-open the airport in reaction to the rapid development of the tourist market in the Balearic Islands, particularly in neighboring Majorca. The airport reopened on 1 April 1958 with the first destinations during that year including Palma, Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid.

1990 to Today

The airport has expanded progressively over the subsequent decades with runway, taxiway, apron and terminal enhancements designed to cope with the growing air tourist market, which, by the late 1990s, was generating over 3.6 million passengers a year at the airport.

In 2011, the airport provisionally handled over 5.6 million passengers and around 61,000 aircraft movements, an increase of 11.9% and 8.4% respectively compared with 2010.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal: Athens
Air Europa	Madrid, Palma de Mallorca Seasonal: Bilbao
Air France	Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly
ASL Fly Executive	Seasonal: Antwerp
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Vienna
Binter Canarias	Seasonal: Gran Canaria
British Airways	London–City Seasonal: London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, London–Stansted
Brussels Airlines	Seasonal: Brussels
Chair Airlines	Seasonal: Zürich
Condor	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Zürich
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam
Discover Airlines	Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
easyJet	Seasonal: Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–International, Berlin, Bordeaux, Bristol, Geneva, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Nantes, Naples, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle (begins 29 June 2024), Porto, Toulouse, Venice
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zürich
Eurowings	Düsseldorf Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg, Salzburg, Stuttgart
Iberia	Alicante, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia Seasonal: León, Málaga, Menorca, Nice, Valladolid, Vigo, Lleida
Iberia Express	Madrid
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bournemouth (begins 1 May 2025), Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
KLM	Seasonal: Amsterdam
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair	Seasonal: Luxembourg
Neos	Seasonal: Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Oslo
People's	Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein
Ryanair	Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid, Málaga, Seville, Valencia Seasonal: Bari, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bristol, Charleroi, Dublin, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Hahn, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–Stansted, Manchester, Marseille, Newcastle upon Tyne, Pisa, Porto, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Treviso, Toulouse, Turin, Vienna, Weeze
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal: Copenhagen (begins 4 July 2024), Stockholm–Arlanda
SkyAlps	Seasonal: Bolzano
Smartwings	Seasonal charter: Prague
Swiss International Air Lines	Seasonal: Geneva
TAP Air Portugal	Seasonal: Lisbon
Transavia	Amsterdam, Eindhoven Seasonal: Brussels, Paris–Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague
Travelcoup	Seasonal: Munich, Zürich
TUI Airways	Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Exeter (resumes 24 May 2025), Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich Seasonal charter: Dublin
TUI fly Belgium	Seasonal: Antwerp, Brussels, Ostend/Bruges
TUI fly Deutschland	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Hannover
TUI fly Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam
Uep Fly	Menorca, Palma de Mallorca
Universal Air	Seasonal: Malta
Volotea	Seasonal: Asturias, Bilbao, Santander
Vueling	Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Málaga, Paris–Orly, Seville, Valencia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Asturias, Geneva, Lisbon, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela
Wizz Air	Seasonal: Naples, Rome–Fiumicino

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Swiftair	Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia

Statistics

	Passengers	Aircraft movements	Cargo (tonnes)
1998	3,780,181
1999	4,185,633	45,959
2000	4,475,708	52,544	4,985
2001	4,472,279	52,079	4,531
2002	4,094,446	48,344	4,426
2003	4,157,291	47,990	4,232
2004	4,171,580	48,798	4,510
2005	4,164,703	49,603	4,350
2006	4,460,141	54,146	4,427
2007	4,765,625	57,855	4,308
2008	4,647,487	57,235	3,928
2009	4,572,819	53,552	3,143
2010	5,040,800	56,988	3,196
2011	5,643,180	61,768	2,755
2012	5,555,048	57,738	2,316
2013	5,726,579	56,304	2,190
2014	6,212,198	60,142	2,021
2015	6,477,283	64,612	2,023
2016	7,416,368	72,503	1,831
2017	7,903,892	75,691	1,747
2018	8,104,316	76,995	1,616
2019	8,155,635	75,378	1,435
2020	2,110,348	33,185	1,053
2021	2,341,271	61,612	1,027
2022	8,156,708	80,723	1,147
2023	8,931,598	82,803	?
Source: Aena Statistics

Accidents and incidents

• On 7 January 1972, Iberia Airlines Flight 602 struck a mountain when on approach to Ibiza Airport. All 104 passengers and crew on board were killed.