Ibiza Airport

Ibiza Airport is extremely busy in tourist season (may till october) and while later on in the season it is farely calm because over 85% of the total amount of visitors that travel to Ibiza Airport arrive by various airlines in tourist season.
Many, many arrivals and departures pass during summer.
Hotels and Rental companies take care of most of the transfers from Ibiza airport to various holiday destinations.
Visitors to Formentera also arrive in Ibiza Airport by airplane before they have to travel to Ibiza's neighbouring island by boat.
Ibiza Airport in general is the primary connection to the mainland for both Ibiza and Formentera.

In 2004 the airport welcomed over 4 million passengers and last year 2007 more than 4.6 million passengers and 57,853 flights passed the airport and they expect this number to increase further to 5,5 million in 2015, now  already 95 % of ALL visitors to Ibiza come in by flights from all over the world.
Expansion operations are being completed to make the Ibiza airport suitable for the increasing number of tourists flying in.

Ibiza Airport was founded during the Spanish Civil War, for temporariy military use but was kept in use later on as an emergency airport.
The very first touristic flights took place in 1949 but unfortunately the airport was closed in 1951.

Increasing numbers of tourists over the next 5 years made clear Ibiza was in deep need of its airport, so it was adapted and modernized for incoming and departing aircrafts and passenger flights to and from Ibiza.

Now in 2008 completion of a pretty, modern airport in Ibiza is due and more and more locals earn a living by working for, in or with Ibiza airport or one of the airlines that have their Airport Check-in.
Various airlines offer cheap tickets to Ibiza, so the touritsts will keep flying to this beautiful island.
Ibiza Airport is host to (duty free) shops, travel agencies, airlines and all kinds of services such as guides, car hire services, drivers, bus companies.
 

  Disabled passengers

The airport is easily accessible by disabled passengers and provides necessary adaptations such as 3 lifts, with digital numbering in braille, differentiated surfaces on all pavements throughout the premises,  adapted telephones and toilets.  All public toilets in the terminal have disabled facilities, the same goes for the new parking block for hired cars.

The airports car park has 12 disabled parking spaces. that are situated directly opposite the passenger terminal.

Special taxis can be hired from Radio Taxi de San José, (tel: 971 398 340).  This taxi service is available 24-7 each day.

Ibiza airport is located just about 7 km SouthWest of Ibiza-Town (Eivissa).

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