Palma Airport
Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) is the gateway to the wonderful island of Mallorca. It’s the place where most people begin and end their holiday. Palma Airport is the third-largest airport in Spain handling almost 30 million passengers every year, dispatching more than 12,000 passengers per hour during busy periods. During peak months this dual-runway palma airport handles as many movements as Heathrow, the busiest airport in Europe. It is also known as Son Sant Joan Airport.
Palma de Mallorca Airport, also known as Son Sant Joan International Airport or simply as Palma Airport (IATA: PMI, ICAO: LEPA) is a Spanish Aena airport located 8 km from the city center of Palma de Mallorca. It is strategically located between the summer resorts of the bay of Palma (S’Arenal) and the city, on the site of a former military base still in existence. It was inaugurated in the 1960s, the time of the great tourist boom in the Balearic Islands, to replace the old Son Bonet Airport (which is still in operation). Nearby is also the Son San Juan Air Base, operated by the Spanish Air Force, with which it shares runways.
It has had successive extensions, the last one in 1997 by the Mallorcan architect Pere Nicolau Bover. It has a single passenger terminal divided into four blocks that can be used independently (A, B, C, D), as well as two parallel runways (06L-24R and 06R-24L) of 3270 and 3000 meters in length respectively with ILS at their heads, usable in low visibility conditions, allowing a high number of operations per hour.
The construction of the third runway, paralyzed due to the Territorial Plan of Mallorca, is still pending.
It is well communicated with Palma de Mallorca through the Levante highway and two urban bus lines. Recently it has been proposed to create a streetcar line between the center of Palma and the airport.
It is the third most important airport in Spain by passenger volume and the most profitable in the country, being only surpassed in traffic by Madrid-Barajas Airport in Madrid and Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona. It receives a large number of charter flights from Europe (especially Germany and the United Kingdom).
Air Berlin, the main airline operating at the airport, used the airport as a hub or connection center to link flights from Germany and Spain. During 2016, for economic reasons of the company and strong competition, it stopped using the Mallorcan airport as a hub for operations between the two countries by eliminating flights between Son Sant Joan and the Iberian Peninsula, although maintaining flights from Germany.
Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI), also known as Aeroport de Son Sant Joan, is one of the busiest airports in Europe, especially during the summer season. The taxi ride from the airport to the centre of Palma takes around 20 minutes, if traffic is normal, and the distance in question is just 9 km. So, your journey will start by taking the Carretera de l’Aeroport motorway until it joins the Autopista de Llevant which will take you to the heart of the city.
Transfer by a palma airport taxi from Mallorca Airport to the hotel
A taxi is by far the most satisfying option for your transfer from the airport to your hotel. By using a taxi you are sure to reach your destination in comfort and safety . Moreover, you won’t have to hassle carrying your luggage on public transport and even if your flight is delayed, there will always be a taxi available to serve you.
