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Menorca Airport Aeroport de Menorca Aeropuerto de Menorca
IATA: MAH ICAO: LEMH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Aena
Serves	Menorca
Location	Mahón, Menorca, Spain
Elevation AMSL	92 m / 302 ft
Coordinates	39°51′45″N 004°13′07″E / 39.86250°N 4.21861°E / 39.86250; 4.21861
Website	aena.es
Map
MAHLocation of airport in Menorca
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 2,550 8,366 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers 1,076,952 Passenger change 19-20 69.2% Aircraft movements 14,570 Movements change 19-20 53.9% Cargo (t) 966 Cargo change 19-20 22%
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA Spanish AIP, AENA

Menorca Airport (IATA: MAH, ICAO: LEMH; Catalan: Aeroport de Menorca, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Menorca), also known as Mahón Menorca Airport is an international airport serving the island of Menorca, one of Spain's Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The airport is located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) southwest of the city of Mahón. The airport is primarily used by charter and seasonal flights and is busiest during the April-October season. In 2019, the airport handled over 3 million passengers, making it the fifteenth busiest airport in the country that year.

History

The first airfield on Menorca (San Luis Aerodrome) was constructed in the late 1930s during the Spanish Civil War, with an 850 metre runway. During the 1940s, the airfield was often used by planes coming from the neighbouring island of Mallorca and in 1949, Spain's Ministry of Aviation agreed to make San Luis a fully civilian airfield. In August 1949, the airfield's first inaugural flight landed from Barcelona, operated by Aviaco and using a Bristol 170 aircraft. During the late 1950s and early 60s, the runway was extended twice in order to accommodate the larger Douglas DC-4, which Aviaco had begun flying to San Luis. In September 1965, the airfield was officially renamed as Mahón Airport.

By the 1960s, with the increase in passenger traffic, came the demand for a new and larger airport to be built, with a longer runway to accommodate larger aircraft. In 1967, construction began on what is now the site of the current airport and, on 24 March 1969, the new airport known as Menorca Airport was officially opened. Since then, San Luis has primarily been used by light aircraft as a flying club.

Throughout the 1970s and 80s, passenger traffic continued to grow and, by 1986, the airport's passenger numbers had exceeded 1 million per year. This then prompted the construction of the airport's current terminal in 1987, which opened to the public in May 1988. Due to the continual rise in passenger numbers, the airport was further expanded and refurbished several times during the 1990s and 2000s, opening in its current form in 2008.

On 17 April 2024, AENA released a planification for several airports to be expanded throughout the years 2027 to 2031. One of the airports referenced by AENA to be expanded was Menorca Airport.

Terminal

Menorca Airport currently has 42 check-in desks, 16 departure gates (5 with airbridges) and 6 baggage claim carousels. On 14 September 2006 a partial roof collapse occurred in the new part of the terminal undergoing construction work. The collapse may have been caused by a build-up of heavy rainwater. The debris temporarily trapped 20 and injured 3 workers. In 2016, for the first time, the annual passenger volume processed through the airport exceeded 3 million.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Statistics

Menorca airport annual passenger since 2000 (millions)

Updated: 20 August 2021.

Busiest routes

Busiest international routes from MAH (2023)

Rank	Destination	Passengers	Change 2022 / 23
1	London-Gatwick	249,466	8%
2	Manchester	155,703	7%
3	Paris-Orly	111,950	3%
4	London-Stansted	96,706	5%
5	Milan-Malpensa	80,547	8%
6	Birmingham	78,683	7%
7	Bristol	74,038	12%
8	East Midlands	68,329	19%
9	Marseille	53,586	20%
10	Toulouse	45,958	24%
11	London-Luton	44,511	35%
12	Newcastle	43,392	30%
13	Lyon	41,615	113%
14	Bordeaux	37,392	39%
15	Lisbon	34,978	342%
16	Leeds/Bradford	33,452	5%
17	Düsseldorf	31,235	3%
18	Bergamo	29,633	24%
19	Bologna	26,931	24%
20	Nantes	26,431	2%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo

Busiest Spanish routes from MAH (2023)

Rank	Destination	Passengers	Change 2022 / 23
1	Barcelona	932,959	10%
2	Palma de Mallorca	391,644	8%
3	Madrid	371,913	11%
4	Bilbao	139,275	4%
5	Valencia	136,050	10%
6	Málaga	38,066	7%
7	Alicante	27,292	44%
8	Seville	23,939	50%
9	Asturias	23,466	16%
10	Zaragoza	18,392	4%
11	Santiago de Compostela	12,347	53%
12	Ibiza	11,429	17%
13	A Coruña	11,281	11%
14	San Sebastián	10,628	4%
15	Murcia	8,937	1%
16	Gran Canaria	4,910	52%
17	Santander	4,860	2%
18	Vigo	2,533	72%
19	León	1,326	10%
20	Girona	1,233	New route
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo

Passengers by airline

Passengers by airline at MAH (2023)

Rank	Airline	Share	Passengers	Change 2022 / 23
1	Vueling	24,4%	985,768	1%
2	Ryanair	18,5%	750,273	3%
3	Iberia	15,9%	642,890	16%
4	EasyJet	10,8%	436,289	2%
5	Jet2.com	8,0%	322,167	7%
6	TUI Airways	6,4%	259,110	3%
7	Volotea	4,3%	172,505	10%
8	Transavia	2,2%	90,621	1%
9	TUI fly Deutschland	1,6%	64,694	4%
10	British Airways	1,3%	54,294	42%
11	Neos	1,3%	53,495	4%
12	Eurowings	0,7%	29,884	17%
13	Air Europa	0,6%	23,801	55%
14	Uep Fly	0,5%	22,258	12%
15	Smartwings	0,5%	19,096	13%
16	Edelweiss Air	0,3%	13,796	25%
17	TAP Air Portugal	0,3%	13,001	New airline
18	TUI fly Belgium	0,3%	11,189	17%
19	Luxair	0,3%	10,713	14%
20	Lufthansa	0,2%	9,224	32%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo

Passengers by country

Passengers by country at PMI (2023)

Rank	Airline	Share	Passengers	Change 2022 / 23
1	Spain	53,8%	2,174,522	5%
2	United Kingdom	23,6%	955,803	3%
3	France	8,5%	344,749	16%
4	Italy	5,3%	212,619	20%
5	Germany	3,0%	119,641	5%
6	Portugal	1,5%	60,378	147%
7	Switzerland	1,3%	52,637	10%
8	Belgium	0,7%	26,905	9%
9	Poland	0,6%	25,709	11%
10	Netherlands	0,6%	23,847	0%
11	Ireland	0,4%	14,638	28%
12	Czech Republic	0,3%	13,478	5%
13	Luxembourg	0,3%	10,727	14%
14	Slovakia	0,1%	5,682	1%
15	Austria	0,1%	3,411	88%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo

Ground transportation

Menorca Airport is served by bus route 10 linking it with the Mahón central bus station. Services run Monday to Sunday from approximately 0600 to 2245 in both directions, with the exact timetable and frequencies varying throughout the year to essentially reflect tourism-related demand. The trip's duration is 10 minutes. The service is operated by Torres Allés Autocares on behalf of local authorities.

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External links

Media related to Menorca Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Accident history for MAH at Aviation Safety Network
• Current weather for LEMH at NOAA/NWS

• Spain
• Aviation

• Airports in the Balearic Islands
• Mahón
• Airports established in 1969