Operated By: |
Aena |
Website: |
www.aena.es |
Terminals: |
1 |
This Review: |
Only Terminal |
Rating: |
IBZ IBIZA TT0107 /221750 |
General: |
Only airport for the island, and a major gateway during the summer for people heading to the island for the beaches and clubbing |
Appearance: |
The large modern airport is spacious, and in the winter months is mostly in darkness as only small corners are used. I could imagine in the summer that it gets very full |
Domestic
I have not arrived on a domestic flight at this airport
International
After landing it was a short walk up an air-bridge to the terminal building and straight into the immigration hall. That leads through to the massive baggage reclaim hall with many belts and then out past a phone for making customs declarations to the arrivals hall
Immigration was efficient and quick, the space is clearly set up for the arrival of large numbers at the same time so one small plane was easily dealt with
The massive baggage hall clearly has the capacity to deal with lots of holidaymaker flights, much of it was in darkness in winter
There didn't appear to be a customs area, just a phone on the wall if you needed to make a declaration
During the winter months the number 10 bus runs every 30 minutes into town, taking around a half hour. During the summer the frequency is more regular
Domestic
Domestic flights were departing from the same area as international flights
International
In the winter months a large part of the airport is in darkness as there are far fewer passengers. After checking in and passing through security the departures lounge was mostly in darkness. Rather than using an extra-Schengen section two police officers checked the passports of departing UK bound passengers at the gate. For some reason, despite there being lots of gates available with air bridges, we had to be bussed to the plane
In winter there was just one small café/bar open airside. There were clearly more, but these were all shut
In winter there was just one small café/bar open airside. There were clearly more, but these were all shut
In winter there were no restaurants open, but there did appear to be a couple in the closed off areas of the departures lounge
Only two shops were open in Winter, but there were clearly many other shops that are available during high season
The toilets were clean and well maintained