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Menorca Airport
Aeroport de Menorca
Aeropuerto de MenorcaIATA: MAH – ICAO: LEMH Location of airport in Minorca
MAHSummary Airport type Public Operator Aena Location Mahón Elevation AMSL 92 m / 302 ft Coordinates 39°51′45″N 004°13′07″E / 39.8625°N 4.21861°E Runways Direction Length Surface m ft 01R/19L 2,100 6,890 Asphalt 01L/19R 2,550 8,366 Asphalt Statistics (2006) Passengers 961,695 Source: Spanish AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] Menorca Airport or Mahón Airport (IATA: MAH, ICAO: LEMH) (Catalan: Aeroport de Menorca, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Menorca) is the airport serving the Balearic island of Minorca in the Mediterranean Sea, near the coast of Spain. The airport, located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) southwest of Mahón,[1] was opened on 24 March 1969 when all civilian services were transferred from the neighbouring San Luis Airport. It now has 16 gates linked by jetway to the main terminal building, and in the year to June 2006 it had handled 961,695 passengers and 12,870 movements. In total, the airport serves 35 cities and 36 airports in 4 countries (on scheduled flights). Receiving operations from 48 airlines (of which 20 are scheduled operators (at July 2006).
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 rain water. The debris temporarily trapped 20 and injured three workers.[2][3]
The major refit on the Airport was finished in time for the start of the 2008 season.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations Air Berlin Palma de Mallorca
Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, MunichAir Europa Barcelona, Madrid AlbaStar Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Milan Orio-al-Serio, Verona Arkefly Amsterdam Bmibaby Seasonal: Belfast-City [begins 15 June], East Midlands Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt EasyJet Seasonal: Bristol, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Newcastle upon Tyne Flybe Edinburgh [begins 5 May], Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Southampton Germania Seasonal: Dublin [begins 19 May 2012] Helvetic Airways Berne Iberia Madrid Iberia operated by Air Nostrum Alicante, Bilbao, Ibiza, Lleida, Leon, Madrid, Malaga, Marseille, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Salamanca, Valladolid, Valencia Jet2 Seasonal: Belfast-International, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, Newcastle upon Tyne Jetairfly Brussels Monarch Scheduled: London-Luton
Scheduled Seasonal: Birmingham, London-Gatwick, ManchesterNeos Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Pisa, Rome-Fiumicino, Verona Niki Seasonal: Vienna Sky Work Airlines Seasonal: Berne [begins 6 May] Spanair Barcelona, Madrid Thomas Cook Airlines Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester,
Seasonal: Newcastle upon Tyne, SouthamptonThomson Airways Belfast-International [begins 23 May], Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich Travel Service Bratislava,
Seasonal: PragueTravel Service operated by Smart Wings Seasonal: Prague TUIfly Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart Vueling Barcelona, Bilbao, Rome-Fiumicino References
External links
- Official Airport Website (English)
- Accident history for MAH at Aviation Safety Network
- Current weather for LEMH at NOAA/NWS
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