Minorca Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Minorca Airport
nativename = Mahon Airport
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IATA = MAH
ICAO = LEMH
type = Public
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operator = Aena
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location = Mahon
elevation-f = 298
elevation-m = 91
coordinates = Coord|39|51|45|N|004|13|07|E|type:airport|display=inline,title
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r1-number = 01R/19L
r1-length-f = 6,890
r1-length-m = 2,100
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 01L/19R
r2-length-f = 7,710
r2-length-m = 2,350
r2-surface = Asphalt
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Minorca Airport or Mahon Airport Airport codes|MAH|LEMH is the airport serving the Balearic island of Minorca in the Mediterranean Sea, near the coast of Spain. The airport was opened on March 24 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. [http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/09/14/Navigation/177/209010/Three+injured+in+partial+roof+collapse+at+Menorca+airport.html] [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/14/spain.collapse/index.html?section=cnn_latest]

The major refit on the Airport is now finished, in time for the beginning of the 2008 Season.

Airlines and destinations

cheduled Services

*airberlin (Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Münster/Osnabrück, Nuremberg, Palma de Mallorca)
*Air Europa (Barcelona)
*Clickair (Barcelona)
*easyJet (Bristol [seasonal July 12 - September 13] , Liverpool, London-Gatwick, Newcastle)
*Iberia (Madrid)
**operated by Air Nostrum (Barcelona, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia)
*Jet2.com (Belfast-International, Blackpool [begins 15 June] , Edinburgh [Begins 21 May] , Leeds/Bradford, Newcastle)
*Monarch Airlines (Birmingham, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester)
*Spanair (Barcelona, Glasgow-International [seasonal] , Madrid)
*Vueling Airlines (Barcelona)

Charter Services

*Condor Airlines (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt)
*First Choice Airways (Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester, Norwich)
*Thomas Cook Airlines (Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle)
*Thomsonfly (Birmingham, Cardiff, Coventry [begins 6 May] , Doncaster/Sheffield, Durham Tees Valley, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted [begins 4 May] , Manchester, Newcastle)
*Transavia (Amsterdam)
*TUIfly (Bremen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart)
*Arkefly (Amsterdam)

External links

* [http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?cid=1048858922674&pagename=Estandar%2FPage%2FAeropuerto&SMO=-1&SiteName=MAH&c=Page&MO=0&Language=EN_GB Official Airport Website (English)]
* [http://www.menorca-airport.com/en/index.php menorca-airport.com] Website with information about the airport and tourism in Minorca
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