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Son Sant Joan Airport or Aeropuerto de Son Sant Joan is an airport located approximately 8 km east of Palma de Mallorca, next to the village C'an Pastilla. Also known as Palma de Mallorca Airport or Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca, it is the third largest airport in Spain, after Madrid Barajas International Airport and Barcelona International Airport. During the summer months it is one of the busiest airports in Europe.

Son Sant Joan Airport occupies an area of 6.3 km². Due to rapid growth of passenger numbers, additional infrastructure was added to the two terminals A (1965) and B (1972). This main terminal was designed by local architect Pere Nicolau Bonet and was officially opened on April 12, 1997. The airport now consists four gate areas: Terminal A is mostly used for domestic flights, while Terminals B, C and D are for international traffic. The airport handles 25 million passengers per year, with a capacity to dispatch 12,000 passengers per hour. Future plans includes an increase of the passenger capacity to 32 million passengers in 2010 and to 38 million passengers in 2015.

Address:
Palma de Mallorca Airport, 07000 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Telephone:        902 404 704
E-mail: pmi_info@aena.es
Website: www.aena.es

Location:
The airport is located 8km (5 miles) east of Palma de Mallorca

Country Code:
34

Driving Directions for Palma de Malllorca Airport:
Palma de Mallorca airport can be reached via the Palma-Santanyí motorway.

Car Parking at Palma de Mallorca Airport:
There is a covered car park close to the terminal for long- and short-term parking. The car park has a capacity for 5,700 vehicles on six floors. The ground floor is used by car hire companies; and long-term parking is on the sixth floor. All floors are fitted with disabled parking spaces, situated next to lifts and escalators. Direct access via a tunnel from the fourth floor of the car park to the departures area of the terminal building. An automatic walkway links the arrivals floor of the terminal building to the car park. Automatic pay stations are located on the fourth and ground floors. The car park is divided into different zones.

Car Hire at Palma de Mallorca Airport:
Companies include Avis, Betacar-Europcar, Centauro, Goldcar Rental, Hasso, Hertz, Record and Tui Cars-Ultramar Express. Desks and offices are located at Arrivals in the terminal building and on the ground floor of the airport car park.

Public Transport from Palma de Mallorca Airport:
Road: Taxi: Taxis leave from outside Door D on the Arrivals floor. Taxi companies serving the city centre (journey time: 15 minutes) include Fono Taxi, Radio Taxi and Taxi Palma. Bus: Bus no.1 runs to Paseo Mallorca in central Palma de Mallorca (journey time: 30 minutes) and Porto Pí. There is a bus stop in front of the multi-storey car park, outside Door D of the Arrivals floor, and another one outside the check-in floor, opposite the airport access road.

Getting to your Accommodation from Palma de Mallorca Airport:
The simplest, most efficient and certainly most cost effective way of travelling from Palma de Mallorca Airport to any of the main resorts in Majorca is to book either a shuttle or private taxi transfer on line in advance at www.keytransfers.com where you will find shuttle transfers starting from as little as 15 euros return – a FANTASTIC RATE! Booking online is easy and picking up your shuttle or taxi transfer on your return journey couldn’t be easier too. We serve nearly all resorts in Majorca including Alcudia, Arenal, Cala d'or, Cala Major, Cala Millor, Cala Ratjada, Cala San Vicente, Calas De Mallorca, Calas Vinas, Ca'n Pastilla, Ca'n Picafort, Formentor, Illetes, Magaluf, Paguera, Palma City Centre, Palma Nova, Playa de Palma, Playa Muro, Portals Nous, Porto Colom, Porto Cristo, Puerto de Alcudia, Puerto De Andratx, Puerto Pollensa, Sa Coma, Santa Ponsa, S'Illot.
 
Information and Help Desks at Palma de Mallorca Airport:
Information desks (tel: 971 789 099) can be found in Arrivals, Departures and check-in. There is a tourist information desk on the ground floor of the terminal (tel: 971 789 556).

Airport Facilities at Palma de Mallorca Airport:
Money and communications: The terminal has a full service bank on the Departures fourth floor and several ATMs. There are also post boxes, a post office and telephones. Eating and drinking: There are many bars and restaurants at the airport, including a 24-hour bar and a 24-hour cafeteria. Shopping: Shops include duty-free, a tobacconists, toy shop, leather goods shop, shoe shops, a jewellers, opticians, florists, sweet shops, gift shops and a clothing accessories shop. Luggage: There is no left-luggage facility at the airport. A lost property service is situated on the ground floor .

Other facilities: There are 24-hour first aid services and a pharmacy, as well as numerous travel agents and a children’s room.

Conference and Business Facilities at Palma de Mallorca Airport:
There are three VIP lounges at the airport, the Randa and l’Ofre lounges, situated in the Departures area, and the Formentor lounge, situated on the D concourse. These provide free newspapers, a television, telephone and self-service bar. The airport can also provide conference/meeting rooms, telephone, fax machines, computers and data lines, and catering; there are also board rooms for hire in the Randa VIP lounge.

Disabled Facilities at Palma de Mallorca Airport:
There are lifts and ramps in the terminal where necessary. Wheelchair-accessible toilets and disabled parking spaces are also available.

Other Disabled Fscilities:-

  • Reserved parking spaces for the disabled, duly signposted, in all parking area and floors of the car park building.
  • Signposted pedestrian routes without obstacles.
  • Pavements with lowered edges or ramps.
  • Adapted toilets in all terminal areas and boarding modules.
  • Signposted lifts to connect the different floors.
  • Security filter on the check-in floor for passengers who must be transferred by the airlines by electric car.
  • Acoustic and visual information in 4 languages throughout the terminal and in the boarding modules.
  • Wheelchairs available from the information staff for passengers who cannot access check-in from their means of transport or from the arrivals hall to their means of transport.
  • Electric cars prepared to transport the disabled.
  • Adapted telephone booths.
  • Inclusion of the necessary signposting for the disabled in the signposting manuals.
  • Leaflets available at airport information points (also in braille) containing passenger rights and information for the disabled.

Palma de Mallorca Airport Hotels:
There are no hotels in the airport grounds, but hotel reservations can be made at the airport. The nearest hotels to the airport can found in Ca’n Pastilla or El Arenal which are approximately 5 minutes by car from the airport.

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