Flying to Ibiza on a budget
Ibiza is a mid-sized city served by 1 airport in Spain. Across the city's airports, around 20 airlines operate roughly 99 documented route pairings, connecting Ibiza to approximately 25 direct destinations worldwide. For budget travellers, having multiple airports in one city is usually good news. Secondary airports tend to host the lowest-cost carriers and the cheapest fares, but the trade-off is a slower (and sometimes pricier) ground transfer to the city centre.
The cheapest combination of base fare plus ground transport almost never lives at the same airport. As a rule of thumb, fly into the most-served airport when you have luggage, late arrival times, or a fixed work meeting. Fly into the cheapest secondary airport when you are travelling light, have flexible plans, and are arriving mid-day with the buses still running. We break down the airports below in order of route volume, so you can quickly see which carriers and destinations each one specialises in.
Airports serving Ibiza
Tips for landing in Ibiza cheap
- Compare airports before booking. The headline-cheapest fare into the secondary airport is sometimes wiped out by a EUR 20+ ground transfer to the city centre.
- Check the last public-transport time. Late arrivals can force a pricey taxi if you miss the bus or train; verify against the inbound landing time, not the scheduled.
- Pre-book ground transport for arrival. A pre-paid bus ticket bought online is usually the cheapest predictable option; airport-counter taxi rates can run two to three times the metered fare.
- If you have multiple airports, fly in and out of different ones. Use Google Flights' multi-city search to capture the cheapest combination of one-ways across two airports.
- Watch for currency exchange traps. The airport bureaux are the worst place to change money; withdraw from a major-bank ATM in arrivals instead.
Top destinations from Ibiza
| Code | City | Country |
|---|---|---|
| MAD | Madrid | Spain |
| MAN | Manchester | United Kingdom |
| DUS | Duesseldorf | Germany |
| FRA | Frankfurt | Germany |
| BCN | Barcelona | Spain |
| EMA | East Midlands | United Kingdom |
| LBA | Leeds | United Kingdom |
| STN | London | United Kingdom |
| VLC | Valencia | Spain |
| BRU | Brussels | Belgium |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| ORY | Paris | France |
| CGN | Cologne | Germany |
| STR | Stuttgart | Germany |
| TXL | Berlin | Germany |
| MUC | Munich | Germany |
| PMI | Palma de Mallorca | Spain |
| LCY | London | United Kingdom |
| LHR | London | United Kingdom |
| LGW | London | United Kingdom |
Airlines flying from Ibiza
Ryanair (FR)
Ireland · Budget
United Feeder Service (U2)
United States · Budget
Lufthansa Cargo (LH)
Germany
Alitalia (AZ)
Italy · Budget
Iberia Airlines (IB)
Spain
Air Berlin (AB)
Germany
Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY)
Norway · Budget
British Airways (BA)
United Kingdom
Transavia France (TO)
France · Budget
Germanwings (4U)
Germany
Vueling Airlines (VY)
Spain · Budget
Condor Flugdienst (DE)
Germany
Jet2.com (LS)
United Kingdom · Budget
Transavia Holland (HV)
Netherlands · Budget
Aer Lingus (EI)
Ireland
Air Europa (UX)
Spain
Luxair (LG)
Luxembourg
Germania (ST)
Germany