Ibiza airport transfers 2027: bus, taxi and timings

Ibiza airport 2027 at a glance: size, routes and seasonality

Ibiza Airport is a single-runway regional airport that behaves like a major hub for five months of the year. Aena's figures show about 9.1 million passengers in 2025, of which roughly 5.4 million were international and 3.8 million domestic, with around 85,000 aircraft movements. The busiest domestic links are with Barcelona, Madrid, Palma, Valencia and Málaga, while the biggest international flows in 2025 came from Amsterdam, Manchester, London Gatwick, Paris Orly and London Stansted. Vueling uses the island as a focus base, and Ryanair, easyJet, Jet2, TUI, Iberia, Condor, Eurowings and Transavia are among the airlines serving it. The swing between seasons is dramatic: a record January brings around 200,000 passengers, while a peak September month can approach 1.2 million. For your 2027 trip this means two things. In summer, expect crowded arrival halls and build buffer time into everything; in the shoulder months, expect fewer direct routes and occasionally reduced bus frequencies, especially in April and late October.

Ibiza airport transfers 2027 by bus: the AERO lines explained

On 1 April 2026 the island's bus network passed to a new operator, Alsa, under a ten-year concession from the Consell d'Eivissa. The old line numbers that you may still see in older blogs and forums no longer apply to the airport, so ignore any advice that mentions them. Airport services now run under the AERO name, buses accept contactless bank cards, and stops display QR codes that show real-time positions. The fleet is being renewed with dozens of electric vehicles, rolled out progressively through 2026. For most visitors the bus is the cheapest way out of the airport by a wide margin, and outside the very busiest hours it is perfectly comfortable even with a suitcase. The important thing is to know which AERO line serves your area, because the routes fan out to the capital, the port, Playa d'en Bossa, San Antonio and the east coast, and some run only in the main season. The details below reflect the 2026 timetable as reported in October 2026; the 2027 version is expected to follow a similar pattern.

Ibiza airport 2027 bus lines to Ibiza Town, the port and Playa d'en Bossa

Three AERO lines cover the south-east, where most of the superclubs and a large share of the hotels are concentrated. AERO2 links the airport with the main Ibiza bus station via Sant Jordi and the port, takes around 20 to 30 minutes and ran every 30 minutes all year in 2026. AERO3 is the express to Ibiza Port, around 20 minutes, every 30 minutes, operating between 1 May and 15 October in 2026, which makes it the natural choice if you are catching a ferry to Formentera or staying near the marina. AERO5 serves Playa d'en Bossa and Figueretes in roughly 27 minutes, also every half hour, from mid-May to mid-October. In 2026 these three lines cost 3.50 euros when paid by card or QR code and 4.90 euros in cash, so paying by card saves you a meaningful amount over a week of journeys. If you are staying close to Ushuaïa or Hï, AERO5 drops you within walking distance of most hotels on the strip.

Ibiza airport 2027 buses to San Antonio, Santa Eulària and Es Canar

Two longer lines reach the west and the east. AERO1 runs from the airport to San Antonio via Sant Josep in about 50 minutes; in 2026 it ran every 30 minutes from May to September, hourly in April and October and only a handful of times a day in winter. AERO4 heads north-east to Santa Eulària and Es Canar via Cala Nova, taking about an hour, with an hourly service from April to October and five or six departures a day in the low season. Both cost 4.00 euros by card or QR and 5.60 euros in cash in 2026. The bus to San Antonio is good value if you arrive in daylight with time to spare, but if you land late at night in the shoulder season, check the last departure before relying on it: missing the final hourly bus leaves you with a long wait or a taxi of thirty euros or more. Families heading to the quieter east coast often find AERO4 a relaxed start to the holiday, since it skirts the busiest part of the island.

Ibiza airport taxis 2027: fares, the new tariff and the queue

Official Ibiza taxis are white and wait at the rank outside arrivals. In September 2026 the island council approved a new tariff: flag fall rises from 4.00 to 4.35 euros, the daytime rate from 1.21 to 1.32 euros per kilometre, the night and holiday rate from 1.47 to 1.60 euros, and the port or airport supplement from 2.00 to 2.15 euros. A supplement of 1.60 euros applies to bookings by phone or app. The new prices only apply once they are published officially and the meters have been adapted and sealed, and in October 2026 the start date had not been confirmed, so by summer 2027 you should expect the new scale to be in force without assuming it. As a guide, metered fares from the airport under the previous tariff were roughly 16 to 22 euros to Ibiza Town or the port, 10 to 14 euros to Playa d'en Bossa, 28 to 38 euros to San Antonio and 31 to 38 euros to Santa Eulària, and the new tariff adds a little under ten per cent to the distance element.

The real cost of an Ibiza airport taxi in summer is time rather than money. When several flights land together on a Friday or Saturday afternoon in July or August, the queue at the rank can be long, and in the late evening, when drivers are also busy with club runs, it can move slowly. Three habits help. First, walk straight to the rank rather than stopping for coffee: a few minutes can mean dozens of places in the line. Second, if you are a group of four with luggage, a taxi often costs about the same per person as the bus to San Antonio and saves you an hour. Third, for your return journey, book a taxi in advance or leave far more margin than you think you need, because finding a free taxi on a peak night in Playa d'en Bossa or San Antonio is a classic way to miss a morning flight. Keep some cash as a back-up even though most drivers now accept cards.

Private and pre-booked Ibiza airport transfers in 2027

Pre-booked transfers sit between the bus and the taxi. A driver meets you in arrivals with your name, the price is fixed in advance and you skip the rank completely, which is particularly valuable if you land after midnight, travel with small children or arrive on an opening weekend when every taxi on the island seems to be busy. Shared shuttles that collect passengers from several flights are cheaper but slower, because they wait for a full vehicle and drop people off at several hotels. Private minivans make sense for groups of six to eight, especially if you are staying in a villa in the countryside where buses do not run and a taxi would need two cars. Many villas and boutique hotels in the north and the south-west organise transfers for their guests, so ask when you book. Whatever you choose, give the company your flight number rather than your scheduled landing time, so the driver tracks delays instead of leaving after an hour. Prices vary too much by operator and vehicle to quote reliably, so compare a few quotes against the taxi estimates above.

Ride-hailing apps and Ibiza airport transfers in 2027: what to expect

Visitors used to calling a car on an app at home are often surprised by how limited this is in Ibiza. Uber does operate on the island, with an airport pick-up zone, but the number of available cars is small relative to summer demand, and the legal framework is contested. The council has refused new VTC licences on the grounds of the regional ratio between private-hire authorisations and taxi licences, and in May 2026 the Balearic high court partly upheld an appeal and ordered that decision to be reassessed, with further court cases and political moves continuing through the year. In practice this means you should not build your arrival or departure plan around an app. Treat ride-hailing as a possible bonus if a car happens to be nearby, and rely on official taxis, the AERO buses or a pre-booked transfer as your main option. The same caution applies to unlicensed drivers offering rides in the arrivals hall: stick to the official rank or a company you have booked yourself.

Timing your Ibiza airport 2027 arrival around the party calendar

The airport is at its busiest in the days around the opening and closing weekends and on Fridays and Saturdays in July and August. In 2026 the openings were concentrated between 24 and 27 April, when Pacha, Hï, Ushuaïa, [UNVRS] and DC10 all launched their seasons within four days, and the closings clustered between 9 and 12 October. If the 2027 calendar follows the same shape, those two windows will again bring a surge of arrivals, and taxi queues will be at their longest on the Friday afternoon before the big parties. A midweek arrival, or a morning flight, makes for a far calmer start. Keep in mind that bus lines such as AERO3 and AERO5 only started their full seasonal service in May in 2026, so a late-April arrival for the openings may mean fewer direct buses than in summer. When opening and closing dates are announced, usually in the first months of the year, use the alert on this page to hear about them early and pick your flights before prices rise.

Ibiza airport 2027 departures: getting back without the stress

The trip home is where most transfer horror stories happen, usually because someone assumed a taxi would be easy to find at five in the morning after a closing party. Plan your return transfer before you go out on your last night. If you are flying early, book a taxi or a private transfer in advance and confirm it the day before; if you are taking the bus, check the first departure of the relevant AERO line, as early-morning frequencies can be lower. Allow plenty of time at the airport itself in high season, since security queues can be long when several early departures coincide, and remember that departures to the UK involve passport control. If you are combining a stay in Formentera with Ibiza, leave a comfortable margin between your ferry and your flight: AERO3 links the port and the airport directly in summer, but a delayed boat on a windy day can eat into a tight connection. A relaxed final morning is worth more than one extra hour in bed.

Which Ibiza airport transfer suits your 2027 trip?

For a couple or a solo traveller staying in Ibiza Town, Playa d'en Bossa or Figueretes, the AERO bus is almost always the smart choice: it is cheap, frequent in summer and takes barely longer than a taxi. For a group heading to San Antonio with suitcases, a single taxi split four ways often wins on comfort and time. Families with young children or anyone arriving late at night should consider a pre-booked transfer, simply to avoid queues and uncertainty after a long day. If you are staying in a villa in the north, around Sant Joan, Portinatx or Santa Gertrudis, there is little public transport near most rural properties, so either a pre-booked car or a hire car collected at the airport makes more sense. Whatever your plan, read our guide to getting around Ibiza for club nights, compare the areas in where to stay in Ibiza 2027, and budget your transfers with the rest of the trip in our Ibiza budget 2027 breakdown.

Ibiza airport 2027: frequently asked questions

These are the questions we hear most often from readers planning their arrival on the island, whether they are coming for a long weekend of opening parties, a fortnight of beaches or a family holiday on the quieter east coast. The answers reflect the bus network as it ran in 2026 under the new operator and the taxi tariff approved by the island council in September 2026, which is the best guide available until the 2027 timetables and meter rates are confirmed. If something changes before next summer, such as new line numbers, different seasonal start dates or a revised supplement for airport pick-ups, we update this page. For the bigger picture of moving around once you have landed, including the night buses that link the resorts with the superclubs, ferries and car hire, read our separate guide to getting around the island, which complements the airport advice on this page nicely.

How far is Ibiza airport from Ibiza Town and San Antonio in 2027?

Ibiza Airport lies in Sant Josep de sa Talaia, about 7 km south-west of Ibiza Town, which means a drive of roughly 15 to 20 minutes outside rush periods and a bus journey of 20 to 30 minutes on AERO2 or AERO3. San Antonio is on the opposite side of the island: the AERO1 bus takes about 50 minutes via Sant Josep, and a taxi usually takes 25 to 35 minutes depending on traffic. Playa d'en Bossa is the closest major resort, with the AERO5 bus taking under half an hour and a short taxi ride. Santa Eulària and Es Canar on the east coast take about an hour by AERO4. These distances are short by European standards, but summer traffic around Ibiza Town and the airport roundabouts can add time on busy afternoons, so always leave margin when you have a ferry, a check-in time or a party start to catch on your arrival day.

How much is a taxi from Ibiza airport in 2027?

Nobody can quote an exact 2027 fare yet, but the structure is clear. The tariff approved by the island council in September 2026 sets a flag fall of 4.35 euros, 1.32 euros per kilometre by day, 1.60 euros at night and on public holidays, and an airport supplement of 2.15 euros, and it applies once meters have been officially adapted. Under the previous tariff, typical fares from the airport were about 16 to 22 euros to Ibiza Town, 10 to 14 euros to Playa d'en Bossa, 28 to 38 euros to San Antonio and 31 to 38 euros to Santa Eulària, so expect something a little higher in 2027. Night fares are noticeably more expensive than daytime ones. Ask the driver for an estimate before setting off if you are unsure, and remember that queuing time at the rank, not the price, is usually the bigger issue in July and August.

Is there a bus from Ibiza airport at night in 2027?

The airport buses run late into the evening in summer, but they are not a twenty-four-hour service, and frequencies drop outside the main season. In 2026 the busiest line, AERO2 to the Ibiza bus station, ran every 30 minutes all year, while the San Antonio and east-coast lines had hourly or reduced services in April, October and winter. If your flight lands close to midnight, check the last departure for your line on the operator's app before you travel, and have a taxi or pre-booked transfer as your plan B. The night Discobus lines that link San Antonio, Playa d'en Bossa and the superclubs do not serve the airport, so they are no help on arrival. For a late landing during an opening or closing weekend, a pre-booked transfer is the least stressful choice, because taxi queues can be at their longest exactly when the last buses have gone, and a driver waiting with your name is worth the extra cost.