Son Bonet Aerodrome (LESB)

Description

Son Bonet Aerodrome was the first civil airfield on Mallorca. Originally built during the 1920s as an alternative to the military airport at Son Sant Joan, the first commercial flight was in 1927 and a flying school established in 1935. The airfield is located in the Marratxí municipality between Pont d'Inca and Pla de Na Tesa, which is in close proximity to Palma (only 5½ km northeast from the town centre). During the Spanish Civil War it was adapted for both civilian and military purposes. The Italian air force briefly used the airport as one of their bases to launch bomber raids onto the mainland. During 1946, Son Bonet was equipped as a customs airport and opened to domestic and international traffic in July. Over the following decade, the airport traffic increased which facilitated modernisation and improvements to be made. However the airport could neither accommodate larger aircraft nor could the runway be extended, so these services were transferred to the island's main airport in the July 1959. Today it is primarily used for general and leisure aviation, with approximately 75,000 flights per year. The above description has been prepared by IPACS forum user StrongSafety. Although this website is moderated as far as is possible, the text above does not represent the views of the administrator of FSCloudPort. If you have any concerns about the above content please email admin@

Runways

05 / 231493m x 23mModel size:1508m26m

Author

IPACS Forum ID StrongSafety
ContributorsToorop
Created on 12/03/2019 20:09:56 GMT
Updates more22-Feb-2020 18:17:26 By Toorop

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Download instructions for a fully modelled airport follow Click for basic TSC

  1. Create folder My PC > Documents > Aerofly FS2 > scenery > places > ES
  2. Download LESB.zip file to your ES folder and unzip to folder LESB/
  3. Download xref_lib_water_towers.zip to My PC > Documents > Aerofly FS2 > scenery > xref and unzip to folder xref_lib_water_towers/ (only do this once and it applies for all FSCP airports
  4. Go Fly!
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