Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) is Spain's fourth-busiest, and in high summer it feels it: over 29 million passengers pass through, most of them holidaymakers. It lies 8 km east of Palma, a 15 to 20 minute hop into town by bus or taxi. Because so much of the traffic is leisure, hotels near Palma Airport split between people catching dawn flights home and Mallorca residents heading off the island.
The resort strip starts almost at the runway. S'Arenal and Platja de Palma are right next door, Magaluf is about 20 km west, and the quieter north around Alcúdia and Pollença is a 50 to 60 km drive.
Palma airport hotels: 5 options listed near Palma de Mallorca Airport. Popular choices: Melia Palas Atenea Palma, AC Hotel Palma by Marriott, Iberostar Waves Cristina.