The flight from Mallorca to Ibiza takes 22 minutes and carries up to 6 passengers. The same crossing by boat is 3 to 4 hours. Departure is from Son Bonet, in Palma, with no public terminal: bags go straight aboard. A same-day return starts at €7,500 for a group of 4 to 6.
01How long it takes and where you leave from
The flight between Mallorca and Ibiza takes 22 minutes. That is time in the air; to the day you add the ground transfer to the heliport, which is part of the service. The aircraft carries up to 6 passengers: a group or two families cross on a single flight.
The operating base is Son Bonet, in Palma. You fly with no public terminal: no queues, no scanners, no departure lounge. Luggage goes from the car straight aboard, and the gap between stepping out of the car and lifting off is counted in minutes. With children or beach kit, that is what you feel most.
Balearic Experience does not operate the aircraft. We coordinate the flight with AOC-certified operators, pilots with over 2,000 hours and Part-145 maintenance. We build the day around the flight; the aircraft is flown by the people certified to fly it.
02What you are buying is the day, not the seat
By boat, the Mallorca to Ibiza crossing is 3 to 4 hours each way. Out and back doubles that figure, and the usable part of the day goes with it. By helicopter it is 22 minutes: the journey stops being the plan and goes back to being a move between two places.
In diary terms: breakfast in Mallorca, lunch in Ibiza, back before sunset, with no overnight bag and no hotel to check into. The day in Ibiza starts when you land, not when you finish crossing.
That is why the same-day return is the main use of this route. By boat it works on paper, but the split of hours leaves little margin ashore.
03What it costs and what the price covers
Ibiza in a day by helicopter is published from €7,500 for a group of 4 to 6 passengers. That figure is the return trip and includes the ground transfers, not just the airborne leg.
The quote covers the pilot, the slot and the transfer to the heliport. The slot is the assigned take-off and landing window: it is arranged in advance and sits inside what you are quoted.
There is no list price, because the amount moves with the aircraft, the route and the number of passengers. We send the quote in under 24 hours, with two or three options.
04When it does not add up
If there are two of you, get the quote before you get your hopes up. The published figure, from €7,500, is for a group of 4 to 6 passengers: fewer people are quoted separately, and what you charter is the flight, not a seat. The time you save is the same; there are simply fewer of you to share it. For a couple in no hurry, the boat or the ferry remain the sensible call.
If you are sleeping several nights in Ibiza, the time argument weakens. The 3 to 4 hours by boat land once on the way out and once on the way back, spread across a longer stay. They do not eat your day, because you have several.
And if the crossing is the point — anchoring halfway, swimming, eating on board — the helicopter removes exactly that. There the boat is not transport, it is the plan: yacht charter is published from €1,936 per day (Fjord 44), with fuel billed separately.
05How the flight fits the rest of the day
You can be dropped next to the yacht at anchor, or at the villa helipad where the house has one. That removes the link that usually breaks a schedule: the leg between where you land and where the day actually begins.
On the ground the flight connects with a driver and the table already booked: the landing time and the lunch time are set together. If the flight moves, the rest moves with it.
One invoice and one point of contact for the whole day. The same coordination covers Cabrera in 12 minutes, Menorca in 30 and the private jet from Mallorca to Madrid, Barcelona, Nice, Monaco or London.
How long does Mallorca to Ibiza take by helicopter?
22 minutes of flight between the two islands. The same crossing by boat is 3 to 4 hours each way.
How much does the Mallorca to Ibiza flight cost?
From €7,500 for a group of 4 to 6 passengers, return, with the ground transfers included. The final figure depends on the aircraft, the route and the number of passengers: we send the quote in under 24 hours with two or three options.
How many people fit in the helicopter?
Up to 6 passengers on one flight. The published figure, from €7,500, is for a group of 4 to 6 people. Smaller groups are quoted separately: what you charter is the whole flight, not individual seats.
Where does the flight depart from?
From Son Bonet, in Palma. It is a private flight with no public terminal: no queues, no scanners, luggage straight aboard.
Can you fly to Ibiza and back on the same day?
Yes, and it is the main use of this route. At 22 minutes each way you have breakfast in Mallorca, lunch in Ibiza and are back before sunset. The published price from €7,500 already covers the return within the day.
