# Palma raises border police headcount ~52%, average EES wait eases to 30 minutes | EESQueue > Palma de Mallorca has cut its average EES wait to about 30 minutes after a large increase in border police staffing, though peaks still reach 70 minutes. Source: https://eesqueue.com/news/palma-border-police-headcount-average-wait-eases - [Home](https://eesqueue.com/) - [EES news](https://eesqueue.com/news) - Palma raises border police headcount ~52%, average EES wait eases to 30 minutes 9 August 2026 # Palma raises border police headcount ~52%, average EES wait eases to 30 minutes Palma de Mallorca has cut its average EES wait to about 30 minutes after a large increase in border police staffing, though peaks still reach 70 minutes. Palma de Mallorca (PMI) has raised border police headcount by roughly 52%, and the average wait at passport control has eased to about **30 minutes**, with peaks around **70 minutes**, according to Airport Border Post chief José Ignacio Hernández as of 27 July 2026. That is a real improvement on the up-to-3-hour queues documented at Palma earlier in the rollout, when AENA added 10 temporary kiosks and dedicated UK-only lanes. Ryanair named Palma on 4 July 2026 among Europe's seven worst EES airports; on this evidence it is no longer in that condition, though the worst documented queue on record for the airport remains 180 minutes. Treat the 30-minute average as an average, not a promise. Arrivals bunch: several non-Schengen flights landing together still produce the long tail. **Airports in this update:** [Palma de Mallorca Airport](https://eesqueue.com/airport/palma-de-mallorca-airport) Flying soon? Check [live EES wait times](https://eesqueue.com/ees-wait-times) on the day, and count your days with the [Schengen 90/180 calculator](https://eesqueue.com/schengen-calculator). [Rome Fiumicino says EES tripled UK border times; Ryanair names Athens a blackspot →](https://eesqueue.com/news/rome-fiumicino-border-times-triple-athens-named-blackspot) [All EES news →](https://eesqueue.com/news)