Madrid–Barajas Airport

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Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport [1]

Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Aena
Serves Madrid metropolitan area
Location Barajas, Madrid, Spain
Opened22 April 1931;93 years ago (1931-04-22)
Hub for
Operating base for
Elevation  AMSL 609 m / 1,998 ft
Coordinates 40°28′20″N003°33′39″W / 40.47222°N 3.56083°W / 40.47222; -3.56083
Website www.aena.es/en/madrid-barajas-airport/index.html
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Location within Madrid
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Madrid-Barajas Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
14R/32L4,10013,451 Asphalt
18L/36R3,50011,482Asphalt
14L/32R3,50011,482Asphalt
18R/36L4,35014,268Asphalt / Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers60,220,984
Aircraft Movements351,906
Economic impact (2012)$10.9 billion [2]
Social impact (2012)130,900 [2]
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA [3]
Spanish AIP, AENA [4]

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport( IATA : MAD, ICAO : LEMD) is the main international airport serving Madrid, the capital city of Spain. At 3,050 ha (7,500 acres; 30.5 km2) in area, it is the second-largest airport in Europe by physical size behind Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. [5] [6] In 2019, 61.8 million passengers travelled through Madrid–Barajas, making it the country's busiest airport as well as Europe's fifth-busiest.

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The airport opened in 1931 and has grown to be one of Europe's most important aviation centres. Within the city limits of Madrid, it is 9 km (6 mi) from the city's financial district and 13 km (8 mi) northeast of the Puerta del Sol or Plaza Mayor de Madrid, Madrid's historic centre. The airport name derives from the adjacent district of Barajas, which has its own metro station on the same rail line serving the airport. Barajas serves as the gateway to the Iberian peninsula from the rest of Europe and the world and is a key link between Europe and Latin America. Following the death of the first Spanish Prime Minister after Franco's dictatorship, Adolfo Suárez, in 2014, the Spanish Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced [7] that the airport was to be renamed Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez, Madrid–Barajas. The airport is the primary hub and maintenance base for Iberia and Air Europa. Consequently, Iberia is responsible for more than 40% of Barajas's traffic. The airport has five passenger terminals: T1, T2, T3, T4 and T4S.

History

Early years

The airport was constructed in 1927, opening to domestic and international air traffic on 22 April 1931, although regular commercial operations began two years later. A small terminal was constructed with a capacity for 30,000 passengers a year, in addition to several hangars and the building of the Avión Club. The first regular flight was established by Lineas Aéreas Postales Españolas (LAPE) with its route to Barcelona. In the 1930s, flights started to serve some European and African destinations, the first international flights from the airport.

Originally, the flight field was a large circle bordered in white with the name of Madrid in its interior, unpaved, consisting of land covered with natural grass. It was not until the 1940s that the flight field was paved and new runways were designed. The first runway which started operation in 1944 was 1,400 metres long and 45 metres wide. [8] By the end of the decade the airport had three runways, none of which exist today. In the late 1940s, scheduled flights to Latin America and the Philippines [9] started.

In the 1950s, the airport supported over half a million passengers, increasing to five runways and scheduled flights to New York City began. The National Terminal, currently T2, began construction in 1954 and opened later that year. In the Plan of Airports of 1957, Barajas Airport is classified as a first-class international airport. By the 1970s, large jets were landing at Barajas, and the growth of traffic mainly as a result of tourism exceeded forecasts. At the beginning of the decade, the airport reached the 1.2 million passengers, double that envisaged in the Plan of Airports of 1957.

In the 1970s, with the boom in tourism and the arrival of the Boeing 747, the airport reached 4 million passengers and began the construction of the international terminal (current T1). In 1974, Iberia, L.A.E. introduced the shuttle service between Madrid and Barcelona, a service with multiple daily frequencies and available without prior reservation.

The 1982 FIFA World Cup brought significant expansion and modernisation of the airport's two existing terminals. [8]

In the 1990s, the airport expanded further. In 1994, the first cargo terminal was constructed and the control tower was renovated. In 1997, it opened the North Dock, which is used as an exclusive terminal for Iberia's Schengen flights. In 1998, it inaugurated a new control tower, 71 m tall and then in 1999 the new South Dock opened, which implies an expansion of the international terminal. During this time, the distribution of the terminals changed: The south dock and most of the International Terminal were now called T1, the rest of the International Terminal and Domestic Terminal were now called T2 and the north dock was called T3.

In November 1998, the new runway 18R-36L started operations (replacing the previous 18–36), 4,400 m long, one of the largest in Europe under expansion plans called Major Barajas. In 2000, it began the construction of new terminals T4 and its satellite, T4S, designed by architects Antonio Lamela, Richard Rogers and Luis Vidal. Two parallel runways to the existing ones were also built.

Development since the 2000s

The new terminals and runways were completed in 2004, but were not in service until 5 February 2006.

Terminal 4, designed by Antonio Lamela, Richard Rogers and Luis Vidal, (winning team of the 2006 Stirling Prize) and TPS Engineers, (winning team of the 2006 IStructE Award for Commercial Structures) [10] was built by Ferrovial [11] and inaugurated on 5 February 2006. Terminal 4 is one of the world's largest airport terminals in terms of area, with 760,000 square meters (8,180,572 square feet) in separate landside and airside structures. It consists of a main building, T4 (470,000 m2) and a satellite building, T4S (290,000 m2), which are approximately 2 km apart. The new Terminal 4 is designed to give passengers a stress-free start to their journey. This is managed through careful use of illumination, with glass panes instead of walls and numerous skylights which allow natural light into the structure. With this new addition, Barajas is designed to handle 70 million passengers annually.

During the construction of Terminal 4, two more runways (15L/33R and 18L/36R) were constructed to aid in the flow of air traffic arriving and departing from Barajas. These runways were officially inaugurated on 5 February 2006 (together with the terminals), but had already been used on several occasions beforehand to test flight and air traffic manoeuvres. Thus, Barajas came to have four runways: two on a north–south axis and parallel to each other (separated by 1.3 km) and two on a northwest–southeast axis (and separated by 1.9 km). This allowed simultaneous takeoffs and landings into the airport, allowing 120 operations an hour (one takeoff or landing every 30 seconds).

Terminals 1, 2 and 3 are adjacent terminals that are home to SkyTeam and Star Alliance airlines. Terminal 4 is home to Iberia, its franchise Air Nostrum and all Oneworld partner airlines. Gate numbers are continuous in terminals 1, 2 and 3 (A1 to E89), but are separately numbered in terminal 4 (H, J, K and M, R, S, U in satellite building).

The Madrid–Barcelona air shuttle service, known as the "Puente Aéreo" (in Spanish), literally called "Air Bridge", used to be the busiest route between two EU airports [12] with 55 daily flights in 2012. [13] The schedule has been reduced since the February 2008 opening of the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line which covers the distance in 2+12 hours. Subsequently, the route has been overtaken by London-Dublin and Paris-Toulouse.

On the morning of 30 December 2006, an explosion took place in the carpark building module D attached to Terminal 4. Authorities received a bomb threat at approximately 8:15 local time (7:15 GMT), with the caller stating that a car bomb carried with 800 kg of explosive would explode at 9:00 local time (8:00 GMT). [14] After receiving the warning, police were able to evacuate part of the airport. [15] Later, an anonymous caller stated that ETA claims responsibility for the bombing. [16] As a result of the explosion, two Ecuadorians who were sleeping in their cars died. The whole module D of the car park was levelled creating around 40,000 tonnes of debris. It took workers six days to recover the body of the second victim from the rubble.

In 2007, the airport processed more than 52 million passengers. Barajas was voted "Best Airport" in the 2008 Condé Nast Traveller Reader Awards. [17]

In December 2010, the Spanish government announced plans to tender Madrid–Barajas airport to companies in the private sector for a period of up to 40 years. [18]

On 27 January 2012, Spanair suspended all flights affecting Madrid–Barajas as well as other domestic and international connections. [19] On 20 September 2012, both runways 15/33 were renamed as 14R/32L (the longest) and 14L/32R (the shortest).

On 1 August 2015, the first scheduled Airbus A380 flight landed in Madrid-Barajas in a daily service to Dubai by Emirates.

Following the death of former Spanish Prime Minister, Adolfo Suárez, in 2014, the Spanish Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced [7] that the airport would be renamed Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez, Madrid–Barajas. This renaming seeks recognition for Suárez's role as the first Prime Minister of Spain after the restoration of democracy and his key participation in the transition to democracy after the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

In late 2018 and early 2019, Iberia renovated its two lounges in Terminal 4, the Dali and Velazquez lounges.

In December 2019, the airport's operator Aena announced plans to significantly expand and renovate the existing installations, increasing their yearly capacity from 70 to 80 million passengers and bridging the architectural gap between the original Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and the newer Terminal 4. The project has a budget of 750 million Euro and is set to be executed in the period from 2022 to 2026. [20]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines serve regular scheduled flights to and from Madrid: [21]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens
Aer Lingus Dublin
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires–Ezeiza
Aerolíneas Estelar Caracas
Aeroméxico Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey
Air Algérie Algiers
Air Arabia Casablanca, [22] Tangier, [23] Tétouan [24]
Seasonal: Nador [ citation needed ]
Air Cairo Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh [25]
Air Canada Montréal–Trudeau [26]
Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson
Air China Beijing–Capital, Havana, [27] São Paulo–Guarulhos [28]
Air Europa A Coruña, Alicante, [29] Amsterdam, [30] Asunción, [31] Barcelona, [32] Bilbao, [33] Bogotá, [34] Brussels, [35] Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cancún, [36] Caracas, [37] Cordoba (AR), [31] Frankfurt, [38] Gran Canaria, [39] Guayaquil, [40] Havana, [41] Ibiza, [29] Istanbul (begins 25 May 2025), [42] Lanzarote, [43] Lima, [44] Lisbon, [45] London–Gatwick, Málaga, [32] Marrakesh, [46] Medellín–JMC, [31] Miami, [47] Milan–Malpensa, [48] Montevideo, Munich, [49] New York–JFK, [50] Palma de Mallorca, [46] Panama City–Tocumen, [31] Paris–Orly, [51] Porto, [46] Punta Cana, [32] Quito, [40] Rome–Fiumicino, [52] Salvador da Bahia, [31] San Pedro Sula, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru, [32] Santiago de los Caballeros, [53] Santo Domingo–Las Américas, [54] São Paulo–Guarulhos, [41] Tel Aviv, [55] Tenerife–North, [56] Valencia, [57] Venice, [58] Vigo, [46] Zürich [59]
Seasonal: Alghero [ citation needed ], Athens, [60] Santorini [ citation needed ], Tunis
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle [61]
Air Serbia Belgrade [62]
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
airBaltic Riga
American Airlines Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York–JFK, Philadelphia
Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare (begins 30 March 2025) [63]
Arkia Seasonal: Tel Aviv
Avianca Bogotá, [64] Cali, [64] Medellín–JMC [64]
Avianca El Salvador San Salvador [65]
Beijing Capital Airlines Hangzhou [66]
Binter Canarias Gran Canaria, Tenerife–North [67]
Boliviana de Aviación Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru
British Airways London–Heathrow [68]
Brussels Airlines Brussels [69]
Bulgaria Air Sofia [70]
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou [71]
Conviasa Caracas
Cubana de Aviación Havana
Dan Air Seasonal: Bacău [72]
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, New York–JFK
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, Bristol, Edinburgh, Geneva, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Manchester (resumes 23 June 2025), [73] Nice, [74] Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Egyptair Cairo
El Al Tel Aviv [75]
Emirates Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa [76]
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi [77]
Finnair Helsinki
Fly Lili Brasov [78]
FlyOne Seasonal: Chișinău [79]
Hainan Airlines Chongqing, Shenzhen [80]
Iberia A Coruña, [81] Algiers, Alicante, [81] Almería, [81] Amsterdam, [81] Andorra/La Seu d'Urgell, [82] Asturias, [81] Athens, [81] Badajoz, Barcelona, [81] Berlin, [83] Bilbao, [81] Bogotá, [84] Bologna, [81] Bordeaux, [82] Boston, [85] Brussels, [81] Budapest, [81] Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, [86] Cairo, [87] Cali, Caracas, [84] Casablanca, Castellón, [88] Chicago–O'Hare, [89] Dakar–Diass, [86] Dallas/Fort Worth, [86] Doha, [90] Düsseldorf, [81] Faro, Florence, [86] Frankfurt, [81] Funchal, [91] Geneva, [81] Granada, [92] Guatemala City, [86] Guayaquil, Hamburg, [81] Havana, [84] Ibiza, [81] Jerez de la Frontera, [81] Lima, [93] Lisbon, [81] Logroño, London–Heathrow, [94] Los Angeles, [84] Lyon, [81] Málaga, [81] Marrakesh, [95] Marseille, [81] Melilla, [81] Menorca, [81] Mexico City, [86] Miami, [86] Milan–Linate, [86] Milan–Malpensa, [81] Montevideo, [86] Munich, [81] Nantes, [96] New York–JFK, [86] Nice, [81] Oslo, [86] Palma de Mallorca, [81] Pamplona, [81] Panama City–Tocumen, [84] Paris–Orly, [81] Porto, [81] Prague, [81] Quito, [84] Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, [84] Rome–Fiumicino, [81] San José (CR), [84] San Juan, [84] San Salvador, San Sebastián, [81] Santander, [81] Santiago de Chile, [84] Santo Domingo–Las Américas, [93] São Paulo–Guarulhos, [93] Seville, [81] Stockholm–Arlanda, [83] Strasbourg, [81] Tangier, Tokyo–Narita, [97] Toulouse, [81] Turin, [82] Valencia, [81] Venice, [86] Vienna, [81] Vigo, [81] Zagreb, [83] Zürich [81]
Seasonal: Bari, Bergen, Cagliari, [98] Catania, [99] Corfu, [99] Dubrovnik, [81] Gran Canaria, [81] Innsbruck, [100] Ljubljana, [98] Nador, [101] Olbia, [99] Palermo, [98] Ponta Delgada, [99] Rovaniemi, [102] Salzburg, [103] [104] San Francisco, [89] Split, [99] Tirana, [105] [106] Tromsø [103] [107] Washington–Dulles [108]
Seasonal charter: Luxor [109]
Iberia Express Copenhagen, [81] Dublin, [81] Fuerteventura, [110] Gran Canaria, [81] Ibiza, [81] Lanzarote, La Palma, London–Gatwick, [111] Lyon, [81] Málaga, [81] Manchester, [81] Nantes, Naples, [82] Nice, [81] Palma de Mallorca, [81] Paris–Charles de Gaulle, [81] Santiago de Compostela, [81] Seville, [81] Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, [112] Tenerife–North, [81] Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Edinburgh, [113] Heraklion, [99] Menorca, [81] Mykonos, Reykjavik–Keflavík, [110] Santorini
Iberojet Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, [114] Cancún, [115] Punta Cana, [115] San José (CR), [116] Tegucigalpa/Comayagua [117]
Seasonal: Mauritius, Orlando, [118] San José del Cabo, [119] Santa Clara [118]
Seasonal charter: Burgas, Tashkent, [120] Urgench [120]
Icelandair Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík
ITA Airways Rome–Fiumicino
JetBlue Seasonal: Boston (begins 23 May 2025) [121]
KLM Amsterdam [122]
KM Malta Airlines Malta [123]
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon [124]
LASER Airlines Caracas [125]
LATAM Brasil São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Chile Santiago de Chile
LATAM Perú Lima
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa [126] Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Luxembourg
Middle East Airlines Beirut
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo
Nouvelair Tunis [ citation needed ]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Play Reykjavík–Keflavík [127]
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas Bogotá, Caracas, Cartagena, Lima, Malabo
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Rabat
Seasonal: Nador, [128] Tangier [129]
Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia [130]
Ryanair [131] Amman–Queen Alia, Bari, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Catania, Charleroi, Copenhagen, Dakhla (begins 8 January 2025), Dublin, Edinburgh, [132] Eindhoven, Essaouira, Fès, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Kraków, Lanzarote, Liverpool, London–Stansted, Luxembourg, Malta, Manchester, Marrakech, Marseille, Menorca, Milan–Malpensa, Nador, Naples, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Porto, [133] Prague, Rabat, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Sofia, Tangier, [134] Tenerife–North, Tenerife–South, Treviso, [135] Turin, Verona, [136] [137] Vienna, Warsaw–Modlin
Seasonal: Alghero, Agadir, [135] Billund [ citation needed ], Bordeaux, [135] Brindisi, Cagliari, Faro, [135] Kaunas, [135] Lamezia Terme (begins 1 April 2025), [138] Lisbon, Tétouan, Venice [135]
Saudia Jeddah, [139] Riyadh
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen (begins 11 April 2025) [140]
Smartwings Prague [141]
SunExpress Seasonal: İzmir [142]
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich [143]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon [144]
TAROM Bucharest–Otopeni
Transavia Montpellier, Paris–Orly
Tunisair Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
United Airlines Newark
Seasonal: Washington–Dulles
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent (resumes 7 April 2025), [145] Urgench (resumes 14 April 2025) [145]
Volotea Murcia, [146] Nantes
Seasonal: Bordeaux, [147] Lyon, Olbia, Toulouse, Verona [148]
Vueling Barcelona, Florence, Ibiza
Wizz Air Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Craiova (begins 2 June 2024), Cluj-Napoca, Iași, Katowice (begins 1 June 2025), [149] Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Sofia, Timișoara, Tirana, Venice (begins 30 March 2025), Warsaw–Chopin
World2Fly Cali, [150] Cancún, [151] Havana, [151] Punta Cana, [151] Santo Domingo–Las Américas, Zanzibar [152]
Seasonal: La Romana (begins 21 June 2025), [153] Mauritius (begins 24 June 2025) [154]
Seasonal charter: Athens (begins 13 June 2025), [155] Malabo, [156] Tashkent, [157] Urgench [157]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Air Canada Cargo [158] Toronto–Pearson
Air China Cargo [159] Hangzhou, Shanghai–Pudong
Cygnus Air [160] Gran Canaria, Tenerife–North
Emirates SkyCargo [161] Dubai–Al Maktoum
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
FedEx Express [162] Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Lufthansa Cargo [163] Casablanca, Frankfurt
My Freighter Tashkent [164]
Qatar Airways Cargo [165] Doha
Swiftair [166] Casablanca, Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife–North
Turkish Cargo [167] Houston–Intercontinental, Istanbul, Miami

Traffic and statistics

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Interior of Terminal 4
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Entrance of Terminal 4 at Madrid Barajas Airport
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Madrid-Barajas T4 interior
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Madrid-Barajas T3 from airside
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Terminal 4 Madrid-Barajas
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Interior of Terminal 4
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Barajas Terminal 4 panorama
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Ground control tower at T4S
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Main Control tower
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Terminal 1 interior
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Terminal T-4 Madrid – Barajas Airport

Passenger numbers

PassengersAircraft MovementsCargo (tonnes)
200134,050,215375,558295,944
200233,915,302368,029295,711
200335,855,861383,804307,026
200438,718,614401,503341,177
200542,146,784415,704333,138
200645,799,983434,959325,702
200752,110,787483,292325,201
200850,846,494469,746329,187
200948,437,147435,187302,863
201049,863,504433,683373,380
201149,671,270429,390394,154
201245,195,014373,185359,362
201339,735,618333,056346,602
201441,833,374342,601366,645
201546,828,279366,605381,069
201650,420,583378,150415,774
201753,402,506387,566470,795
201857,891,340409,832518,858
201961,734,037426,376558,567
202017,112,389165,740401,133
202124,135,220217,537523,395
202250,633,652351,906566,372
202360,220,984389,179643,534
Source: Aena Statistics [3]

Busiest routes

Busiest european routes from MAD (2023)
RankDestinationPassengersChange 2022 / 23
1Flag of Portugal.svg Lisbon 1,858,362Increase2.svg 21%
2Flag of Italy.svg Rome-Fiumicino 1,755,493Increase2.svg 36%
3Flag of France.svg Paris-Orly 1,595,541Increase2.svg 16%
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London-Heathrow 1,471,953Increase2.svg 24%
5Flag of Portugal.svg Porto 1,082,136Increase2.svg 39%
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam 1,076,570Increase2.svg 10%
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels 1,023,355Increase2.svg 15%
8Flag of France.svg Paris-Charles de Gaulle 890,383Increase2.svg 2%
9Flag of Germany.svg Frankfurt 870,861Increase2.svg 10%
10Flag of Germany.svg Munich 837,906Increase2.svg 7%
11Flag of Italy.svg Milan-Malpensa 722,753Increase2.svg 50%
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London-Gatwick 673,205Increase2.svg 6%
13Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Zurich 652,775Increase2.svg 12%
14Flag of Ireland.svg Dublin 543,537Increase2.svg 15%
15Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Geneva 512,887Decrease2.svg 2%
16Flag of Italy.svg Venice 501,316Increase2.svg 26%
17Flag of Austria.svg Vienna 472,350Increase2.svg 18%
18Flag of Germany.svg Berlin 461,554Increase2.svg 7%
19Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London-Stansted 431,532Increase2.svg 16%
20Flag of Greece.svg Athens 390,741Increase2.svg 35%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo [168]
Busiest intercontinental routes from MAD (2023)
RankDestinationPassengersChange 2022 / 23
1Flag of Colombia.svg Bogotá 1,343,056Increase2.svg 23%
2Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City 1,031,688Increase2.svg 12%
3Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires-Ezeiza 918,626Increase2.svg 21%
4Flag of Peru.svg Lima 835,158Increase2.svg 21%
5Flag of the United States.svg New York-JFK 832,710Increase2.svg 11%
6Flag of the United States.svg Miami 758,223Increase2.svg 10%
7Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo-Guarulhos 674,769Increase2.svg 7%
8Flag of Qatar.svg Doha 539,918Increase2.svg 39%
9Flag of Cuba.svg Havana 512,602Increase2.svg 13%
10Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Santo Domingo 506,380Decrease2.svg 1%
11Flag of Israel.svg Tel Aviv 499,541Increase2.svg 25%
12Flag of Chile.svg Santiago de Chile 490,560Increase2.svg 18%
13Flag of Mexico.svg Cancún 383,209Increase2.svg 13%
14Flag of Morocco.svg Marrakech 371,557Increase2.svg 29%
15Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai 337,573Increase2.svg 5%
16Flag of the United States.svg Dallas/Fort Worth 300,732Increase2.svg 35%
17Flag of Panama.svg Panama City-Tocumen 299,085Increase2.svg 29%
18Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Punta Cana 297,184Increase2.svg 3%
19Flag of Venezuela.svg Caracas 295,448Increase2.svg 99%
20Flag of Uruguay.svg Montevideo 290,017Increase2.svg 22%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo [168]
Busiest domestic routes from MAD (2023)
RankDestinationPassengersChange 2022 / 23
1Flag of the Balearic Islands.svg Palma de Mallorca 2,038,704Increase2.svg 8%
2Flag of Catalonia.svg Barcelona 1,934,016Increase2.svg 13%
3Flag of the Canary Islands.svg Gran Canaria 1,607,065Increase2.svg 12%
4Flag of the Canary Islands.svg Tenerife-North 1,440,672Increase2.svg 11%
5Flag of the Balearic Islands.svg Ibiza 987,799Increase2.svg 7%
6Flag of the Basque Country.svg Bilbao 778,398Increase2.svg 20%
7Flag of Galicia.svg A Coruña 755.282Increase2.svg 40%
8Flag of Andalucia.svg Málaga 728,520Increase2.svg 43%
9Flag of Galicia.svg Vigo 722,270Increase2.svg 28%
10Flag of the Canary Islands.svg Lanzarote 636,426Increase2.svg 10%
11Flag of Andalucia.svg Seville 455.960Increase2.svg 16%
12Flag of Galicia.svg Santiago de Compostela 449,095Decrease2.svg 10%
13Flag of the Canary Islands.svg Tenerife-South 417,164Increase2.svg 12%
14Flag of the Canary Islands.svg Fuerteventura 414,259Increase2.svg 6%
15Flag of Asturias.svg Asturias 394,703Increase2.svg 21%
16Flag of the Balearic Islands.svg Menorca 327,047Increase2.svg 3%
17Flag of the Valencian Community (2x3).svg Valencia 356,733Increase2.svg 16%
18Flag of the Valencian Community (2x3).svg Alicante 325,266Increase2.svg 16%
19Flag of Andalucia.svg Jerez de la Frontera 237,614Increase2.svg 26%
20Flag of the Basque Country.svg San Sebastián 230,839Increase2.svg 16%
Source: Estadísticas de tráfico aereo [169]

Medical care

The airport is attached to the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid as a referral hospital for medical and surgical emergencies requiring hospital care. [170] [171]

In addition, the airport itself has medical rooms and medical personnel attached to the Airport Medical Service to cover transit passengers who need medical attention. [172] It also has 75 Cardiac Rescue Points equipped with defibrillators in the event of cardiorespiratory arrest. [172]

Ground transport

Taxi

All terminals have clearly signed taxi ranks outside the arrivals area. Official taxis are white with a red stripe and have the Madrid City Council coat-of-arms on their doors.

Ride-hailing

Since 2024, the Estonian ride-hailing company Bolt has operated exclusive pickup areas at the airport, offering flat-rate fares for rides into the city. [173]

Rail

The Madrid Metro Line connects the airport with city centre station Nuevos Ministerios in Madrid's financial district. The Barajas Line 8 provides a fast route from the underground stations at Terminal 2 (access to T1 and T3) and Terminal 4 into central Madrid. The metro also provides links to stations on the Spanish railway network.

In October 2006, a bid was launched for the construction of a Cercanías link between Chamartín Station and Terminal 4. Now finished, this single Cercanías Line (C-1) links Madrid Barajas Terminal 4, with Chamartín Station and Atocha AVE high-speed train stations. [174] In June 2011 a decision was made to equip this link with dual gauge which will allow AVE high-speed trains to reach the airport station. [175]

The Nuevos Ministerios metro station opened a satellite check-in center in 2002 [176] right by the AZCA business area in central Madrid; the satellite check-in center was permanently closed in 2006 due to security concerns. [177]

Metropolitan Bus

EMT (Madrid Municipal Transport Company) runs regular public bus services between the airport and Madrid (Avenida de América station): bus 200 runs as a complete line – dropping passengers at departures of terminals 1, 2 and 4 before collecting passengers in the reverse order at arrivals. The EMT public night bus service N4 (nicknamed "Buho", Owl) also services from Madrid downtown (Plaza Cibeles) to Barajas (Plaza de los Hermanos Falcó y Alvarez de Toledo, 400m from the airport through a passageway above the highway). EMT also have an express bus linking Barajas airport to Renfe's Atocha Station, the main rail station in Madrid, during day and Plaza Cibeles during night. Unlike the two services mentioned above, this line runs 24 hours of the day during all the days of the year. [178]

CRTM (Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid) runs four bus services between the airport and nearby cities in the metropolitan area:

Long distance coaches

From terminals T1 and T4 the bus company Avanzabus operates routes to Ávila, Castellón, Salamanca, Valencia and Zamora. From terminal T4 the Alsa bus company runs services to the cities of Zaragoza, Barcelona, Valladolid, León, Murcia, Alicante, Gijón, Oviedo, Lugo, Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Burgos, Vitoria, San Sebastián, Santander, Bilbao, Logroño and Pamplona. From terminal T1 the Socibus company runs services to the major cities in Andalusia: Huelva, Córdoba, Cadiz, Jerez and Seville.

Airport People Mover

Madrid Barajas Airport People Mover
APM Madrid airport.JPG
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
Termini
  • Terminal T4
  • Satellite T4S
Stations2
Service
Type People mover
Services1
Operator(s) Bombardier Transportation
Rolling stock19 Bombardier Innovia APM 100 vehicles
Daily ridership27.400 (2012)
History
Opened4 February 2006
Technical
Line length2.7 km (1.7 miles) [179]
Number of tracks2
CharacterUnderground
Electrification Two centre rails
Operating speed37 mph (60 km/h)

In early 2006, the first driverless transit system in Spain and the longest airport people mover system in Europe began transporting passengers between the new terminal (T4) and a new satellite terminal (T4S). [180] Deploying the CITYFLO 550 automatic train control technology, the system is the only mode of transportation for passengers between the two terminals, which are spaced two kilometres apart. [181] Bombardier became the only contractor for the completely underground shuttle system, including the construction of the civil works, operation and maintenance of the system.

The route is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) in length and can carry up to 13,000 passengers per hour. [182]

Airport parking

Long- and short-term car parking is provided at the airport with seven public parking areas. P1 is an outdoor car park located in front of the terminal building; P2 is an indoor car park with direct access to terminals T2 and T3. A Parking 'Express' facility, available for short periods only, is located at Terminal 2 and dedicated long-term parking is also available with 1,655 spaces; a free shuttle operates between the long-stay car park and all terminals. There are also VIP car parks.

Incidents and accidents

Notes

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