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'''Madrid-Barajas Airport''' ({{lang-es|Aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas Internacional}}) {{airport codes|MAD<ref>{{ASN|MAD}}</ref>|LEMD}} is the main international airport serving [[Madrid]] in [[Spain]]. In 2010, over 49.8 million passengers used Madrid-Barajas,<ref name=aenapax/> making it the country's largest and busiest airport, and in 2009 it was the [[World's busiest airports by passenger traffic|world's 11th busiest airport]]<ref name=ACI>[http://www.airports.org/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-5-54-55-9812_666_2__ ACI Passenger Traffic Data – 2009]</ref> and [[Busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic|Europe's fourth busiest airport]]. It opened in 1928, and has grown to be one of the most important aviation centres of [[Europe]]. Located within the city limits of Madrid, just {{convert|9|km|abbr=on}} from the city's financial district and {{convert|13|km|abbr=on}} northeast of the [[Puerta del Sol]], Madrid's historic centre. The airport name derives from the adjacent district of [[Barajas (district)|Barajas]], which has its own metro station on the same rail line serving the airport.
'''Madrid-Barajas Airport''' ({{lang-es|Aeropuerto Internacional de Madrid-Barajas}}) {{airport codes|MAD<ref>{{ASN|MAD}}</ref>|LEMD}} is the main international airport serving [[Madrid]] in [[Spain]]. In 2010, over 49.8 million passengers used Madrid-Barajas,<ref name=aenapax/> making it the country's largest and busiest airport, and in 2009 it was the [[World's busiest airports by passenger traffic|world's 11th busiest airport]]<ref name=ACI>[http://www.airports.org/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-5-54-55-9812_666_2__ ACI Passenger Traffic Data – 2009]</ref> and [[Busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic|Europe's fourth busiest airport]]. It opened in 1928, and has grown to be one of the most important aviation centres of [[Europe]]. Located within the city limits of Madrid, just {{convert|9|km|abbr=on}} from the city's financial district and {{convert|13|km|abbr=on}} northeast of the [[Puerta del Sol]], Madrid's historic centre. The airport name derives from the adjacent district of [[Barajas (district)|Barajas]], which has its own metro station on the same rail line serving the airport.


The Madrid-[[Barcelona]] [[air shuttle]] service, known as the "Puente Aéreo" (in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]), literally "[[World's busiest passenger air routes|Air Bridge]]", is the busiest air route in Europe, with the highest number of flight operations (971 per week) before 2007.<ref>[http://www.oag.com/oag/website/com/OAG+Data/News/Press+Room/Press+Releases+2007/OAG+reveals+latest+industry+intelligence+on+the+busiest+routes+2109072 OAG reveals latest industry intelligence on the busiest routes<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The schedule has been reduced since February 2008, when the [[Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line]] was opened, covering the distance in 2½ hours, and quickly became popular. Barajas serves as the gateway to the Iberian peninsula from the rest of Europe and the world, and is a particularly key link between Europe and [[Latin America]]. The airport is the primary hub and maintenance base for [[Iberia Airlines|Iberia]]. Consequently, Iberia is responsible for more than 60 percent of Barajas' traffic.
The Madrid-[[Barcelona]] [[air shuttle]] service, known as the "Puente Aéreo" (in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]), literally "[[World's busiest passenger air routes|Air Bridge]]", is the busiest air route in Europe, with the highest number of flight operations (971 per week) before 2007.<ref>[http://www.oag.com/oag/website/com/OAG+Data/News/Press+Room/Press+Releases+2007/OAG+reveals+latest+industry+intelligence+on+the+busiest+routes+2109072 OAG reveals latest industry intelligence on the busiest routes<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The schedule has been reduced since February 2008, when the [[Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line]] was opened, covering the distance in 2½ hours, and quickly became popular. Barajas serves as the gateway to the Iberian peninsula from the rest of Europe and the world, and is a particularly key link between Europe and [[Latin America]]. The airport is the primary hub and maintenance base for [[Iberia Airlines|Iberia]]. Consequently, Iberia is responsible for more than 60 percent of Barajas' traffic.

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Madrid-Barajas Airport

Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAena
ServesMadrid, Spain
LocationMadrid, Alcobendas, San Sebastián de los Reyes and Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain
Hub for
Elevation AMSL610 m / 2,000 ft
Websitehttp://www.aena.es
Map
MAD is located in Madrid
MAD
MAD
Location within Madrid
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15R/33L 4,100 13,451 Asphalt
18L/36R 3,500 11,482 Asphalt
15L/33R 3,500 11,482 Asphalt
18R/36L 4,349 14,268 Asphalt / Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Passengers49,863,504
Passenger change 09-10Increase2.9%
Aircraft Movements433,683
Movements change 09-10Decrease0.3%
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[1]
Spanish AIP, AENA[2]

Madrid-Barajas Airport (Template:Lang-es) (IATA: MAD[3], ICAO: LEMD) is the main international airport serving Madrid in Spain. In 2010, over 49.8 million passengers used Madrid-Barajas,[1] making it the country's largest and busiest airport, and in 2009 it was the world's 11th busiest airport[4] and Europe's fourth busiest airport. It opened in 1928, and has grown to be one of the most important aviation centres of Europe. Located within the city limits of Madrid, just 9 km (5.6 mi) from the city's financial district and 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast of the Puerta del Sol, 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.

The Madrid-Barcelona air shuttle service, known as the "Puente Aéreo" (in Spanish), literally "Air Bridge", is the busiest air route in Europe, with the highest number of flight operations (971 per week) before 2007.[5] The schedule has been reduced since February 2008, when the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line was opened, covering the distance in 2½ hours, and quickly became popular. Barajas serves as the gateway to the Iberian peninsula from the rest of Europe and the world, and is a particularly key link between Europe and Latin America. The airport is the primary hub and maintenance base for Iberia. Consequently, Iberia is responsible for more than 60 percent of Barajas' traffic.

History

Barajas Terminal 4
Departures-Terminal 4

The airport was first constructed in 1927, opening to national 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 Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas (LAPE) with its line to Barcelona. Later, in the 1930s international flights started to serve some European and African destinations.

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. By the end of the decade the airport had three runways, none of which exists today. In the late 1940s, scheduled flights to Latin America and the Philippines started.

In the 1950s, the airport supported over half a million passengers, increasing to 5 runways and scheduled flights to New York City began. The National Terminal, currently T2, began construction in 1954, and was inaugurated later that year. In the Plan of Airports of 1957, Barajas Airport is classified as a first-class international airport. By the 1960s, 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 reforms to the airport, with the expansion and reform of the two existing terminals.

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 and Richard Rogers, and two parallel runways to the existing ones.

The new terminals and runways were completed in 2004, but administrative delays and equipment, as well as the controversy over the redeployment of terminals, delayed service until 5 February 2006.

In 2007, the airport processed more than 50 million passengers.

Terminal 1
Terminal 2
Terminal 3
Terminal 4 at night

Barajas today

Terminal 4, designed by Antonio Lamela and Richard Rogers (winning team of the 2006 Stirling Prize), and TPS Engineers, (winning team of the 2006 IStructE Award for Commercial Structures)[6] was built by Ferrovial[7] and inaugurated on February 5, 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 2.5 km apart. The new Terminal 4 is meant 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 domes in the roof which allow natural light to pass through. 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 February 5, 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 1.8 km) and two on a northwest-southeast axis (and separated by 2.5 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, as well as Air Europa. 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.

Barajas was voted "Best Airport" in the 2008 Condé Nast Traveller Reader Awards.[8]

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.[9]

Terminal 4 check in hall in 2008

Traffic and statistics

Passenger numbers

Passengers Aircraft Movements Cargo (tonnes)
2001 34,050,215 375,558 295,944
2002 33,915,302 368,029 295,711
2003 35,855,861 383,804 307,026
2004 38,718,614 401,503 341,177
2005 42,146,784 415,704 333,138
2006 45,799,983 434,959 325,702
2007 52,110,787 483,292 325,201
2008 50,846,494 469,746 329,187
2009 48,437,147 435,187 302,863
2010 49,863,504 433,683 373,380
Source: Aena Statistics[1]

Route statistics

Busiest Intercontinental Routes from Madrid-Barajas (2010)
Rank City Passengers Top Carriers
1 Rome, Italy 1,768,639 Alitalia, Iberia, Air Europa
2 Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France 1,651,423 Air Europa, Iberia, Air France
3 Amsterdam, Netherlands 1,493,927 EasyJet, Iberia, KLM, Transavia
4 London-Heathrow, United Kingdom 1,386,779 British Airways, Iberia
5 Toronto-Pearson, Canada 1,354,832 Air Canada, Iberia ,Air Transat
6 Frankfurt, Germany 1,332,735 Iberia, LAN Airlines, Lufthansa, Spanair
7 Shanghai-Pudong, China 1,269,902 China Airlines, Air China, Spanair, Iberia
8 Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Argentina 1,268,541 Iberia, Aerolineas Argentinas, Air Europa
9 New York-JFK, United States 1,256,672 Air Europa, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Iberia
10 Milan-Malpensa, Italy 1,236,988 EasyJet, Iberia, Lufthansa
11 Munich, Germany 1,128,196 Iberia, Lufthansa, Lufthansa CityLine
12 Casablanca, Morocco 1,116,982 Iberia, Royal Air Maroc, Air Europa
13 Brussels, Belgium 1,075,981 Brussels Airlines, Iberia
14 Mexico City, Mexico 987,462 Aeroméxico, Iberia
15 Lima, Peru 973,219 Air Europa, Iberia, LAN Perú
16 São Paulo-Guarulhos, Brazil 932,801 Air China, Iberia, TAM Airlines
17 Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi 912,948 Iberia, Thai Airways International
18 Tokyo, Japan 897,352 Japan Airlines, Iberia, All Nippon Airways
19 Bogotá, Colombia 873,074 Avianca, Iberia
20 Nairobi, Kenya 846,273 Iberia, Air Kenya, British Airways
21 Delhi, India 834,928 Air India, Iberia
22 Miami, United States 815,213 Air Europa, American Airlines, Iberia
23 Havana, Cuba 801,473 Air Europa, Cubana de Aviación, Iberia, Iberworld
24 Caracas, Venezuela 789,482 Air Europa, Conviasa, Iberia, Santa Bárbara Airlines
25 Athens, Greece 764,218 Olympic Air, Iberia, Aegean Airlines
26 Santiago de Chile, Chile 761,845 Iberia, LAN Airlines
27 Incheon, South Korea 743,231 Iberia, Korean Air
28 Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey 718,903 Iberia, Turkish Airlines
29 Sydney, Australia 711,917 Qantas, Iberia
30 Beijing, China 711,792 Air China, Iberia
Busiest Domestic Routes from Madrid-Barajas (2010)
Rank City Passengers Top Carriers
1 Barcelona, Catalonia 3,106,678 Air Europa, Iberia, Spanair, Vueling Airlines
2 Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands 1,694,854 Air Berlin, Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair, Spanair
3 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands 1,561,475 Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair, Spanair
4 Tenerife-North, Canary Islands 1,316,014 Air Europa, Iberia, Spanair
5 Valencia, Valencian Community 1,023,681 Air Nostrum, Iberia, Ryanair, Spanair
6 Alicante, Valencian Community 884,006 Iberia, Ryanair, Spanair
7 Bilbao, Basque Country 837,966 Iberia, Spanair
8 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia 836,415 Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair, Spanair
9 Vigo, Galicia 663,285 Air Europa, Iberia
10 Malaga, Andalusia 618,505 Iberia, Spanair
11 Ibiza, Balearic Islands 611,481 Air Europa, Air Nostrum, EasyJet, Spanair, Vueling Airlines
12 A Coruña, Galicia 609,758 Iberia, Spanair
13 Lanzarote, Canary Islands 581,010 Air Europa, EasyJet, Iberia, Iberworld, Ryanair, Spanair
14 Asturias, Principality of Asturias 560,267 Air Europa, Iberia
15 Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia 449,107 Iberia, Ryanair
16 Tenerife-South, Canary Islands 403,938 Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair, Spanair
17 Seville, Andalusia 385,115 Iberia
18 Santander, Cantabria 370,696 Air Nostrum, Ryanair
19 Fuerteventura, Canary Islands 366,229 Air Europa, EasyJet, Iberia, Iberworld, Spanair
20 Granada, Andalusia 335,437 Iberia

Terminals, airlines and destinations

A Qatar Airways A330-300 taxiing
A Vueling Airbus A320-200 parked at a gate
A Germanwings Airbus A319-100 parked at a gate

Note: † denotes charter flights and their destinations

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Aegean Airlines Athens 2
Aer LingusDublin, Washington-Dulles 1
AeroflotMoscow-Sheremetyevo 1
Aerolíneas ArgentinasBuenos Aires-Ezeiza 1
AeroméxicoMexico City 1
AerosurSanta Cruz de la Sierra 1
Air AlgérieAlgiers 4
Air BerlinPalma de Mallorca 2
Air CanadaSeasonal: Toronto-Pearson 1
Air ChinaBeijing-Capital, São Paulo-Guarulhos 1
Air EuropaArrecife, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cancun, Caracas, Dakar, Havana, Lima, London-Gatwick, Malabo, Marrakech, Mexico City [begins 2 June], Miami, New York–JFK, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, Tunis 1
Air EuropaAmsterdam [begins 1 November], Asturias, Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Geneva [begins 1 November], Gran Canaria, Lisbon, Milan-Malpensa [begins 1 November] Minorca, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Tenerife-North, Tenerife-South, Venice, Vigo 2
Air FranceParis-Charles de Gaulle 2
Air MoldovaChisinau 1
Air TransatSeasonal: Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson 1
AirBalticSeasonal: Riga 2
AlitaliaMilan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino 2
American AirlinesDallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York–JFK 4
ArmaviaYerevan [begins 2 June] 1
AviancaBogotá, Cali, Medellín 4
Blue AirBucharest-Băneasa, Sibiu 1
British AirwaysLondon-Heathrow 4
British Airways operated by BA CityFlyerLondon-City 4
Brussels AirlinesBrussels 2
Bulgaria AirSofia 4
Continental AirlinesNewark 1
ConviasaCaracas 1
Cubana de AviaciónHavana, Santiago de Cuba 1
Czech AirlinesPrague 4
Delta Air LinesAtlanta, New York–JFK 1
EasyJetAmsterdam, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bordeaux, Bristol, Bucharest-Henri Coandă, Casablanca, Edinburgh, Ibiza, Lanzarote [resumes 24 June], Lisbon, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Lyon, Manchester [begins 2 November], Marrakech, Milan-Malpensa, Naples, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, Tangier, Toulouse, Venice 1
EasyJet SwitzerlandBasel/Mulhouse, Geneva 1
EgyptAirCairo 1
El AlTel Aviv 4
Emirates Dubai 4
FinnairHelsinki 4
IberiaA Coruña, Algiers, Alicante, Amsterdam, Asturias, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Bogotá, Bologna, Boston, Brussels, Bucharest-Otopeni [resumes 20 July], Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cairo, Caracas, Casablanca, Chicago-O'Hare, Copenhagen, Córdoba, Dakar, Düsseldorf, Fortaleza, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Geneva, Granada, Gran Canaria, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Havana, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jerez de la Frontera, Johannesburg, La Palma, Lagos, Lanzarote, Lima, Lisbon, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Luanda [begins 29 September] , Malabo, Malaga, Marrakech, Mexico City, Miami, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Montevideo, Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich, New York–JFK, Oran, Palma de Mallorca, Panama City, Paris-Orly, Prague, Quito, Rabat [begins 1 July] , Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rome-Fiumicino, San José de Costa Rica, San Juan, San Salvador, Santiago de Chile, Santiago de Compostela, Santo Domingo, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Seville, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tangier, Tel Aviv, Tenerife-North, Tenerife-South, Venice, Vienna, Vigo, Zürich
Seasonal: Dubrovnik, Saint Petersburg, Zagreb 		4
Iberia operated by Air NostrumAlmería, Badajoz, Bologna, Bordeaux, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Genoa, Granada, Ibiza, La Palma [starts 21 July], Leon, Logroño, Lyon, Marseille, Marrakech, Melilla, Milan-Malpensa, Minorca, Montpellier, Munich, Murcia, Nantes, Naples, Nice, Paris-Orly, Pamplona, Pisa, Porto, San Sebastián, Santander, Strasbourg, Tangier, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Vitoria
Seasonal: A Coruña, Asturias, Catania, Corfu, Malta, Olbia 		4
IcelandairSeasonal: Reykjavik-Keflavik 1
KLMAmsterdam 2
Korean AirAmsterdam, Seoul-Incheon 1
LAN AirlinesFrankfurt, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [ends 14 July], Santiago de Chile 4
LAN EcuadorGuayaquil, Quito 4
LAN PerúLima 4
LOT Polish AirlinesWarsaw 2
LufthansaFrankfurt, Hamburg, Munich 2
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLineDüsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich 2
LuxairLuxembourg 4
Malév Hungarian AirlinesBudapest 4
Meridiana FlyFlorence [ends 31 August] 4
Mint Airways † Amman, Aswan, Cairo, Luxor 1
NikiVienna 2
Orbest † Cancun, Edinburgh, Menorca, Punta Cana, Santa Cruz de la Palma 1
Air Pullmantur † Cancun, Punta Cana 1
Qatar AirwaysDoha 1
Royal Air MarocCasablanca, Marrakech 4
Royal JordanianAmman 4
RyanairAlghero, Alicante, Almería, Ancona, Bari, Beauvais, Bergamo, Bologna, Brussels South-Charleroi, Cagliari, Dublin, Eindhoven, Faro, Fez, Hahn, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Krakow, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Malta, Manchester, Marrakech, Marseille, Moss-Rygge, Nador, Oujda, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Porto, Poznań [begins 24 May], Rome-Ciampino, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Stockholm-Skavsta, Tangier, Tenerife-South, Trapani, Turin, Verona, Weeze 1
S7 AirlinesMoscow-Domodedovo 4
Sata InternacionalSeasonal: Ponta Delgada, Terceira 1
Santa Bárbara AirlinesCaracas 1
Saudi Arabian AirlinesJeddah, Riyadh 1
SAS Scandinavian AirlinesCopenhagen
Seasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen, Bergen 		2
Sky Work AirlinesBern [begins 31 October] 2
SpanairA Coruña, Alicante, Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Málaga, Minorca, Palma de Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela, Stockholm-Arlanda [begins 2 July], Tenerife-North, Valencia, Vigo 2
Swiss International Air LinesGeneva, Zürich 2
Syrian AirDamascus 4
TACVSal 1
TAM AirlinesSão Paulo-Guarulhos 1
TAP PortugalFunchal, Lisbon 2
TAP operated by Portugalia AirlinesLisbon, Porto 2
TAROMBucharest-Henri Coandă 4
Thai Airways InternationalBangkok-Suvarnabhumi 1
TransaviaRotterdam, Amsterdam 1
Travel ServiceBudapest, Prague 2
TunisairTozeur, Tunis 1
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul-Atatürk 1
Ukraine International AirlinesKiev-Boryspil, Lviv 4
US AirwaysPhiladelphia
Seasonal: Charlotte 		1
Uzbekistan AirwaysGeneva, Tashkent 4
Vueling Alicante, Bucharest-Henri Coandă, Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Lisbon, Malaga, Malta, Minorca, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, Warsaw Seasonal: Mykonos [begins 30 June] 4
Wizz AirBucharest-Băneasa, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca, Katowice, Prague, Târgu Mureş [begins 19 June], Timişoara
Seasonal: Warsaw 		1
Wizz Air BulgariaSofia 1

Cargo airlines

AirlinesDestinations
DHL Aviation Beijing-Capital, Copenhagen, Miami
FedEx Feeder operated by Air ContractorsDublin, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Flyant
Gestair Cargo Maastricht/Aachen
TNT Airways Brussels
Turkish Airlines Cargo Istanbul-Ataturk
UPS Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Cologne/Bonn, London-Stansted


Ground transport

File:Estación Aeropuerto T2 del Metro de Madrid.jpg
Metro line Line 8 at Aeropuerto T2 Station
Shuttle train that links Terminal 4 with its satellite

Rail

The Madrid Metro Line connects the airport with Madrid’s city centre station Nuevos Ministerios in the heart of Madrid’s financial district. The Barajas Line 8 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. The first ride in the morning leaves from Nuevos Ministerios around 6:05 am, arriving at Terminals 1-2-3 around 6:30, and at Terminal 4 around 6:40.

The Nuevos Ministerios metro station allowed checking-in[10] right by the AZCA business area in central Madrid, but this convenience has been suspended indefinitely after the building of Terminal 4.[11] In October 2006, a bid was launched for the construction of a Cercanías link between Chamartín Station and Terminal 4. When finished, a single Cercanías Line will link Madrid Barajas Terminal 4, with Chamartín Station and Atocha AVE high-speed train stations.[12]

EMT 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 off at departures of terminals 1, 2 and 4 before collecting passengers in the reverse order at arrivals EMT also have an express bus linking Barajas airport to Renfe's Atocha Station; the main rail station in Madrid.[13] 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).

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.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 30 September 1972, Douglas C-47B EC-AQE of Spantax crashed on take-off. The aircraft was being used for training duties and the student pilot over-rotated and stalled. One of the six people on board were killed.[14]
  • On 27 November 1983, Avianca Flight 011 crashed while attempting to land. Flight 011 struck a series of hills, causing the plane's right wing to break off. The 747 then cartwheeled, shattering into five pieces before coming to rest upside-down. Only 11 of the 169 passengers survived – there were no survivors among the 23 crew.[15]
  • On 7 December 1983, Iberia 727 Flight 350 [16] collided during takeoff with Aviaco DC9 Flight 134.[17] The Aviaco DC9 had accidentally entered the runway as the Iberia flight was taking off.[18] 135 people were killed, including 93 from the Iberia and 42 from the Aviaco.
  • On 15 July 2006, the winglet of a Thai Airways International Boeing 747–400 HS-TGY operating flight TG943 from Madrid Barajas Airport in Spain to Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport cut off the tail of an Air France ERJ-145 while taxing to the runway for take-off. No injuries were reported.[19]
  • On the morning of 30 December 2006, an explosion took place in the carpark building module D attached to Terminal 4. A bomb threat was phoned in 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).[20] After receipt of the warning, police were able to evacuate part of the airport.[21] Later, an anonymous caller stated that ETA claims responsibility for the bombing.[22] 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 to the ground, around 40,000 tonnes of debris. It took six days to recover the body of the second victim from the rubble.
Main article: 2006 Madrid-Barajas Airport bombing
  • On 20 August 2008, Spanair Flight 5022 which was travelling to Gran Canaria, veered off to the right and into the ground while climbing immediately after lifting off from runway 36L at 14:45 local time. The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) MD-82 with registration "EC-HFP", was carrying 172 people, including 162 passengers.[23] In the accident, 154 people were killed, 2 were seriously injured and 12 were slightly injured. Prime Minister Zapatero ordered 3 days of national mourning.[24]
  • On 3 December 2010, during the Spanish air traffic controllers strike, Madrid-Barajas Airport remained unoperative when all spanish air traffic controllers walked out in a coordinated wildcat strike. Following the walkout, the Spanish Government authorized the Spanish military to take over air traffic control operations.[25] On the morning of December 4, the government declared a 'State of Alert', ordering on the controllers back to work. Shortly after the measure was implemented, controllers started returning to work and the strike was called off.[26]

References

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  1. ^ a b c AENA passenger statistics and aircraft movements
  2. ^ Spanish AIP (AENA)
  3. ^ Accident history for MAD at Aviation Safety Network
  4. ^ ACI Passenger Traffic Data – 2009
  5. ^ OAG reveals latest industry intelligence on the busiest routes
  6. ^ TPS expertise recognised at Madrid Terminal 4
  7. ^ Ferrovial history
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  10. ^ Inaugurado el intercambiador de Nuevos Ministerios en Madrid con servicio directo de metro al aeropuerto, Vía Libre, N° 454, June 2002
  11. ^ Las aerolíneas descartan retomar la facturación en Nuevos Ministerios, ABC, 24 July 2007 (copy hosted by SEPLA).
  12. ^ Fomento
  13. ^ Línea Exprés Aeropuerto. Inicio. Emtmadrid.es. Retrieved on 2011-05-02.
  14. ^ "EC-AQE Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  15. ^ ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747-283B HK-2910 Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD). Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 2011-05-02.
  16. ^ Accident Database: Accident Synopsis 12071983. Airdisaster.com (1983-12-07). Retrieved on 2011-05-02.
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  18. ^ Accident Photo: Iberia 350. AirDisaster.Com (1983-12-07). Retrieved on 2011-05-02.
  19. ^ THAI clarifies incident concerning flgiht TG 943 routed Madrid – Rome. Asiatraveltips.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-02.
  20. ^ "Explosion hits parking lot at Madrid airport". Reuters. 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2006-12-31. [dead link‍]
  21. ^ "Madrid bomb shatters ETA cease-fire". Reuters. 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  22. ^ Webb, Jason (2006-12-30). "Four hurt in Madrid airport bomb, ETA claims attack". Reuters. Retrieved 2006-12-31. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ http://www.spanair.com/web/en-gb/DSite/Last-official-notice/
  24. ^ La tragedia aérea de Barajas se salda con 153 muertos y 19 heridos, varios de ellos graves. elmundo.es. Retrieved on 2011-05-02.
  25. ^ "Spanish airports reopen after strike causes holiday chaos". guardian.co.uk. December 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  26. ^ "Spanish air traffic controllers marched back to work as airports reopen". telegraph.co.uk. December 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
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    Traffic on Runway 36L with Terminal 4 in the background


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