Madrid–Barajas Airport

Madrid Barajas Adolfo Suárez Airport Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas
IATA: MAD ICAO: LEMD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	ENAIRE
Operator	Aena
Serves	Madrid, Spain
Location	District of Barajas, Madrid
Hub for	Air Europa Iberia
Focus city for	Evelop Airlines Norwegian Air Shuttle Ryanair Wamos Air
Elevation AMSL	610 m / 2,000 ft
Coordinates	40°28′20″N 003°33′39″W
Website	aena.es
Map
MAD Location within Madrid MAD MAD (Community of Madrid) MAD MAD (Spain) MAD MAD (Europe)
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14R/32L 4,100 13,451 Asphalt 18L/36R 3,500 11,482 Asphalt 14L/32R 3,500 11,482 Asphalt 18R/36L 4,350 14,268 Asphalt / Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 57,891,340 Passenger change 17-18 8.4% Aircraft Movements 409,832 Movements change 17-18 5.7% Cargo (t) 518,859 Cargo change 17-18 9.9% Economic impact (2012) $10.9 billion Social impact (2012) 130,900
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA Spanish AIP, AENA

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (Template:Lang-es [aeɾoˈpweɾto aˈðolfo ˈswaɾeð maˈðɾið βaˈɾaxas]) (IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD), commonly known as Madrid–Barajas Airport, is the main international airport serving Madrid in Spain. At 3,050 ha (7,500 acres) in area, it is the second largest airport in Europe by physical size behind Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport. In 2018, 57.9 million passengers used Madrid–Barajas, making it the country's largest and busiest airport and Europe's sixth busiest.

The airport opened in 1928, and has grown to be one of the most important aviation centres of Europe. Located within the city limits of Madrid, it is just 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 particularly key link between Europe and Latin America. The airport is the primary hub and maintenance base for Iberia and Air Europa. Consequently, Iberia is responsible for more than 40% of Barajas' traffic. The airport has five passenger terminals named T1, T2, T3, T4 and T4S.

History

Early years

The airport was 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 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. 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 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.

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 administrative delays and equipment, as well as the controversy over the redeployment of terminals, delayed 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) was built by Ferrovial 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 2.5 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 1.8 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. 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", is the busiest route between two European airports with 55 daily flights in 2012. The schedule has been reduced since the February 2008 opening of the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line which covers the distance in 2+1⁄2 hours.

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

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.

On 27 January 2012, Spanair suspended all flights affecting Madrid–Barajas as well as other domestic and international connections. 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 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.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

As of June 2019, the following airlines serve 193 regular scheduled and charter routes to and from Madrid:

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Athens
Aer Lingus	Dublin
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Ezeiza
Aeroméxico	Mexico City
airBaltic	Riga
Air Algérie	Algiers
Air Arabia Maroc	Tangier
Air Canada	Toronto–Pearson
Air China	Beijing–Capital, São Paulo–Guarulhos
Air Europa	A Coruña, Alicante, Amsterdam, Asturias, Asunción, Barcelona, Bilbao, Bogotá, Brussels, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cancún, Caracas, Casablanca, Cordoba (AR), Düsseldorf, Fortaleza (begins 1 December 2019), Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Guayaquil, Havana, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Lima, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, Málaga, Marrakesh, Medellín–JMC, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Montevideo, Munich, New York–JFK, Palma de Mallorca, Panama City–Tocumen, Paris–Orly, Porto, Puerto Iguazú (begins 1 August 2019), Punta Cana, Quito, Recife, Rome–Fiumicino, Salvador, San Pedro Sula, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru, Santo Domingo–Las Americas, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Seville, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Tenerife–North, Tunis, Valencia, Venice, Vigo, Zürich Seasonal: Alghero (begins 27 June 2019), Athens, Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle (resumes 27 June 2019)
Air India	Delhi
Air Serbia	Belgrade
Air Transat	Montréal–Trudeau
Alitalia	Milan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino
American Airlines	Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York–JFK, Philadelphia Seasonal: Charlotte
Avianca	Bogotá, Cali, Medellín–JMC
Beijing Capital Airlines	Chengdu, Hangzhou
Blue Air	Bacău, Bucharest
Boliviana de Aviación	Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru
British Airways	London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
Bulgaria Air	Sofia
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong
Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines	Malabo
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Capital, Shanghai–Pudong, Xi'an
Cubana de Aviación	Havana, Santiago de Cuba
Czech Airlines	Prague
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, New York–JFK
easyJet	Berlin–Tegel, Bristol, Edinburgh, Lisbon, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
easyJet Switzerland	Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva
EgyptAir	Cairo
El Al	Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Emirates	Dubai–International
Estelar Latinoamerica	Caracas
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa, Dublin
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi
Evelop Airlines	Cancún, Havana, Punta Cana Seasonal: Mauritius
Finnair	Helsinki
Hainan Airlines	Shenzhen
Iberia	A Coruña, Asturias, Athens, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Bilbao, Bogotá, Boston, Brussels, Budapest, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Caracas, Chicago–O'Hare, Córdoba, Dakar–Diass, Düsseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Granada, Guatemala City, Guayaquil (resumes 13 December 2019), Hamburg, Havana, Jerez de la Frontera, Johannesburg–OR Tambo (ends 31 August 2019), Lima, Lisbon, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Marrakesh, Medellín–JMC, Mexico City, Miami, Milan–Linate, Milan–Malpensa, Montevideo, Munich, New York–JFK, Oran, Oslo–Gardermoen, Panama City–Tocumen, Paris–Orly, Porto, Prague, Quito, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Rome–Fiumicino, San José, San Juan, San Salvador, Santander, Santiago de Chile, Santiago de Compostela, Santo Domingo–Las Americas, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Shanghai–Pudong, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Tokyo–Narita, Venice, Vienna, Vigo, Zagreb, Zürich Seasonal: Bastia (begins 1 August 2019), Bergen, Corfu (begins 1 August 2019), Dubrovnik, Genoa, Moscow–Domodedovo, Olbia, Saint Petersburg, San Francisco, Split
Iberia Express	Amsterdam, Berlin–Tegel, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Dublin, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, La Palma, Lanzarote, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Málaga, Manchester, Nantes, Naples, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Rennes, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Stuttgart, Tenerife–North, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Bari (begins 1 July 2019), Bucharest, Cagliari, Cork, Edinburgh, Heraklion, Kraków, Malta, Menorca, Mykonos, Palermo, Reykjavik–Keflavik, Santorini, Toulouse, Zadar (begins 2 July 2019)
Iberia Regional	Alicante, Algiers, Almería, Asturias, Badajoz, Bologna, Bordeaux, Casablanca, Châlons–Vatry, Frankfurt, Granada, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Lisbon, Logroño, Lyon, Málaga, Marrakesh, Marseille, Melilla, Menorca, Nantes, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, San Sebastián, Santander, Seville, Strasbourg, Tangier, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Vigo (resumes 31 August 2019), Zürich Seasonal: Biarritz, Faro, Funchal, Malta, Split, Verona (begins 4 August 2019)
Icelandair	Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík
Joon	Paris–Charles de Gaulle (ends 26 June 2019)
KLM	Amsterdam
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon
LATAM Brasil	São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Chile	Frankfurt, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Ecuador	Guayaquil
LATAM Perú	Lima
Lauda	Vienna
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair	Luxembourg
Middle East Airlines	Beirut
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Copenhagen, Gran Canaria, London–Gatwick, Los Angeles, New York–JFK, Oslo–Gardermoen, Palma de Mallorca, Reykjavik–Keflavik, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tenerife–North Seasonal: Boston, Catania, Dubrovnik, Marrakech
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas	Caracas, Guayaquil (begins 11 July 2019), Lima, Quito (begins 11 July 2019)
Qatar Airways	Doha
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
Royal Jordanian	Amman–Queen Alia
Ryanair	Athens (begins 28 October 2019), Bari, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin–Schönefeld, Birmingham, Bologna, Bratislava (ends 25 October 2019), Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cagliari, Catania, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Dublin, Eindhoven, Fes, Frankfurt (ends 25 October 2019), Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hamburg (ends 5 November 2019), Ibiza, Kiev–Boryspil (begins 27 October 2019), Kraków, Lanzarote, London–Stansted, Luxembourg, Malta, Manchester, Marrakech, Marseille, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Nuremberg (ends 5 November 2019), Ouarzazate (ends 5 November 2019), Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Rabat, Rome–Ciampino, Santiago de Compostela, Sofia, Tangier, Tenerife–North, Tenerife–South, Vilnius (ends 25 October 2019), Warsaw–Modlin, Wroclaw (ends 26 October 2019) Seasonal: Menorca
Saudia	Jeddah, Riyadh
Swiss International Air Lines	Geneva, Zürich
TAP Air Portugal	Lisbon
TAP Express	Lisbon, Porto
TAROM	Bucharest
Transavia France	Paris–Orly
TUI fly Belgium	Casablanca, Nador
Tunisair	Tunis
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul
Ukraine International Airlines	Kiev–Boryspil, Lviv
United Airlines	Newark Seasonal: Washington–Dulles
Volotea	Bordeaux, Genoa, Nantes Seasonal: Alghero, Bastia
Vueling	Barcelona, Florence, Ibiza, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Rome–Fiumicino Seasonal: Menorca
Wamos Air	Cancún, Punta Cana
Wizz Air	Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Sibiu, Sofia, Timișoara, Vienna

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
ASL Airlines Belgium	Brussels, Liège
Atlantic Airlines	Liège
Cygnus Air	Frankfurt, Gran Canaria, Tenerife–North
DHL Aviation	Beijing–Capital, Casablanca, Copenhagen, East Midlands, Frankfurt, Leipzig/Halle, London–Heathrow, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Emirates Sky Cargo	Dubai–Al Maktoum
FedEx Feeder	Dublin, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Kalitta Air	Miami
MASkargo	Frankfurt, Kuala Lumpur–International
Qatar Airways Cargo	Doha
Swiftair	Algiers, Athens, Barcelona, Bilbao, Casablanca, Gran Canaria, Larnaca, Lisbon, Milan–Malpensa, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tenerife–North
Turkish Airlines Cargo	Algiers, Belgrade, Casablanca, Houston-Intercontinental, Istanbul–Atatürk. Miami
UPS Airlines	Casablanca, Chicago–O'Hare, Cologne/Bonn, London–Stansted

Traffic and statistics

old map of the runways

Interior of Terminal 4

Entrance of Terminal 4 at Madrid Barajas Airport

Madrid-Barajas T4 interior

Terminal 4 Madrid-Barajas

Interior of Terminal 4

Barajas Terminal 4 panorama

Ground control tower at T4S

Main Control tower

Terminal 1 interior

Terminal T-4 Madrid - Barajas Airport

The main control tower

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
2011	49,671,270	429,390	394,154
2012	45,195,014	373,185	359,362
2013	39,735,618	333,056	346,602
2014	41,833,374	342,601	366,645
2015	46,828,279	366,605	381,069
2016	50,420,583	378,150	415,774
2017	53,402,506	387,566	470,795
2018	57,891,340	409,832	518,858
2019 (MAY YTD)	23,714,335	169,409	218,361
Source: Aena Statistics

Route statistics

Busiest domestic routes at Adolfo Suárez, Madrid–Barajas International Airport (2017)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Barcelona	2,341,062	Air Europa, Iberia, Vueling
2	Palma de Mallorca	1,816,204	Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia Express, Norwegian Air International, Ryanair
3	Gran Canaria	1,511,303	Air Europa, Iberia Express, Norwegian Air International, Ryanair
4	Tenerife (North)	1,382,264	Air Europa, Iberia Express, Norwegian Air International, Ryanair
5	Bilbao	743,844	Air Europa, Iberia, Swiftair
6	Ibiza	730,162	Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia Express, Ryanair, Vueling
7	A Coruña	621,971	Air Europa, Iberia
8	Santiago de Compostela	608,003	Iberia, Iberia Express, Ryanair
9	Vigo	594,044	Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia Express, Swiftair
10	Oviedo	479,819	Iberia

Busiest European routes at Madrid–Barajas International Airport (2018)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Lisbon, Portugal	1,518,927	Air Europa, easyJet, Iberia, TAP Express, TAP Portugal
2	London (Heathrow), United Kingdom	1,416,801	British Airways, Iberia
3	Paris (Orly), France	1,331,515	Air Europa, Iberia, Transavia France
4	Rome (Fiumicino), Italy	1,219,320	Air Europa, Alitalia, Iberia, Vueling
5	Paris (CDG), France	1,140,881	Air France, easyJet, Iberia Express, Vueling
6	Frankfurt, Germany	1,084,662	Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia, LATAM Chile, Lufthansa, Ryanair
7	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	1,040,832	Air Europa, Iberia Express, KLM
8	London (Gatwick), United Kingdom	1,029,019	Air Europa, easyJet, Iberia Express, Norwegian Air International
9	Brussels, Belgium	1,010,197	Air Europa, Brussels Airlines, Iberia, Ryanair
10	Munich, Germany	860,506	Air Europa, Iberia, Lufthansa
11	Porto, Portugal	758,112	Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair, TAP Express, TAP Air Portugal
12	Zurich, Switzerland	643,336	Air Europa, Iberia, Swiss International Air Lines
13	Geneva, Switzerland	575,329	easyJet Switzerland, Iberia, Swiss International Air Lines
14	Milan (Malpensa), Italy	544,202	Air Europa, easyJet, Iberia
15	Dublin, Ireland	535,487	Aer Lingus, Iberia Express, Ryanair
16	Venice, Italy	472,339	Air Europa, Iberia
17	London (Stansted), United Kingdom	471,436	Ryanair
18	Milan (Linate), Italy	457,564	Alitalia, Iberia
19	Bucharest, Romania	444,589	Blue Air, Iberia Express, Ryanair, TAROM, Wizz Air
20	Düsseldorf, Germany	427,951	Air Europa, Iberia
21	Toulouse, France	392,004	Air Nostrum, Iberia Express, Ryanair
22	Rome (Ciampino), Italy	381,112	Ryanair
23	Vienna, Austria	359,128	Eurowings, Iberia, Laudamotion
24	Berlin (Tegel), Germany	354,787	easyJet, Iberia Express
25	Copenhagen, Denmark	339,420	Iberia Express, Norwegian Air International, Ryanair
26	Istanbul (Atatürk), Turkey	331,040	Turkish Airlines
27	Athens, Greece	321,265	Aegean Airlines, Iberia
28	Prague, Czech Republic	314,757	Czech Airlines, Iberia, Ryanair
29	Bergamo, Italy	306,054	Ryanair
30	Bologna, Italy	286,816	Air Nostrum, Ryanair
31	Budapest, Hungary	282,094	Iberia, Ryanair, Wizz Air
32	Moscow (Sheremetyevo), Russia	255,373	Aeroflot
33	Lyon, France	237,412	Air Nostrum, easyJet, Iberia Express
34	Naples, Italy	217,273	Iberia Express, Ryanair
35	Marseille, France	208,235	Air Nostrum, Ryanair
36	Stockholm, Sweden	207,568	Iberia, Norwegian Air International
37	Berlin (Schönefeld), Germany	202,765	Ryanair
38	Sofia, Bulgaria	201,828	Bulgaria Air, Ryanair, Wizz Air
39	Helsinki, Finland	196,713	Finnair, Norwegian Air International
40	Hamburg, Germany	194,725	Iberia, Ryanair

Busiest intercontinental routes at Madrid–Barajas International Airport (2018)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Bogotá, Colombia	883,716	Air Europa, Avianca, Iberia
2	Buenos Aires (Ezeiza), Argentina	866,449	Aerolíneas Argentinas, Air Europa, Iberia
3	New York (JFK), United States	849,947	Air Europa, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Iberia, Norwegian Air Shuttle
4	Mexico City, Mexico	782,073	Aeroméxico, Iberia
5	Miami, United States	708,340	Air Europa, American Airlines, Iberia
6	Lima, Peru	663,374	Air Europa, Iberia, LATAM, Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas
7	São Paulo (Guarulhos), Brazil	644,113	Air China, Air Europa, Iberia, LATAM
8	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	521,449	Emirates
9	Tel Aviv, Israel	517,857	Air Europa, El Al, Iberia, Smartwings
10	Havana, Cuba	514,532	Air Europa, Cubana de Aviación, Evelop Airlines, Iberia
11	Santiago, Chile	477,868	Iberia, LATAM
12	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	393,140	Air Europa, Iberia
13	Marrakesh, Morocco	341,907	Air Europa, Iberia, Norwegian Air International, Ryanair
14	Doha, Qatar	339,131	Qatar Airways
15	Cancún, Mexico	310,982	Air Europa, Evelop Airlines, Wamos Air
16	Montevideo, Uruguay	238,613	Air Europa, Iberia
17	Punta Cana, Dominican Republic	226,612	Air Europa, Evelop Airlines, Wamos Air
18	Quito, Ecuador	221,509	Air Europa, Iberia
19	Caracas, Venezuela	215,481	Air Europa, Estelar Latinoamerica, Iberia, Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas
20	Casablanca, Morocco	202,764	Iberia, Royal Air Maroc
21	San José, Costa Rica	201,123	Iberia
22	Tangier, Morocco	193,955	Air Arabia Maroc, Air Nostrum, Royal Air Maroc Express, Ryanair
23	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	187,712	Air Europa, Boliviana de Aviación
24	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	179,628	Etihad Airways
25	Panama City, Panama	176,991	Iberia
26	Cali, Colombia	173,371	Avianca
27	Newark, United States	169,848	United Airlines
28	Chicago, United States	167,906	Iberia
29	Dallas, United States	156,161	American Airlines
30	Los Angeles, United States	153,778	Iberia, Norwegian Air Shuttle
31	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	152,493	Cathay Pacific
32	Shanghai, China	150,496	China Eastern Airlines, Iberia
33	Medellín, Colombia	145,072	Avianca, Iberia
34	Guayaquil, Ecuador	138,947	Air Europa, LATAM Ecuador
35	Atlanta, United States	135,586	Delta Air Lines
36	Philadelphia, United States	127,709	American Airlines
37	Boston, United States	123,570	Iberia
38	Dakar, Senegal	120,075	Iberia
39	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	116,632	Iberia
40	Toronto, Canada	113,149	Air Canada

Airline market share

Largest Airlines at Madrid–Barajas International Airport (2017)

Rank	Airline	Passengers
1	Iberia	14,055,597
2	Air Europa	7,783,953
3	Ryanair	6,697,100
4	Iberia Express	4,987,319
5	Air Nostrum	2,920,535
6	easyJet	1,495,941
7	Norwegian Air International	1,327,493
8	Vueling	1,223,888
9	Lufthansa	821,380
10	Air France	685,821
11	American Airlines	652,298
12	TAP Portugal	645,461
13	Avianca	586,573
14	KLM	558,590
15	British Airways	540,788

Ground transport

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. 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.

The Nuevos Ministerios metro station allowed checking-in right by the AZCA business area in central Madrid, but this convenience has been suspended indefinitely after the building of Terminal 4.

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 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.

Airport People Mover

Automated People Mover that links Terminal 4 and the Terminal 4 Satellite

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). 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 more than two kilometres apart. Bombardier became the only contractor for the completely underground shuttle system, including the construction of the civil works, operation and maintenance of the system.

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

• 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 was killed.
• On 29 July 1979, as part of a triple attack, a bomb placed by ETA political-military killed three people.
• 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.
• On 7 December 1983, an Iberia 727 operating as Iberia Flight 350 collided during takeoff with Aviaco Flight 134, a DC-9 The Aviaco DC-9 had accidentally entered the runway as the Iberia flight was taking off. Ninety-three people were killed, including 51 from the Iberia 727 and 42 from the Aviaco DC-9.
• 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 taxiing to the runway for take-off. No injuries were reported.
• 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). After receiving the warning, police were able to evacuate part of the airport. Later, an anonymous caller stated that ETA claims responsibility for the bombing. 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.

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. In the accident, 154 people were killed, two were seriously injured and 12 were slightly injured. Prime Minister Zapatero ordered three days of national mourning.
• On 3 December 2010, during the Spanish air traffic controllers strike, Madrid–Barajas Airport remained inoperative when all Spanish air traffic controllers walked out in a coordinated wildcat strike. Following the walkout, the Spanish Government authorized the Spanish military to assume operation of air traffic control. On the morning of 4 December, 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.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

External links

Media related to Madrid-Barajas Airport at Wikimedia Commons
Madrid–Barajas Airport travel guide from Wikivoyage

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