Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport

The Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas International Airport (IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD), called until 2014 Madrid-Barajas Airport, is a public Spanish airport owned by Aena, located 12 km from the center of the city of Madrid northeast. It is located in the District of Barajas, in the municipality of Madrid. It is the leading Spanish airport in terms of passenger traffic, air cargo and operations, as well as the fifth in Europe and the twenty-fourth in the world by number of passengers.

History

Early 1930-1945

On March 23, 1929, the specifications for a contest to choose the land to develop the Madrid civil airport were published. The contest closed on April 15 and four proposals were submitted: Carabanchel Alto, Getafe, Vallecas and Barajas, finally accepting this last proposal made by Rogelio Sol Mestre. The intention was to replace the aerodromes of Alcalá, Carabanchel and Getafe, and for this purpose a vacant meadow was selected in the northeast of the capital in the then municipality of Barajas (which was later absorbed by Madrid) of 493 bushels (about 320 ha)., with good communications with the capital through the French highway (the current A-2) and in an uninhabited area free of obstacles. The purchase of the land was signed on July 30, 1930 for a value of 730,000 pesetas.

On July 23, a competition was called for the drafting of the project for the new airport, having presented seven different projects. The jury of the competition (made up of different civil and military professionals) selected the proposal of the engineer Marquis de los Álamos and the architect Luis Gutiérrez de Soto. The airport works began as soon as the land was available, beginning with the preparation of the landing area and the installation of a landfall aerobeacon (the first aid to air navigation that the airport had). On April 14, 1930, the companies CLASSA, CETFA, CASA and CEA were authorized to settle at the airport. It was opened to national and international air traffic on April 22, 1931, although regular commercial operations took two years to begin, as the airport was still under construction. A small terminal was built next to the airfield, with a capacity for 30,000 passengers per year, as well as several hangars and the Avión Club building. The first director of the airport was Jacobo Armijo y Fernández de Alarcón.

The first regular line was established by the company Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas (LAPE) with its line to Barcelona. International flights began in the 1930s. When the Spanish civil war broke out, LAPE suspended its flight plan. During the war, warfare and civil transport services were carried out with Paris, Barcelona and the northern zone. Once the war was over, Barajas regained its status as a civil airport, with the landing on April 12, 1939 of a German plane from the Lufthansa company. On May 1, 1939, Iberia moved its equipment from Matacán (Salamanca) to Madrid -Decks.

Originally, the airfield was a large circle bordered in white with the name Madrid inside, unpaved, made up of natural ground covered with grass. After the Civil War, the airport expansion program began in the 1940s, with the creation of the company Aeropuertos Transoceánicos Españoles (ATE). The airfield is paved and new runways are designed, the first of which came into operation in 1944 (15-33), which was 1.4 km long and 48 meters wide. By the end of the decade the airport had three runways, none of which exist today.

The era of commercial aviation 1945-1980

View from the viewpoint of Paracuellos de Jarama. At the bottom, the north of the city of Madrid, with its characteristic skyscrapers. Later, Madrid-Barajas Airport. The proximity of the municipality to the airport has generated continuous conflicts due to the discomfort of the aircraft noise.

The opening of the autarkic regime allowed the number of passengers to take off as well as the airport infrastructure. In July 1946, Barajas was opened to international traffic. In 1948 runway 15-33 was extended to 3,050 m long and 90 m wide, installing an SCS-51 instrument landing system. 50 the airport exceeds half a million passengers, the number of runways increases to 5 and regular lines with New York begin. In 1951 runway 01-19 measuring 2600 x 61 m was inaugurated. In 1953 the construction of a new terminal building began, located to the north of the previous one, but which finally did not include the railway station that was projected. In the 1957 Airport Plan, Barajas is classified as a first category international airport. In 1959, the companies ESSO and Campsa were installed at the airport to supply fuel.

The large jets landed in Madrid-Barajas in the 1960s and the growth in traffic, mainly as a consequence of tourism, exceeded forecasts. At the beginning of the decade, one million two hundred thousand passengers were reached, double what was foreseen in the Airport Plan of 1957, which made it necessary to reform it in depth. The National Terminal, current T2, which had begun to be built in 1953, was inaugurated on these dates, and the runways were modified, creating a layout of two unique crossed runways, the first of which, 4.1 km long, enters in service in 1965. In September of that year the name of the airport was changed, becoming: Madrid-Barajas Airport. The first radioelectric aids were also installed.

In 1969, a pioneering bird control system was introduced using trained retrievers, which prevent birds from approaching the airport and causing damage to aircraft during takeoffs and landings. The first team of falconers was trained by Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente. That same year, the cargo terminal and the cargo aircraft parking platform were inaugurated.

In the 70s, with the boom in tourism and the arrival of the Boeing 747, the airport reached 4 million passengers, and construction of the international terminal (current T1) began. In 1974, Iberia introduced the airlift between Madrid and Barcelona, a service with multiple daily frequencies every so often without prior reservation.

The 1982 World Cup brought important reforms to the airport, with the expansion and reform of the two existing terminals.

Saturation and expansion 1980-2000

The extensions of the 1980s had been made thinking that they would not be saturated until the year 2000, however, the sustained growth in traffic after the liberalization of the air market already made us think in 1989 of the need to do something to prevent the airport completely collapsed in 1992. The solution is to create a new airport in Campo Real and close the one in Barajas. In 1988 it presented serious saturation problems due to the incapacity of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (which then managed the airport) to solve it. The debate revolves around two different solutions: expansion of existing facilities, or the construction of a new airport. The first solution was chosen and in 1991 a Master Plan for the Madrid-Barajas airport was drafted, with an Infrastructure Plan up to a fifteen-year horizon and an immediate action plan to respond to the shortcomings detected in 1990. In 1992, the expansion of the airport is agreed with the so-called «Plan Barajas», which included the first phase proposed by the Master Plan with a capacity horizon for the year 2010, and which included, among other things, the construction of a new runway, a new tower of control, a new terminal building, platforms and transportation systems.

In the 1990s the airport underwent further expansions. In 1994 the cargo terminal, the interconnection building between the International Terminal and the National Terminal, and the renovation of the control tower were built.

In 1997 the "North Dock" was inaugurated, which is used as the exclusive terminal for Iberia for Schengen flights. In 1998 the new control tower was inaugurated, 71 m high, and in 1999 the new "Dique Sur", which means an extension of the international terminal. For these dates the distribution of the terminals is changed: The south dock and most of the International Terminal are renamed T1; the rest of the International Terminal and the National Terminal are now called T2 and the north dock is called T3.

Setting up airport tracks after opening the 18R-36L track in 1998.

On October 31, 1998, the new runway 18R-36L was inaugurated, which replaces the previous runway 18-36, which is out of service), measuring 4,400 m long x 60 m wide, making it the the longest in Europe. The track enters royal service on November 5 of that year.

In 1999 the Madrid Metro linked the airport with Mar de Cristal through Line 8, arriving at Nuevos Ministerios in 2002. This is the result of an old project announced since 1989 to link Barajas and the center of Madrid with a luxury train, which after pressure from the Madrid business community became a conventional metro line.

The “Barajas Plan” 2000-2010

In the year 2000, the airport was on the verge of saturation after years of intense growth in the traffic it supports. In that year the execution of the expansion of the airport began, in the form of a macro-project known as "Plan Barajas". The plan basically consisted of building a terminal building, a satellite building dependent on the new terminal, two new runways (parallel to the existing ones at that time), two large platforms around the new terminal buildings, new parking lots and access roads to the airport., burying the M-111 under the runways, an automatic train for the connection between the terminal and the satellite inside an airport services tunnel, as well as an automated baggage handling system in the new terminals. Associated carried the expansion of the airport power plant, the diversion of the Jarama river, taxiways in the new infrastructure, new aids to air navigation and a new control tower.

New terminal area: Consisted of the construction of the new T4 terminals and its satellite, T4S, designed by the architects Estudio Lamela and Richard Rogers Partnership (winner the latter of the 2006 Stirling Prize for this project) and the engineering companies Initec (National Engineering Company) and Carillion (winners of the 2006 IStructE Award for Commercial Structures for this project) were built by Acciona, Dragados, Ferrovial, OHL and Sacyr. It includes an automated baggage handling system, an underground train for the transfer of passengers, luggage and airport equipment between the terminal and its satellite. Terminal 4 has 470,000 m², 38 contact positions and capacity for 35 million passengers per year, while the satellite building has 290,000 m², 26 contact positions and capacity for 15 million passengers per year.Both buildings are 2.5 km apart. On February 4, 2006, Terminal 4 was inaugurated by the then President of the Government of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

New runways: Two new runways were built parallel to the existing ones, which were called 15L/33R (currently 14L/32R) and 18L/36R, thereby increasing capacity from the airfield up to 120 operations per hour.

In 2002, billing services were inaugurated at the Nuevos Ministerios metro station, in the heart of the city's financial center (AZCA) and a short distance from the historic center (just a couple of stops by metro); this service was closed in 2005. It was a complement to line 8 of the metro. The new terminals and runways were completed in 2004, but administrative and equipment delays, as well as the controversy over the redistribution of the terminals, meant that they did not come into service until February 5, 2006.

Night view.

In October 2006, the project to build a Renfe Cercanías line that linked the airport with the Chamartín stations and with it the Atocha-Cercanías station was put out to tender, with a completion date initially scheduled for 2009 and finally inaugurated in 2011 as Line C-1.

With this new expansion, Madrid-Barajas reaches a maximum capacity of 70 million passengers per year, an available area in terminals of 940,000 m², 104 contact parking positions for aircraft and 21,800 parking spaces.In In 2007, the airport crossed the barrier of 50 million passengers who traveled through it. The specific figure was 52,143,275 people.

Recent history

Smoke column at the airport after the explosion of a car bomb on December 30, 2006.

On December 30, 2006 there was a terrorist attack in Barajas. A van bomb exploded in module D of the T4 parking lot, causing the collapse of said module and innumerable material damages, as well as around twenty injuries and two deaths, Carlos Alonso Palate and Diego Armando Estacio, both of Ecuadorian origin. The terrorist group ETA claimed responsibility for the attack.

The airport was voted best airport of the year 2008 by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine. On January 9, 2009, the airport had to be closed for 5 hours as a result of falling snow that morning. Added to the problems caused by the snow were the labor disputes between the pilots of the Iberia company and that of the Aena controllers, causing some chaos for several days at the airport.

On August 1, 2015, the Dubai airline Emirates inaugurated its Dubai-Madrid route with the Airbus A380, being the first time that this aircraft operated in Barajas. Before this, the route was covered by Boeing 777.

On March 26, 2014, a ministerial order from the Ministry of Public Works was published renaming the airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport. The renaming sought to honor Adolfo Suárez, the first President of the Government of Spain after the restoration of democracy and recognized as one of the architects of the Spanish Transition. He died on March 23, 2014, a few days before the decision to change his name.

Terminal 3 from the air side

In addition to having very good connections with almost all Spanish airports, it is the European airport with the most connections with Latin America, thanks to the fact that Iberia, the leading company between Europe and Latin America, has made T4 its hub. The route between Madrid-Barajas and Barcelona Airport (known as the Air Shuttle), founded by Iberia in 1974, is the route between two airports with the highest number of flights per week in the entire world. world, although after the opening in 2008 of the Madrid-Barcelona High-Speed Line, traffic has been significantly reduced on this route, reaching the high-speed train to monopolize 50% of all passengers between the two cities.

In 2007 it had a traffic of 52.1 million passengers, which made it the fourth in Europe. However, the number of passengers dropped to just over 50 million the following year. The number of passengers has grown significantly since the airport expansion was inaugurated in 2006 and it should be noted that already in 2007 it surpassed the Dutch airport of Schiphol (Amsterdam) as the fourth European airport in number of passengers. In 2010 the airport rose again to 50 million passengers.

Until 2010, Aena did not provide disaggregated data on the profit or loss generated by each airport in its network, but according to data provided by Aena itself to a specific industry publication, in 2004 the Ebitda of Madrid-Barajas (including the high costs of air navigation inherent to the airport) was 173 million euros, which made it the one that obtained the highest gross operating margin. However, the airport registers net losses, due to the high amount that they represent the amortizations and cost of capital faced by the large Spanish airports, historically immersed in a permanent growth crisis. In 2009, both Barajas and El Prat (Barcelona) even recorded operating losses, even without accounting for amortizations and depreciations.

The airlines Iberia (which is the dominant airline at the airport since it handles almost half of the total passengers), Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Vueling Airlines, EasyJet, Ryanair, Wamos Air, have their base of operations at the airport. Swiftair and Gestair Cargo. The first three use the airport as a connection center between flights or Hub.

Medical care

The airport is attached to the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid as a reference hospital for medical and surgical emergencies that require hospital care.

In addition, the airport itself has, attached to the Airport Medical Service, medical rooms and health personnel, to provide coverage for passengers in transit who need health care. It also has 75 Cardiac Rescue Points equipped of defibrillators in case of cardiorespiratory arrest.

Location and communications

Pre-embarkation zone Terminal 4 and commercial gallery.

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport

Situation of the airport in the municipality of Madrid.

The airport is located northeast of Madrid, in the Barajas district, although the airport system also extends through the municipalities of Alcobendas, San Sebastián de los Reyes and Paracuellos de Jarama. The airport entered service on April 22, 1931, although there were test flights on the land where the airport would be located since 1928.

T4, the most recent, is separated by more than 2 kilometers from terminals T1, T2 and T3. For communication between all the terminals, Aena has provided a free bus service (Airport Shuttle).

In turn, the two buildings that make up Terminal 4: the main one and its satellite, being separated by more than a kilometer and having one of the tracks between them, are connected by an electric pneumatic train without a driver who makes the tour through an underground gallery.

Access by taxi

Terminal 4.

American Airlines Boeing 767 at the airport.

All terminals have taxi ranks outside the properly signposted arrivals areas. Fares are fixed for all journeys between the Airport and the city of Madrid, regardless of the number of passengers and the distance travelled. Thus, if the destination of the trip is within the M-30, the price is 30 euros, while if the destination is outside the M-30, the price is 20 euros for routes of up to 9, 5 km. After 9.5 km, the taximeter will continue counting at the corresponding rate.

Official taxis are white with red stripes and the Madrid City Council shields on the doors.

Access by bus

Top Floor Entrance. Departure Inferior Plant.

The cheapest and most comfortable way to access the airport from the city is by bus. EMT line 200 connects the Avenida de América Interchange with Canillejas and terminals T1-T2-T3 and T4, respectively. The buses that operate line 200 are specifically designed for this route, have luggage racks and operate between 05:00 and 24:00, a much longer schedule than the rest of the EMT lines. Line 101 connects terminals 1, 2 and 3 of the Airport with the Old Town of Barajas at one end and with the Canillejas interchange at the other. The fares for lines 200 and 101 are the same as for the rest of the EMT network (€1.5 for a single ticket that drops to €1.20 with the metrobus).

Previously there was a bus line (number 89) that connected the airport with Plaza de Colón in Madrid, but it was eliminated shortly after the line that leaves from Avenida de América began to serve. There was also line 201, which connected the Barajas station with T4. It was removed in 2007, with the arrival of the metro at T4.

Since November 2010, there is a new EMT line, the Línea Exprés Aeropuerto, which leaves from Atocha station, with stops at: Plaza de Cibeles and O'Donnell. From there it goes directly to Barajas airport with a stop at terminals 1, 2 and 4. The line operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with a fee of 5 euros per person (neither the metrobus nor the buses are valid on this line). transport or tourist passes). At night, the head is in the Plaza de Cibeles, connecting with all the night bus lines in Madrid.

Other lines of the Regional Transport Consortium of Madrid connect the different terminals with nearby municipalities:

• 822: T1 - Coslada - San Fernando de Henares
• 824: T2 - Torrejón de Ardoz - Alcalá de Henares
• 827: Canillejas - T4 - Alcobendas - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Tres Cantos
• 828: Canillejas - T4 - Alcobendas - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Metro access

Terminal 1.

T3 boarding area.

Terminal 1 of Madrid-Barajas.

Boeing 777 Aeromexico at the airport.

Terminal 4 of Madrid-Barajas.

Pasillo at Madrid airport.

Boeing 777 2Q8 of Aeromexico on platform.

Terminal 4 of the airport.

The Line 8 of the Madrid Metro (Nuevos Ministerios-Airport T4) connects the Nuevos Ministerios station with the airport terminals in 20 min.

There are 2 stations at the airport, the one that serves the terminals (Airport T1-T2-T3, located in Terminal T3) and the one in the new terminal area (Airport T4). To enter or leave any of the two stations, a supplement of €3 is required, which can be purchased separately or added to the corresponding season ticket. Transport Pass users do not pay a supplement.

Barajas, like Barcelona Airport and Heathrow Airport (London), is one of the only three European airports with several metro stations, in the case of Barajas and Barcelona, with two each, in the from Heathrow, three.

In the case of the extension of the metro to T4, there was a political scuffle between the Community of Madrid and the Ministry of Public Works over who was the competent administration to carry out this extension of line 8, being in the background the discrepancy over who should finance the works. Finally, the Community of Madrid decided to resort to private financing and put the works out to tender in February 2006, being awarded in April 2006. Thus, the operation and construction of the new section was awarded to a private concession for twenty years, inaugurating on May 3, 2007 and incorporating the aforementioned supplement to reach the new terminal by this means of transport. So that travelers from the four terminals are on an equal footing, travelers who get on at the T1-T2-T3 stop also pay the supplement.

Access by train

Since September 23, 2011, Terminal 4 has a Renfe commuter station.

In the future, it is planned to take the AVE to the airport. In this way, the Barajas Airport will be integrated, not only in the Madrid Cercanías network, but also in the AVE and RENFE Long Haul networks.

Technical characteristics

Operatives

Madrid-Barajas airport is an H24 airport (open 24 hours)but operations at it suffer from some restrictions. Its use by aircraft without radio communication and helicopters is prohibited.

In addition, the take-off and landing operations of aircraft classified as from CR-4 (that is, with a noise quota of level 4 or more) are prohibited. In turn, there are partial restrictions for other aircraft between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

Some aircraft have nighttime restrictions on the use of APUs: Ilyushin (all models), DC-8 (all models), Fokker 50, McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (all models), MD-11, Boeing 747 (all models), Bombardier CRJ200, Embraer 120, Boeing 717 and Boeing 727. The following also have restrictions on departure procedures: Antonov 72, Antonov 124, Airbus A340-600, Boeing 727, Boeing 737-100, Boeing 737-200, Boeing 747, Douglas DC-8, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, Ilyushin 62, Lockheed L-1011, McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Tupolev 134, British Aerospace BAe 125, North American Sabreliner, and Yakovlev Yak-42.

Airport view.

Airbus A340-600 from Iberia parked.

Airfield

Iberia Airbus A319 at Barajas Airport in September 2011.

Buildings

Airbus A319 stationed in the T4.

Barajas airport consists of three terminal buildings, a satellite building and two docks (one of which can almost be considered a terminal), as well as a terminal dedicated exclusively to cargo. The spatial division used in the airport nomenclature (T1, T2, T3, T4 and T4-S) does not exactly match the actual architectural division of the airport. In addition, and since the beginning of 2013, it also has an Executive Aviation terminal that was remodeled from old facilities, through a concession to a consortium formed by Gestair and Multiservicios Aeroportuarios.

• Former International Terminal or Terminal T1: It is the oldest of those in operation at the airport. It was joined to the national terminal by an interconnection building, which allowed it to increase in 4 new boarding doors. It has 22 boarding doors (C43 gates to C50 and D53 to D66).
• Old National Terminal or Terminal T2: Regarding the boarding area, it has 16 boarding doors, but it is divided between the T1 (B20 to B33 gates, corresponding to the international zone) and T2 (C34 to C43 gates, corresponding to the Schengen area).
• Dique Norte or Terminal T3: The T3 is an integrated terminal in the building Dike North, but it is only a separate check-in area (without current operations), since both the boarding and baggage collection rooms are integrated into T2. The northern dam was raised as an extension of the national terminal, to which it provided eleven check-in counters, five baggage collection tapes and 20 boarding doors.
• South Dike: It is a building annexed to Terminal T1. It has 10 boarding doors (A1 gates to A14), 5 of them with fingers. Included entirely within T1.
• Terminal 4: Denominated T4, it has 6 floors, 3 on scratch and 3 under scraping. On the first floor there are 22 baggage collection tapes divided between 2 rooms, 10 and 11, the first for international arrival flights and the second for national arrival flights. It has 2 double ribbons and 2 special luggage collection tapes. The first floor has 76 boarding doors.
• Satellite: Named T4-S. It has three floors on a tear. The first one is dedicated to Schengen exits and has 19 boarding doors. The second is dedicated to international departures, it has 48 boarding doors. The third is dedicated to receiving international arrivals flights so it has the safety filters suitable for this purpose.

Terminals

Characteristics of terminals
Terminal	Doors	Showers invoice	Doors of shipment	Gateways	Ribbons collection baggage	Surface useful
		170	43	17	15	90 110
		99	20	11	12	85 165
		20	21	12	5	23 046
		185.	76	38	22	470 000
		0	67	26	0	286 984
Total		474	227	104	54	955 305

• T1: Gates A, B and C, the latter to C42. It has 170 check-in counters, including automatics, and has a total of 43 boarding doors. It also has two arrival rooms each with eight and seven baggage collection tapes respectively. It is formed by the ancient International Terminal and the new South Dike.
• T2: Doors C, from the C43 onwards, and D. In addition to the 99 check-in counters, there are some more on the gateway to the airport, which have not been pointed out. It has 20 boarding doors and for the collection of luggage from two arrival rooms with six baggage tapes each. It corresponds to the old National Terminal more part of the old International Terminal.
• T3: Gates E and F. It has twenty check-in counters (out of service today), five baggage collection tapes (in a room annexed to that of T2) and 21 boarding doors (from E68 to E82 and F90 to F94, the latter exclusively for regional flights). The T3 corresponds to the Dike North and is currently used exclusively as an extension of T2 and not as an independent terminal.
• T4: Doors H, J and K. On the first floor there are 22 baggage collection tapes divided between 2 rooms, 10 and 11, the first for international arrival flights and the second for national arrival flights. It has 2 double ribbons and 2 special luggage collection tapes. The first floor has 76 boarding doors (from H1 to H37, from J40 to J59 and from K62 to K98). On the second floor are the check-in counters and the main safety filters.
• T4-S: M and S Gates. It has 19 boarding doors (M22 to M48 gates) in the Schengen area. The second floor is dedicated to international exits, with 48 boarding doors (S1 gates to S12 and S15 to S50). The third is dedicated to receiving international arrivals flights so it has the safety filters suitable for this purpose.

Hangars

Barajas has two main areas of hangars, on the one hand, the Old Industrial Area, between T3 and T4, and on the other hand, the La Muñoza Industrial Area. Iberia has maintenance hangars in both areas with a surface area of 900,000 m², although those in the second area are more active.

Hints

Madrid-Barajas has four parallel two-by-two physical tracks: 18L/36R - 18R/36L and 14L/32R - 14R/32L. In aeronautical terminology it is considered that it has 8 different runways, and that only four of them are used simultaneously depending on the operation configurations, north or south. ATC chooses one or the other configuration depending on the weather.

• Northern configuration: during the day (07:00-23:00), 36L and 36R tracks will be used for takeoffs and 32L and 32R runways for landings. During the night (23:00-07:00) the 36L track will be used to take off and the 32R runway for landings. No takeoffs are allowed on 14L/14R tracks.
• South configuration: during the day (07:00-23:00), 14L and 14R tracks will be used for takeoffs and 18L and 18R tracks for landings. During the night (23:00-07:00) the 14L track will be used to take off and the 18L runway for landings. Do not be authorized to take off 32L/32R tracks.

• There was also another track (18C/36C, before 18-36 and 18L-36R) that was the first one to own the airport. It is currently used as a parking lot and runs between Terminal T4s-Terminal 1. The track is cut to the height of its crossing with track 14R/32L, near its north end is crossed by an airport vehicle road and in the south part was eaten another piece of the track, re-skirting the area, to use it as airplane parking. It stopped using since the opening of the 18R/36L and 14L/32R tracks in the mid-2000s.

On September 20, 2012, coinciding with the AIRAC cycle change, the old slopes 15R/33L and 15L/33R changed their names and were renamed 14R/32L and 14L/32R, due to changes in declination local magnetic.

The physical characteristics of the tracks are as follows:

Air Navigation

Control towers

North Tower.

The airport has three control towers:

• La Northlocated next to the satellite building. It started working on 31 October 1998.
• La West tower, located next to the terminal building T4.
• La South Towerlocated in the terminal building T2.

Any of the three towers has the capacity to control any aspect of air traffic and aircraft movement at the airport, but under normal operating conditions the tasks are divided among the three.

The North Tower is the airport's main control tower and its largest. It was inaugurated in 1998 and replaced the current South Tower as the main airport.

The West Tower was the last control tower to be built at the airport. It was inaugurated in 2006 along with Terminal T4. It is in charge of managing the rolling movement of aircraft on the ground around terminal T4.

South Tower.

The South Tower is the old airport control tower. It is located inside terminal T2, although when it was built it was located in the Terminal Nacional. Until 1998 it was the only control tower at the airport, but since then it has only managed aircraft taxiing operations around the terminal buildings T1, T2 and T3, as well as the cargo terminal. Despite this reduction in functions, the tower continues to have full operational capabilities.

Aids to navigation

The airport has different navigation aids.

Regarding landing aids, the airport has Category III ILS, PAPI and CAT II/III Precision Approach Lighting Systems (900 m), on runways 32L, 32R, 18L and 18R (which are those intended for landings). The characteristics of the ILS are the following:

• Pista 32L: locator MAA emitting at 109,900 MHz since 40°29′10.3810′′N 003°34′38.5956′′O / 40.486216944, -3.577387667, planning path emitting 333,800 MHz since 40°27′57.0555′N 003°33′17.5709′′O / 40.465848750, -3.554880806.
• Pista 32R: locator MBB emitting at 109.100 MHz since 40°29′49.4289′N 003°33′36.1747′′O / 40.497063583, -3.560048528, planning path emitting on 331,400 MHz from 40°28′34.5222′N 003°32′13.6731′′O / 40.476256167, -3.537131417.
• Pista 18L: locator IML emitting at 111,500 MHz since 40°29′54.2065′′N 003°33′33.0949′′O / 40.498390694, -3.559193028, planning path emitting on 332.900 MHz from 40°31′31.5282′′N 003°33′28.9570′′O / 40.525424500, -3.558043611.
• Pista 18R: locator IMR emitting at 110,700 MHz 40°29′24.5249′N 003°34′28.5949′′O / 40.490145806, -3.574609694, planning path emitting 330,200 MHz since 40°31′11.7539′N 003°34′24.1107′′O / 40.519931639, -3.573364083.

It also has four VORs, all of them associated with a DME. Two of them in the vicinity of the airport (managed directly by the airport) and another two in the vicinity of Madrid, managed by the Central Region Air Navigation Directorate:

• DVOR BRA (Barajas, 40°28′08.50′N 003°33′27.59′′O / 40.4690278, -3.5576639): located next to track 14R/32L
• DVOR SSY (San Sebastián de los Reyes, 40°32′47.1194′′N 003°34′31.3318′′O / 40.546422056, -3.575369944): located north of the 18R head, approximately 1.5 nM.
• DVOR RBO (Robledillo de Mohernando, 40°51′14.2766′N 003°14′47.4050′′O / 40.853965722, -3.246501389): located in the Province of Guadalajara, in the Municipal Term of the same name, very close to the Aerodrome of Robledillo, LERM.
• DVOR PDT 40°15′10.4401′N 003°20′52.2750′′O / 40.252900028, -3.347854167): located about 15 nM south east of 32L/32R headers.

Surveillance systems

• The airport has two Superficie (SMR) radars that monitor aircraft movements as well as any vehicle in the maneuvering area. They are located in the field of antennas of the North Tower (along with the T4 Satellite) and in the South Tower (along with the T2).
• It also has, since March 2011, a multi-lateration system capable of detecting cooperative targets (transponder doses) in the maneuvering area.

Energy

The airport has its own combined cycle thermal power plant that supplies it with electricity, heating and other needs.^{[citation required]}

Airlines and destinations

The main airlines at the airport are Iberia and Air Europa. Madrid-Barajas is the European airport with the most flights with Latin America, it has frequent links with almost all Spanish airports and has good connections with the European capitals, as well as having some connections with Africa, Asia and North America.

Domestic destinations

Cities	Airport	Airlines
SpainSpain
Alicante	Alicante-Elche Airport	Air Europa Iberia Regional
Almería	Almeria Airport	Iberia Regional
Asturias	Airport of Asturias	Iberia
Badajoz	Badajoz Airport	Iberia Regional
Barcelona	Airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat	Air Europa Iberia Vueling Airlines
Bilbao	Bilbao Airport	Air Europa Iberia
Castellón	Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport	Iberia Regional
Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura Airport	Iberia Express Ryanair
Gran Canaria	Airport of Gran Canaria	Air Europa Iberia Express Ryanair
Grenada	Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport	Iberia Regional
Ibiza	Ibiza Airport	Air Europa Iberia Express Ryanair Vueling Airlines
Jerez de la Frontera	Jerez Airport	Iberia
The Coruña	La Coruña Airport	Air Europa Iberia Iberia Regional
La Palma	La Palma Airport	Iberia Express
Lanzarote	César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport	Air Europa Iberia Express Ryanair
Logroño	Logroño-Agoncillo Airport	Iberia Regional
Seo de Urgel	Andorra-La Seu Airport	Iberia Regional
Malaga	Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport	Air Europa Iberia Express Iberia Regional
Melilla	Melilla Airport	Iberia Regional
Menorca	Menorca Airport	Iberia Regional Vueling Airlines (Stationary)
Murcia	International Airport Region of Murcia	Iberia Regional (Seasonal cloak)
Palma de Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca Airport	Air Europa Iberia Express Ryanair
Pamplona	Pamplona Airport	Iberia Regional
San Sebastián	San Sebastian Airport	Iberia
Santander	Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport	Iberia Iberia Regional
Santiago de Compostela	Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport	Iberia Express Ryanair
Sevilla	Seville Airport	Iberia Express
Tenerife	Tenerife North-City of La Laguna Airport	Air Europa Iberia Express Ryanair
	Airport of Tenerife South	Iberia Express Ryanair
Valencia	Airport of Valencia	Air Europa Iberia Regional
Vigo	Vigo Airport	Air Europa Iberia Iberia Regional

International destinations

Cities by country	Airport name	Airlines
Africa
AngolaAngola
Luanda	Quatro de Fevereiro Airport	TAAG Angola Airlines
AlgeriaAlgeria
Algiers	Houari Boumedienne International Airport	Iberia / Iberia Regional
EgyptEgypt
Cairo	Cairo International Airport	Egyptair
Luxor	Luxor International Airport	Egyptair (season)
Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea
Malabo	Airport of Malabo-Santa Isabel	CEIBA Intercontinental / Plus Ultra Airlines
MoroccoMorocco
Agadir	Agadir-Al Massira Airport	Ryanair (Stationary)
Casablanca	Mohammed V International Airport	Iberia / Iberia Regional / Royal Air Maroc
Fez	Fez-Saïss Airport	Ryanair
Marrakech	Marrakech-Menara Airport	Air Europe / Iberia / Ryanair
Nador	Nador International Airport	Air Arabia / Ryanair (Stationary)
Rabat	Rabat-Salé Airport	Royal Air Maroc / Ryanair
Tangier	Tangier-Ibn Battuta Airport	Air Arabia / Iberia Regional / Royal Air Maroc / Ryanair
Tetuán	Tetuán-Sania Ramel Airport	Ryanair
Mauritius
Port Louis	International Airport Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	Iberojet (Stationary)
SenegalSenegal
Dakar	Blaise Diagne International Airport	Iberia
TunisiaTunisia
Tunisia	Tunisia-Cartago International Airport	Air Europa (Stationary)/ Tunisair
North America
CanadaCanada
Montreal	Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport	Air Transat (Stationary)
Toronto	Toronto Pearson International Airport	Air Canada
United States
Atlanta	Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport	Delta Air Lines
Boston	Logan International Airport	Iberia
Charlotte	Charlotte-Douglas International Airport	American Airlines (Stationary)
Chicago	O'Hare International Airport	Iberia
Dallas-Fort Worth	Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport	American Airlines / Iberia
Philadelphia	Philadelphia International Airport	American Airlines
Los Angeles	Los Angeles International Airport	Iberia
Miami	Miami International Airport	Air Europe / American Airlines / Iberia
Newark	International Airport Freedom of Newark	United Airlines
New York	John F. Kennedy International Airport	Air Europe / American Airlines / Delta Air Lines / Iberia
Orlando	Orlando International Airport	Wamos Air (Stationary)
San Francisco	San Francisco International Airport	Iberia (Stationary)
Washington	Washington-Dulles International Airport	Iberia (Stationary)/ United Airlines (Stationary)
Mexico Mexico
Cancun	Cancun International Airport	Air Europe / Iberojet / Wamos Air / World2fly
Mexico City	International Airport of Mexico City	Aeromexico / Iberia
Guadalajara	International Airport of Guadalajara	Aeromexico
Monterrey	Monterrey International Airport	Aeromexico
San José del Cabo	Los Cabos International Airport	Iberojet (Stationary)
Central America and the Caribbean
Costa RicaCosta Rica
San José	Juan Santamaría International Airport	Iberojet / Iberia
CubaCuba
Havana	José Martí International Airport	Air Europe / Cubana de Aviación / Iberojet / Iberia / World2fly
Santiago de Cuba	International Airport of Santiago de Cuba	Cubana de Aviación / Iberojet
Varadero	Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport	Wamos Air
El SalvadorEl Salvador
San Salvador	International Airport of El Salvador	Iberia
GuatemalaGuatemala
Guatemala City	La Aurora International Airport	Iberia
HondurasHonduras
Comayagua	Comayagua International Airport	Iberojet
San Pedro Sula	Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport	Air Europa
Panama Panama
Panama	International Airport of Tocumen	Air Europe / Iberia
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
San Juan	International Airport Luis Muñoz Marín	Iberia
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic
Punta Cana	International Airport of Punta Cana	Air Europe / Iberojet / Wamos Air / World2fly
Santo Domingo	International Airport Las Americas	Air Europe / Iberia / Plus Ultra Airlines / World2fly
South America
Argentina
Buenos Aires	International Airport Minister Pistarini	Airlines Argentinas / Air Europe / Iberia
Córdoba	Ing International Airport. Aeronautico Ambrosio Taravella	Air Europa (ASU Way)
BoliviaBolivia
Cochabamba	International Airport Jorge Wilstermann	Boliviana de Aviación
Santa Cruz	Viru Viru International Airport	Air Europe / Boliviana de Aviación
BrazilBrazil
Rio de Janeiro	Galeão International Airport	Iberia
Salvador de Bahia	International Airport of Salvador	Air Europa
São Paulo	Guarulhos International Airport	Air Europe / Iberia / LATAM Brazil
ChileChile
Santiago de Chile	Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport	Iberia / LATAM Chile
ColombiaColombia
Bogotá	El Dorado International Airport	Air Europe / Avianca / Iberia / Plus Ultra Airlines
Cali	International Airport Alfonso Bonilla Aragón	Avianca
Cartagena	International Airport Rafael Núñez	Plus Ultra Airlines
Medellín	José María Córdova International Airport	Air Europe / Avianca
EcuadorEcuador
Guayaquil	José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport	Air Europe / Iberia
Quito	Mariscal Sucre International Airport	Air Europe / Iberia
Paraguay Paraguay
Assumption	Silvio Pettirossi International Airport	Air Europa
Peru Peru
Lima	Jorge Chávez International Airport	Air Europe / Iberia / LATAM Peru / Plus Ultra Airlines
Uruguay Uruguay
Montevideo	Carrasco International Airport	Air Europe / Iberia
Venezuela Venezuela
Caracas	International Airport of Maiquetía Simón Bolívar	Air Europe / Conviate / Iberia / Plus Ultra Airlines
Porlamar	International Airport of the Caribbean Santiago Mariño	Plus Ultra Airlines (Starting October 2023)
Asia
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
Yeda	Rey Abdulaziz International Airport	Saudi Arabian Airlines
Qatar
Doha	Hamad International Airport	Qatar Airways
ChinaChina
Chongqing	Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport	Hainan Airlines
Beijing	International Airport of Beijing-Capital	Air China
KuwaitKuwait
Kuwait (city)	Kuwait International Airport	Kuwait Airways
South KoreaSouth Korea
Seoul	Incheon International Airport	Korean Air (start on 25 April 2023)
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi International Airport	Etihad Airways
Dubai	Dubai International Airport	Emirates
GeorgiaGeorgia
Kutaisi	Kopitnari Airport	Wizz Air (Stationary) (starts on 4 June 2023)
Hong KongHong Kong
Hong Kong	Hong Kong International Airport	Cathay Pacific
IsraelIsrael
Tel Aviv	Ben Gurión International Airport	Air Europe / Arkia (start on March 27, 2023) / The Al/ Iberia
JordanJordan
Haman	International Airport of Queen Alia	Royal Jordann / Ryanair
LebanonLebanon
Beirut	Rafic Hariri International Airport	Middle East Airlines
Europe
Albania Albania
Tirana	International Airport Mother Teresa	Wizz Air
GermanyGermany
Berlin	Berlin-Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt	Iberia Express / Ryanair
Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf Airport	Iberia
Frankfurt am Main	Frankfurt am Main Airport	Air Europe / Iberia / Iberia Regional / Lufthansa
Hamburg	Hamburg Airport	Iberia
Munich	Munich-Franz Airport Josef Strauss	Air Europe / Iberia / Iberia Regional / Lufthansa
AustriaAustria
Vienna	Vienna International Airport	Iberia / Ryanair
BelgiumBelgium
Brussels	Brussels Airport	Air Europe / Brussels Airlines / Iberia / Ryanair
	Airport of Charleroi-Brussels Sur	Ryanair
BulgariaBulgaria
Sofia	Sofia Airport	Bulgaria Air / Ryanair / Wizz Air
CroatiaCroatia
Dubrovnik	Dubrovnik Airport	Iberia (Stationary)
Split	Split Airport	Iberia (Stationary)
Zagreb	Zagreb-Franjo Tuđman Airport	Iberia (Stationary)
DenmarkDenmark
Billund	Billund Airport	Ryanair
Copenhagen	Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport	Iberia Express / Norwegian Air Shuttle (Stationary) (start on 22 June 2023) / Ryanair
FinlandFinland
Helsinki	Helsinki-Vantaa Airport	Finnair
France
Bordeaux	Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport	Iberia Regional / Ryanair
Strasbourg	Strasbourg Airport	Iberia Regional
Lyon	Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport	Iberia Express / Iberia Regional / Volotea (Stationary) (Start 3 April 2023)
Montpellier	Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport	Transavia France
Marseille	Marseille-Provenza Airport	Iberia / Iberia Regional / Ryanair
Nantes	Nantes-Atlantique Airport	Iberia Regional / Volotea
Nice	Nice-Costa Azul Airport	Iberia / Iberia Regional
Paris	Paris-Beauvais Airport	Ryanair
	Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport	Air France / easyJet Europe / Iberia Express
	Paris-Orly Airport	Air Europe / Iberia / Transavia France
Toulouse	Toulouse-Blagnac Airport	Iberia Regional / Volotea (Stationary)
GreeceGreece
Athens	International Airport of Athens-Eleftherios Venizelos	Aegean Airlines / Air Europa (Stationary) / Iberia
Corfu	International Airport of Corfu-Ioannis Kapodistrias	Iberia (Stationary)
Heraclion	Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport	Iberia Express (Stationary)
Micons	National Airport of Mining	Iberia (Stationary)
Santorini	Santorini National Airport (Thira)	Air Europa (Stationary) / Iberia (Stationary)
HungaryHungary
Budapest	Budapest-Ferenc International Airport Liszt	Iberia / Ryanair / Wizz Air
Ireland
Dublin	Dublin Airport	Aer Lingus / Iberia Express / Ryanair
IcelandIceland
Reikiavik	Keflavík International Airport	Icelandair (Stationary) / Iberia Express (Stationary) / Play
ItalyItaly
Al-guer	Alghero-Fertilia Airport	Air Europa (Stationary) / Ryanair (Stationary)
Bari	Bari-Karol Airport Wojtyła	Air Europa (Stationary)/ Iberia Express (Stationary) / Ryanair
Bergamo	Airport of Bergamo-Orio al Serio	Ryanair
Bologna	Guglielmo Marconi Airport of Bologna	Iberia Regional / Ryanair
Bríndisi	Bríndisi Airport	Ryanair (Stationary)
Cagliari	Cagliari-Elmas Airport	Ryanair (Stationary)
Catania	Catania-Fontanarossa Airport	Iberia (Stationary) / Ryanair
Florence	Florence-Peretola Airport	Iberia / Vueling
Milan	Milan-Linate Airport	Iberia
	Milan-Malpensa Airport	Air Europe / Iberia / Ryanair / Wizz Air (start on 24 July 2023)
Naples	Naples International Airport	Iberia Express / Ryanair
Olbia	Olbia-Costa Smeralda Airport	Iberia (Stationary) / Volotea (Stationary) (starts 26 May 2023)
Palermo	Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport	Ryanair
Pisa	Galileo Galilei International Airport	Ryanair
Rome	Rome-Fiumicino Airport	Air Europe / Iberia / ITA Airways / Ryanair / Wizz Air
Turin	Turin-Caselle Airport	Iberia Regional / Ryanair
Venice	Marco Polo International Airport	Iberia / Ryanair
LatviaLatvia
Riga	International Airport of Riga	AirBaltic
LithuaniaLithuania
Kaunas	Kaunas Airport	Ryanair
LuxembourgLuxembourg
City of Luxembourg	Luxembourg Airport	Luxair / Ryanair
MaltaMalta
The Valeta	International Airport of Malta	Ryanair / Air Malta
MoldovaMoldova
Chisinau	Chisinau Airport	FlyOne
Norway Norway
Bergen	Bergen-Flesland Airport	Iberia (Stationary)
Oslo	Oslo-Gardermoen Airport	Flyr (Stationary)/ Iberia / Norwegian Air Shuttle
NetherlandsNetherlands
Amsterdam	Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport	Air Europe / Iberia Express / KLM
Eindhoven	Eindhoven Airport	Ryanair
PolandPoland
Krakow	Krakow-John Paul II Airport	Ryanair
Warsaw	Warsaw-Chopin Airport	LOT Polish Airlines / Wizz Air
	Warsaw-Modlin Airport	Ryanair
Portugal
Faro	Faro Airport	Iberia Regional (Stationary) / Ryanair
Lisbon	Humberto Delgado Airport	Air Europe / easyJet Europe / Iberia / Ryanair / TAP Air Portugal
Funchal	Madeira Airport	Iberia Regional
Porto	Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport	Air Europe / Iberia / Ryanair / Iberia Regional
Ponta Delgada	Airport John Paul II	Iberia (Stationary)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Birmingham	Birmingham Airport	Ryanair
Brístol	Bristol Airport	easyJet / Ryanair
Edinburgh	Edinburgh Airport	easyJet / Iberia Express (Stationary) (starts June 18, 2023) / Ryanair
Liverpool	Liverpool-John Lennon Airport	Ryanair (Stationary) (Start 29 March 2023)
London	London-Gatwick Airport	British Airways (Stationary) / Air Europe / Iberia Express / easyJet
	London-Heathrow Airport	Iberia / British Airways
	London-Luton Airport	easyJet
	London-Stansted Airport	Ryanair
Manchester	Manchester Airport	Iberia Express / Ryanair
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Prague	Prague-Václav Havel Airport	Czech Airlines / Iberia / Ryanair
Romania Romania
Bucharest	International Airport of Bucharest-Henri Coandă	TAROM / Ryanair / Wizz Air
Cluj-Napoca	International Airport of Cluj-Avram Iancu	Wizz Air
Craiova	Craiova International Airport	Wizz Air
Iași	Iași International Airport	Wizz Air
Sibiu	Sibiu International Airport	Wizz Air
Timișoara	Timişoara-Traian Vuia International Airport	Wizz Air
SerbiaSerbia
Belgrade	Belgrade-Nikola Tesla Airport	Air Serbia
Sweden Sweden
Stockholm	Stockholm-Arlanda Airport	Iberia
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Geneva	Geneva Airport	Iberia / Iberia Regional
Zurich	Zurich International Airport	Air Europe / Iberia / Iberia Regional / Swiss
SwitzerlandSwitzerland France GermanyGermany
Basel/Mulhouse/Fribourg	Basel-Mulhouse-Friburg Airport	easyJet Switzerland
TurkeyTurkey
Istanbul	Istanbul International Airport	Turkish Airlines
	Sabiha Gökçen International Airport	Pegasus Airlines

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Statistics

Passenger statistics

See source and query Wikidata.

Metro expansion up to 2026

Plano de Cercanías Madrid 2018

In recent years there has been a considerable increase in the number of passengers on international flights, this figure remaining stable from 2007 to 2009 and increasing again in 2010 and 2011 with percentage increases of 6.1% and 4.6% %, respectively. However, since 2007 the number of passengers on national routes has been reduced, coinciding with the progressive commissioning of high-speed rail lines (LAV) to Malaga, Barcelona, Valencia and Alicante. In 2010 the number of domestic travelers fell by 1.4% and in 2011 it fell again by 9%.

The highest number of passengers in a month at the Barajas Airport was recorded in July 2007, with 5,011,924 passengers (2,145,349 on national routes and 2,866,575 on international routes). January and February are usually the months with the lowest number of travelers, with 3,412,101 passengers in January 2010 and 3,107,963 in January 2009.

The following table details the number of passengers in Barajas, according to data from the Ministry of Public Works:

Traffic statistics

National air routes most transited from Madrid-Barajas (2022)

Post	City	Passengers	% Variation 2021
1	Palma de Mallorca	1.880.865	64.9
2	Barcelona	1.716.423	69.1
3	Gran Canaria	1.434.501	53,0
4	Tenerife (Norte)	1.294.010	47.6
5	Ibiza	919.939	50.8
6	Bilbao	647.371	82.8
7	Lanzarote	578.269	57.4
8	Vigo	563.810	64.8
9	The Coruña	538.795	66.9
10	Malaga	530.005	129.5
11	Santiago de Compostela	499.071	70.4
12	Sevilla	392.613	97.5
13	Fuerteventura	391.094	44.3
14	Tenerife (South)	373.582	62.5
15	Menorca	363.442	14,3
16	Asturias	327.043	72.3
17	Valencia	308.797	65.9
18	Alicante	280.304	94.3
19	San Sebastián	198.741	131.3
20	Santander	192.147	99.0

Top European Routes Madrid-Barajas (2022)

Post	City	Passengers	%Variation 2021
1	Lisbon (Portugal)	1.538.930	168.4
2	Paris-Orly (France)	1.372.064	93.8
3	Rome, Italy	1.291.377	182.4
4	London-Heathrow (United Kingdom)	1.184.916	178.4
5	Amsterdam, Netherlands	980.722	113.1
6	Brussels, Belgium	887.208	116.2
7	Paris-Charles de Gaulle (France)	871.273	146.1
8	Frankfurt am Main (Germany)	794.852	92.0
9	Munich, Germany	782.962	145.3
10	Porto (Portugal)	779.479	236.1
11	London-Gatwick (United Kingdom)	636.045	341.0
12	Zurich, Switzerland	584.046	77.1
13	Geneva, Switzerland	524.183	94.3
14	Milan-Malpensa (Italy)	481.447	117.5
15	Dublin, Ireland	474.401	197.3
16	Berlin, Germany	431.133	117.0
17	Vienna, Austria	400.522	161.0
18	Venice-Marco Polo (Italy)	397.073	174.8
19	London-Stansted (United Kingdom)	370.797	156.4
20	Bucharest (Romania)	344.255	43.9

More intercontinental routes Madrid-Barajas (2022-November)

Post	City	Passengers	%Variation 2021
1	Bogotá, Colombia	1,095.936	165.0
2	Mexico City (Mexico)	907.328	78.4
3	Buenos Aires	760.528	207.2
4	New York-JFK (United States)	748.423	184.1
5	Miami, United States	689.639	153.6
5	Lima (Peru)	689.453	144.8
7	São Paulo-Guarulhos (Brazil)	628.327	156.2
8	Santo Domingo-Las Américas (Dominican Republic)	513.425	20.6
9	Havana-Jose Martí (Cuba)	452.447	198.9
10	Istanbul- New Airport (Turkey)	417.132	95.0
11	Santiago de Chile (Chile)	417.004	136.8
12	Tel Aviv (Israel)	399.047	451.7
13	Doha-Hamad (Catar)	387.082	120.9
14	Cancun, Mexico	338.810	106.9
15	Dubai, Arab Emirates	320.928	136.9

Accidents and incidents

• On September 30, 1972, the Douglas C-47 of the Spantax company with registration EC-AQE crashed during the takeoff, during a training flight. One of the 6 occupants of the plane died.
• On 27 November 1983, the Boeing 747-200 of the Avianca company with registration HK-2910, which operated the AV 011 flight from Paris, crashed into Improved Field during approach manoeuvres to land at the airport. The plane crashed into a hill and left in five pieces. Only 11 of the 169 passengers survived, and there were no survivors among the 23 crew members.

• On 7 December 1983 the Boeing 727 with registration EC-CFJ that operated Iberia's IB 350 flight to Rome-Fiumicino crashed during the takeoff with a Douglas DC-9 with registration EC-CGS Aviaco that operated the AO 134 flight to Santander. Aviaco's DC-9 had gone wrong on the track while Iberia's flight was taking off. On Iberia's flight, 93 people were traveling from whom 51 died. There were no survivors among the 42 people on the plane in Aviaco.

• On 20 August 2008 at 14:25 pm, the JK 5022 flight from Spanair (operated by a McDonnel Douglas MD-82) to Gran Canaria crashed during the take-off exercise. The aircraft was almost full, with 166 passengers and 6 crew members on board. In fact, only 11 seats of the 175 that constituted the total configuration of the plane, baptized SunbreezeThey were empty. There were 154 deaths and 18 survivors, all wounded.

• On 3 February 2020 at 14:57 Air Canada flight 837 to Toronto Pearson International Airport took off. Ten minutes after the takeoff, the Boeing 767-300ER pilot reported that there was a problem with the landing gear and that they had to make an emergency landing. To do so safely, they had to turn around the airport burning fuel. At 17:00 hours on the same day, take off an F-18 from Torrejón Air Base to check the status of the Boeing 767-300ER. After 5 hours of take-off, at 19:10 hours, emergency landing is done safely. Later, the existence of a broken tire was confirmed.

Nearby airports

The nearest airports are:

• Salamanca Airport (172 km)
• Valladolid Airport (174 km)
• Ciudad Real Airport (183 km)
• Burgos Airport (209 km)
• Albacete Airport (223 km)