| Barcelona El Prat Airport Aeroport de Barcelona – el Prat Aeropuerto de Barcelona-El Prat |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: BCN – ICAO: LEBL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Aena | ||
| Serves | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Location | El Prat de Llobregat | ||
| Hub for | |||
| Elevation AMSL | 14 ft / 4 m | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Website | |||
| Map | |||
|
BCN
|
|||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 07L/25R | 3,352 | 10,997 | Asphalt concrete |
| 07R/25L | 2,660 | 8,727 | Asphalt concrete |
| 02/20 | 2,528 | 8,293 | Asphalt concrete |
| Statistics (2011 (january-november)) | |||
| Passengers 2011 | 31,974,093 | ||
| Passenger change 10-11 | 17,8% | ||
| Aircraft Movements | 281,115 | ||
| Movements change 10-11 | 9,6% | ||
| Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[2] Spanish AIP, AENA[3] |
|||
Barcelona El Prat Airport[4] (IATA: BCN, ICAO: LEBL) (Catalan: Aeroport de Barcelona – el Prat, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Barcelona-El Prat), simply known as Barcelona Airport, is located 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest[5] of the centre of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, lying in the municipalities of El Prat de Llobregat, Viladecans and Sant Boi.
The airport is the second largest in Spain behind Madrid Barajas Airport and the largest in Catalonia. It is a main base for Spanair and Vueling and a focus city for Air Europa and Iberia. The airport mainly serves domestic, European and North African destinations, also having flights to Southeast Asia, Latin America and North America.
The Barcelona–Madrid air shuttle service, known as the "Puente Aéreo" (in Spanish), or "Pont Aeri" (in Catalan) literally "Air Bridge", was the world's busiest route until 2008, with the highest number of flight operations (971 per week) in 2007.[6] The schedule has been reduced since February 2008, when a Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line was opened, covering the distance in 2 hours 40 minutes, and quickly became popular.
In 2010, over 29.2 million passengers used Barcelona Airport, a 6.5% increase compared with 2009,[2] making it the 10th busiest airport in Europe.
Contents |
Barcelona's first airfield, located at El Remolar, began operations in 1916. However, it did not have good expansion prospects, so a new airport at El Prat opened in 1918. The first plane was a Latécoère Salmson 300 which arrived from Toulouse with final destination, Casablanca. The airport was used as headquarters of the Aeroclub of Catalonia and the base for the Spanish Navy's Zeppelin fleet. Scheduled commercial service began in 1927 with an Iberia service to Madrid Cuatro Vientos Airport. This was Iberia's first route.
In 1948, a runway was built, today 07-25, in the same year the first overseas service was operated by Pan American World Airways to New York City, using a Lockheed Constellation. Between 1948 and 1952 a second runway was constructed (runway 16–34), perpendicular to the previous, also taxiways were constructed and a terminal to accommodate passengers. In 1963 the airport reached one million passengers a year. A new control tower was built in 1965 and the terminal was rebuilt in 1968 (currently the oldest wing of Terminal B). On 3 August 1970, Pan American World Airways inaugurated regular service between Barcelona, Lisbon and New York, operated by a Boeing 747. On 4 November of the same year, Iberia began the "Air-shuttle" service between Barcelona and Madrid-Barajas. A few years later, in 1976, a terminal was built specifically for Iberia's air-shuttle service and a terminal exclusively for cargo, an annexed mail service and an aircraft ramp for air cargo. In 1977 the airport handled over 5 million passengers annually.
From the late seventies to the early nineties the airport was stalled in traffic and investments until the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona. El Prat underwent a major development consisting in the modernization and expansion of the existing terminal (terminal B) and the construction of the other two (A and C terminals) which included jetways for direct access to the aircraft. This reform was designed by architect Ricardo Bofill Levi. In 1992, a new control tower was inaugurated also designed by Ricardo Bofill Levi.
A new control tower was opened in 2006. The new Terminal 1 was inaugurated on June the 16th, 2009, covering 545,000 m2. 70% of today's flights operate from Terminal 1. The old terminals A, B and C are now Terminal 2, divided in T2A, T2B and T2C.
Due to the strong drop in air traffic after 1999 and the crisis in the aviation sector in 2001 many charter operations from Girona and Reus were diverted to El Prat, which helped the airport to survive the crisis.
Most of the traffic at Barcelona Airport is domestic and European, in which Spanair and Vueling have an operational base. However, the number of intercontinental connections is well below other European airports with their level of passenger traffic. The lack of intercontinental connections has been a constant cause of complaint and pressure by the authorities and Catalan groups in recent years, who want the airport to become a centre of world air traffic distribution and not just European.
In recent years the traffic of low-cost airlines has grown significantly, especially after the creation of operating bases by Vueling and Clickair at the airport. Vueling and Clickair merged in July 2009, now they operate under the name of Vueling. There are other low-cost airlines operating from the airport including easyJet, WizzAir, and Ryanair who have established a new base at the airport starting September 2010.
The airport has 3 runways, two parallel, nominated 07L/25R and 07R/25L (the latter opened in 2004), and a cross runway 02/20. There are two terminals: T2, which is the sum of the previous Terminals A, B and C and the new T1 opened on 16/6/2009. The two terminals have a combined total of 268 check-in counters and 64 boarding gates. Operations at the airport are restricted exclusively to IFR (instrumental flights), except for sanitary VFR flights, emergency and government.
A plan for expansion (Plan Barcelona)[7] includes a third terminal building (also designed by Ricardo Bofill) and control tower. An additional runway (07R/25L) has also been built. Once these developments were completed in 2009, the airport is capable of handling 55 million passengers annually (compared to 33 million passengers in 2007). The airport is slated to expand in area from 8.45 to 15.33 square kilometres (3.26 to 5.92 sq mi) by 2009. A further expansion is planned to be finished by 2012, with a new satellite terminal which will raise the capacity to 70 million passengers annually.
The airport is the subject of a political discussion over the management and control between the Generalitat of Catalonia and the Spanish Government, which has involved AENA (airport manager) and various airlines, Iberia and Spanair mainly. Part of the controversy is about the benefits that the airport generates, which are used in maintenance and investments in other airports in the network of AENA and government investments in other economic areas.
Busiest European Routes from Barcelona-El Prat Airport January–November (2011)
| Rank | City | Passengers | Top Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1,230,521 | EasyJet, KLM, Transavia.com, Vueling |
| 2 | Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France | 903,296 | Air France, EasyJet |
| 3 | Paris-Orly, France | 751,813 | Brit Air, Vueling |
| 4 | Rome-Fiumicino, Italy | 690,769 | Alitalia, Vueling |
| 5 | London-Heathrow, United Kingdom | 660,649 | British Airways |
| 6 | Munich, Germany | 603,994 | Lufthansa,Spanair |
| 7 | Lisbon-Portela, Portugal | 584,259 | EasyJet, Portugália, TAP Portgual, Vueling |
| 8 | Frankfurt-International, Germany | 582,040 | Lufthansa |
| 9 | Milan-Malpensa, Italy | 563,203 | Vueling, EasyJet |
| 10 | Zurich, Switzerland | 483,862 | Swiss International Airlines, Vueling |
| 11 | Geneva, Switzerland | 483,207 | Swiss International Airlines, EasyJet Switzerland |
| 12 | Brussels, Belgium | 478,149 | Vueling, Brussels Airlines |
| 13 | London-Gatwick, United Kingdom | 469,501 | Easyjet, Monarch |
| 14 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 388,246 | Cimber Sterling, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines, Spanair, Transavia.com Denmark |
| 15 | Moscow Domeodovo, Russia | 365,876 | Transero Airlines, Ural Airlines, VIM Airlines, Vueling |
| 16 | Vienna, Austria | 332,980 | Austrian Airlines, Niki, Vueling |
| 17 | Venice-Marco Polo, Italy | 307,383 | Vueling, Spanair |
| 18 | Prague-Ruzhyne, Czech Republic | 291,744 | Czech Airlines, Vueling |
| 19 | Porto, Portugal | 269,889 | TAP Portugal, Ryanair |
| 20 | Stockholm Alranda, Sweden | 267,010 | Norwegian Air Shuttle, Spanair |
| Rank | City | Passengers | Top Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Gurion International Airport | 327,366 | Vueling, Sun d'Or International Airlines, Spanair, Arkia Israel Airlines, Air Europa |
| 2 | New York-JFK, United States | 311,166 | Delta Airlines, American Airlines |
| 3 | Casablanca Mohamed V, Morocco, | 163,645 | Royal Air Maroc, Jet4you, Air Arabia Marroc |
| 4 | Atlanta-Hartsfield Jackson, United States | 138,566 | Delta Airlines |
| 5 | Doha, Qatar | 125,394 | Qatar Airways |
| 6 | Alger Houari Boumediene, Algeria | 101,193 | Air Algérie, Spanair |
| 7 | Newark, United States | 92,932 | Continental Airlines |
| 8 | Philadelphia, United States | 91.433 | U.S Airways |
| 9 | Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Argentina | 82,078 | Aerolíneas Argentinas |
| 10 | Singapore-Changi, Singapore | 80,570 | Singapore Airlines |
| 11 | Bogota-El Dorado, Colombia | 78,884 | Avianca |
| 12 | Tangier, Morocco | 77,905 | Royal Air Marroc, Jet4you |
| 13 | Montreal-Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Canada | 65,028 | Air Canada, Air Transat |
| 14 | Toronto-Pearson, Canada | 64,594 | Air Canada, Air Transat |
| 15 | Sao Paulo-Guarulhos, Brazil | 57,514 | Singapore Airlines, Iberia |
| 16 | Mexico City-Benito Juarez, Mexico | 55,900 | Aeromexico |
| 17 | Miami International, United States | 42,208 | Iberia |
Busiest Domestic Routes from Barcelona-El Prat Airport January–November (2011)
| Rank | City | Passengers | Top Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madrid-Barajas, Community of Madrid | 2.882.011 | Iberia, Spanair, Vueling, Air Europa |
| 2 | Palma de Majorca, Balearic Islands | 1.509.329 | Vueling Airlines, Spanair, Ryanair, Niki, Air Europa |
| 3 | Seville-San Pablo, Andalusia | 987.391 | Ryanair, Spanair, Vueling |
| 4 | Ibiza, Balearic Islands | 824.713 | Vueling, Spanair, Air Europa |
| 5 | Malaga-Costa del Sol, Andalusia | 791.105 | Vueling, Air Europa, Ryanair, Spanair |
| 6 | Bilbao, Basque Country | 541.878 | Vueling, Spanair, Air Nostrum |
| 7 | Santiago de Compostela, Galicia | 420.093 | Ryanair, Spanair, Vueling |
| 8 | Gran Canaria, Canarias | 380.398 | Air Europa, Ryanair, Spanair, Vueling |
| 9 | Federico Garcia Lorca Granada-Jaén, Andalusia | 375.323 | Vueling |
| 10 | Alicante-El Altet, Valencian Community | 333.928 | Spanair, Vueling |
The new Terminal 1, designed by Ricardo Bofill was inaugurated on 16 June 2009. This new Terminal 1 has an area of 544,066 m2, and an aircraft ramp of 600,000 m2.
Its facilities include:
The forecast is that the airport will be able to handle 55 million passengers annually and will reach 90 operations an hour.
The extension of the airport with a total investment of €5.1 billion in the future will include a new satellite terminal and refurbishment of existing terminals. The civil engineering phase of the South Terminal has been made possible by a budget of €1000 million.
Terminal 2 was designed by Ricardo Bofill Levi. Terminal 2 was designed to expand the airport before the arrival of the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992. Following the opening of Terminal 1, in 2009, Terminal 2 became nearly empty until the airport authorities lowered landing fees to attract low-cost and regional carriers, that now fill the terminal to near full-capacity.
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Adria Airways | Seasonal: Ljubljana | 1 |
| Aegean Airlines | Athens | 1 |
| Aer Lingus | Cork, Dublin Seasonal: Belfast-International |
2 |
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo | 1 |
| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires-Ezeiza | 1 |
| Aeroméxico | Mexico City | 1 |
| Air Algérie | Algiers, Oran | 1 |
| Air Arabia Maroc | Casablanca, Nador, Tangier | 2 |
| AirBaltic | Riga | 1 |
| Air Berlin | Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Palma de Mallorca, Stuttgart | 2 |
| Air Canada | Seasonal: Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson | 1 |
| Air Europa | Arrecife [ends 10 January], Ibiza, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria [ends 10 January], Madrid, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife-North Charter: Tel Aviv Seasonal: Fuerteventura, Tenerife-South |
1 |
| Air France | Marseille [begins 25 March 2012], Nice [begins 5 April 2012], Paris-Charles de Gaulle | 1 |
| Air France operated by Brit Air |
Lyon, Paris-Orly | 1 |
| Air France operated by Régional |
Bordeaux, Nantes [ends 13 February] Seasonal: Ajaccio |
1 |
| Air Transat | Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson | 2 |
| Air Transport International | Seasonal: Aguadilla | 1 |
| Alitalia | Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino | 1 |
| Alitalia operated by Air One | Venice-Marco Polo [begins 4 May 2012] | 1 |
| American Airlines | New York-JFK | 1 |
| Astra Airlines | Thessaloniki | 2 |
| Arkefly | Seasonal: Amsterdam | 2 |
| Arkia Israel Airlines | Tel Aviv | 1 |
| Austrian Airlines | Vienna | 1 |
| Avianca | Bogotá | 1 |
| Belle Air | Seasonal: Tirana | 2 |
| Blue Air | Bucharest-Băneasa | 2 |
| Bmibaby | Birmingham [begins 29 March 2012] Seasonal: Nottingham/East Midlands |
2 |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow | 1 |
| British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer |
London-City | 1 |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels | 1 |
| Cimber Sterling | Copenhagen | 2 |
| City Airline | Gothenburg-Landvetter | 2 |
| Croatia Airlines | Seasonal: Zagreb | 1 |
| Czech Airlines | Prague | 1 |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta, New York-JFK | 1 |
| EasyJet | Amsterdam, Belfast-International, Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 3 June 2012], Berlin-Schönefeld [ends 2 June 2012], Bristol, Dortmund, Lisbon, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Lyon, Milan-Malpensa, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nice [begins 30 March 2012], Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Southend-on-Sea [begins 2 April 2012] | 2 |
| EasyJet Switzerland | Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva | 2 |
| El Al | Tel Aviv | 1 |
| Finnair | Helsinki | 1 |
| Freebird Airlines | Seasonal: Istanbul-Ataturk | 1 |
| Germanwings | Cologne/Bonn, Hanover, Stuttgart | 2 |
| Helitt Líneas Aéreas | Melilla, San Sebastian | 1 |
| Iberia | Madrid, Miami, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos | 1 |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum |
Almería, Badajoz [ends 9 January 2012], Bologna, Burgos, León, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Olbia, Pamplona, Salamanca, San Sebastián, Santander, Valladolid Seasonal: Catania, Corfu, Melilla, Olbia |
1 |
| Icelandair | Seasonal: Reykjavik-Keflavík | 2 |
| Iceland Express | Seasonal: Reykjavik-Keflavík | 2 |
| I-Fly | Seasonal: Moscow-Vnukovo | 2 |
| Jet2.com | Glasgow-International [begins 29 March 2012], Leeds/Bradford, Manchester [begins 28 March 2012] | 2 |
| Jet4you | Nador, Tangier Seasonal:: Casablanca |
2 |
| KLM | Amsterdam | 1 |
| Kogalymavia | Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo | 2 |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw | 1 |
| Lufthansa | Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 3 June 2012], Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich | 1 |
| Luxair | Luxembourg | 2 |
| Malév Hungarian Airlines | Seasonal: Budapest | 1 |
| Monarch | London-Gatwick, Manchester | 2 |
| Niki | Vienna, Palma de Mallorca | 2 |
| Nordwind Airlines | Seasonal: Moscow, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk, Kemerovo | 2 |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Bergen, Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Helsinki, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda | 2 |
| Onur Air | Seasonal: Istanbul-Atatürk | 1 |
| Orbest | Seasonal: Arrecife, Cancun, Lisbon, Santa Cruz de la Palma | 1 |
| Pakistan International Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore | 2 |
| Pegasus Airlines | Seasonal: Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen | 1 |
| Qatar Airways | Doha | 1 |
| Rossiya | Seasonal: St Petersburg | 2 |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca, Tangier | 1 |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman | 1 |
| Ryanair | Arrecife, Beauvais-Tillé, Bergamo, Brussels-Charleroi, Cagliari [ends 24 March], Dublin, East Midlands [begins 25 March], Edinburgh, Fuerteventura, Glasgow-Prestwick [begins 25 March], Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Leeds/Bradford, London-Stansted, Malaga, Oslo-Rygge, Palma de Mallorca, Porto, Poznań, Rome-Ciampino, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Tenerife-South, Treviso, Trieste [begins 25 March], Valladolid, Vilnius, Weeze [ends 24 March] | 2 |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen [begins 27 March], Oslo-Gardermoen [resumes 9 February 2012], Seasonal: Bergen [begins 28 June 2012], Stavanger [begins 28 June 2012], Stockholm-Arlanda [begins 25 March 2012] |
1 |
| Singapore Airlines | São Paulo-Guarulhos, Singapore1 | 1 |
| Sky Work Airlines | Berne | 2 |
| Spanair | A Coruña, Algiers, Alicante, Bamako, Banjul, Belgrade [ends 31 January 2012], Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Copenhagen, Granada, Hamburg, Helsinki, Ibiza, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Las Palmas de Canaria, Madrid, Málaga, Marseille, Minorca, Munich, Nador, Nice, Oviedo, Palma de Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tel Aviv, Tenerife-North, Tenerife-South, Valencia, Venice-Marco Polo, Vigo Seasonal: Bari, Dubrovnik, Malta, Zagreb |
1 |
| Sun d'Or opreated by El Al | Tel Aviv | 1 |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Geneva, Zürich | 1 |
| Swiss International Air Lines operated by BMI |
Basel/Mulhouse | 1 |
| Swiss International Air Lines operated by Swiss European Air Lines |
Basel/Mulhouse | 1 |
| TACV | Seasonal: Sal | 2 |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon | 1 |
| TAP Portugal operated by Portugália |
Lisbon, Porto | 1 |
| TAROM | Bucharest-Henri Coandă | 1 |
| Tatarstan Airlines | Seasonal: Kazan, Moscow-Domodedovo | 2 |
| Transaero Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo Seasonal: Novosibirsk, St Petersburg |
2 |
| Transavia | Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam | 2 |
| Tunisair | Tunis | 1 |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | 1 |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil | 1 |
| Ural Airlines | Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo, Yekaterinburg | 2 |
| United Airlines | Newark | 1 |
| US Airways | Seasonal: Philadelphia | 1 |
| VIM Airlines | Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo | 2 |
| Vladivostok Air | Charter: Moscow-Vnukovo | 2 |
| Vueling Airlines | Aalborg [begins 25 March 2012], A Coruña, Alicante, Almeria [begins 27 March 2012], Amsterdam, Athens, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Brest [begins 25 March 2012], Brussels, Cardiff [begins 27 March 2012], Copenhagen [begins 25 March 2012], Florence [begins 25 March 2012], Genoa, Granada, Groningen [begins 28 April 2012], Ibiza, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lille [begins 25 March 2012], Lisbon, Lyon [begins 25 March 2012], Madrid, Málaga, Malta, Marrakech, Marseille [begins 25 March 2102], Milan-Malpensa, Minorca, Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich [begins 25 March 2012], Nantes, Naples, Nice [Begins 25 March 2012], Oviedo, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Pisa, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, San Sebastian [begins 25 March 2012], Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Stockholm-Arlanda [begins 25 March 2102], Strasbourg [begins 25 March 2012] Tenerife-North, Toulouse, Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna, Vigo, Zurich Seasonal: Dubrovnik, Heraklion, Jerez de la Frontera, Mykonos, Santorini, Tel Aviv, Tenerife-South, Verona |
1 |
| Wind Jet | Seasonal: Catania, Palermo | 2 |
| Wizz Air | Bucharest-Băneasa, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca, Gdańsk, Katowice, Poznań, Prague, Sofia, Târgu Mureş, Timisoara, Vilnius, Warsaw | 2 |
^1 : Some Singapore Airlines flights make a stop in Milan-Malpensa, but Singapore Airlines does not have the rights to carry passengers between Milan-Malpensa and Barcelona.
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| British Airways World Cargo | East Midlands, London-Heathrow, London-Luton |
| Cargolux | Hong Kong, Jeddah, Luxembourg |
| DHL | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
| FedEx Express | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Lufthansa Cargo | Frankfurt |
| Swiftair | |
| TNT Airways | Liege, Brussels |
| UPS Airlines | Cologne/Bonn, Valencia |
| Rank | Airline | Passengers | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vueling Airlines | 7,225,234 | 24,73% |
| 2 | Spanair | 4,067,297 | 13,92% |
| 3 | EasyJet | 2,358,738 | 8,07% |
| 4 | Air Europa | 1,673,942 | 5,73% |
| 5 | Iberia | 1,438,459 | 4,92% |
| 6 | Lufthansa | 1,246,876 | 4,26% |
| 7 | Air France | 786,565 | 2,69% |
| 8 | Ryanair | 740,750 | 2,53% |
| 9 | Swiss International Air Lines | 628,168 | 2,15% |
| 10 | British Airways | 607,008 | 2,07% |
Font: Aeroport de Barcelona, AENA. |
|
|
Terminal 2 has its own Rodalies Barcelona commuter train station on the line , which runs from the Maçanet-Massanes station, with major stops at Barcelona Sants railway station and the fairly central Passeig de Gràcia railway station to provide transfer to the Barcelona Metro system. Passengers for T1 must take a connecting bus from the train station to T1. As part of the major expansion above, a new railway station will be built nearby, connecting the airport to the Spanish AVE network, and Line 9 of the Barcelona Metro.
The Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) public bus on line 46 runs every 16 minutes from Plaça Espanya. A scheduled private bus line (Aerobús) from Plaça Catalunya, stops at Urgell and Plaça d'Espanya. Taxi stops are available at each terminal. The C-32B highway connects the airport to a main traffic interchange between Barcelona's Ronda de Dalt beltway and major motorways.
Barcelona Airport has approximately 24,000 parking spaces (12,000 at T1 & 12,000 at T2), 2,009 of them are in the parking building, placed in front of Terminal 2C, which it is connected to the airport by a covered corridor. In front of Terminal 2A, another parking building, which adds approximately 2,600 more spaces, this building is being extended with the construction of two new levels. The remainder are distributed in other areas on the exterior, in front of the terminal buildings and offices buildings. Since 16/6/2009, there is also a long stay parking between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.