| Madrid-Barajas Airport Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas |
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| IATA: MAD – ICAO: LEMD | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Aena | ||
| Serves | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Location | Madrid, Alcobendas, San Sebastián de los Reyes and Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 610 m / 2,000 ft | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 15R/33L | 4,100 | 13,451 | Asphalt |
| 18L/36R | 3,500 | 11,482 | Asphalt |
| 15L/33R | 3,500 | 11,482 | Asphalt |
| 18R/36L | 4,349 | 14,268 | Asphalt / Concrete |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 49,863,504 | ||
| Passenger change 09-10 | 2.9% | ||
| Aircraft Movements | 433,683 | ||
| Movements change 09-10 | 0.3% | ||
| Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[1] Spanish AIP, AENA[2] |
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Madrid-Barajas Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Madrid-Barajas) (IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD)[3] is the main international airport serving Madrid in Spain. In 2010, over 49.8 million passengers used Madrid-Barajas,[1] making it the country's largest and busiest airport, and in 2009 it was the world's 11th busiest airport[4] and Europe's fourth busiest airport. It opened in 1928, and has grown to be one of the most important aviation centres of Europe. Located within the city limits of Madrid, just 9 km (5.6 mi) from the city's financial district and 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast of the Puerta del Sol, Madrid's historic centre. The airport name derives from the adjacent district of Barajas, which has its own metro station on the same rail line serving the airport.
The Madrid-Barcelona air shuttle service, known as the "Puente Aéreo" (in Spanish), literally "Air Bridge", was the busiest air route in Europe, with the highest number of flight operations (971 per week) before 2007.[5] The schedule has been reduced since February 2008, when the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line was opened, covering the distance in 2½ hours, and quickly became popular. Barajas serves as the gateway to the Iberian peninsula from the rest of Europe and the world, and is a particularly key link between Europe and Latin America. The airport is the primary hub and maintenance base for Iberia. Consequently, Iberia is responsible for more than 60 percent of Barajas' traffic.
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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 line to Barcelona. Later, in the 1930s international flights started to serve some European and African destinations.
Originally, the flight field was a large circle bordered in white with the name of Madrid in its interior, unpaved, consisting of land covered with natural grass. It was not until the 1940s that the flight field was paved and new runways were designed. The first runway which started operation in 1944 was 1,400 metres long and 45 metres wide. By the end of the decade the airport had three runways, none of which exists today. In the late 1940s, scheduled flights to Latin America and the Philippines started.
In the 1950s, the airport supported over half a million passengers, increasing to 5 runways and scheduled flights to New York City began. The National Terminal, currently T2, began construction in 1954, and was inaugurated later that year. In the Plan of Airports of 1957, Barajas Airport is classified as a first-class international airport. By the 1960s, large jets were landing at Barajas, and the growth of traffic mainly as a result of tourism exceeded forecasts. At the beginning of the decade, the airport reached the 1.2 million passengers, double that envisaged in the Plan of Airports of 1957.
In the 1970s, with the boom in tourism and the arrival of the Boeing 747, the airport reached 4 million passengers, and began the construction of the international terminal (current T1). In 1974, Iberia, L.A.E. introduced the shuttle service between Madrid and Barcelona, a service with multiple daily frequencies and available without prior reservation.
The 1982 FIFA World Cup brought significant 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 and Richard Rogers, and two parallel runways to the existing ones.
The new terminals and runways were completed in 2004, but administrative delays and equipment, as well as the controversy over the redeployment of terminals, delayed service until 5 February 2006.
In 2007, the airport processed more than 52 million passengers.
Terminal 4, designed by Antonio Lamela and Richard Rogers (winning team of the 2006 Stirling Prize), and TPS Engineers, (winning team of the 2006 IStructE Award for Commercial Structures)[6] was built by Ferrovial[7] and inaugurated on 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 meant to give passengers a stress-free start to their journey. This is managed through careful use of illumination, with glass panes instead of walls, and numerous domes in the roof which allow natural light to pass through. With this new addition, Barajas is designed to handle 70 million passengers annually.
During the construction of Terminal 4, two more runways (15L/33R and 18L/36R) were constructed to aid in the flow of air traffic arriving and departing from Barajas. These runways were officially inaugurated on 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, as well as Air Europa. Terminal 4 is home to Iberia, its franchise Air Nostrum and all Oneworld partner airlines. Gate numbers are continuous in terminals 1, 2 and 3 (A1 to E89), but are separately numbered in terminal 4.
Barajas was voted "Best Airport" in the 2008 Condé Nast Traveller Reader Awards.[8]
In December 2010, the Spanish government announced plans to tender Madrid-Barajas airport to companies in the private sector for a period of up to 40 years.[9]
| Passengers | Aircraft Movements | Cargo (tonnes) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 34,050,215 | 375,558 | 295,944 |
| 2002 | 33,915,302 | 368,029 | 295,711 |
| 2003 | 35,855,861 | 383,804 | 307,026 |
| 2004 | 38,718,614 | 401,503 | 341,177 |
| 2005 | 42,146,784 | 415,704 | 333,138 |
| 2006 | 45,799,983 | 434,959 | 325,702 |
| 2007 | 52,110,787 | 483,292 | 325,201 |
| 2008 | 50,846,494 | 469,746 | 329,187 |
| 2009 | 48,437,147 | 435,187 | 302,863 |
| 2010 | 49,863,504 | 433,683 | 373,380 |
| Source: Aena Statistics[1] | |||
| Rank | City | Passengers | Top Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rome-Fiumicino, Italy | 1.100.083 | Iberia LAE, Air Europa, Air Nostrum LAM, Easyjet, Alitalia, Vueling |
| 2 | Paris-Orly, France | 1.011.224 | Air Europa, Air Nostrum LAM, Iberia LAE, C.A Mali |
| 3 | London-Heathrow, United Kingtom | 1.010.604 | Iberia LAE, British Airways |
| 4 | Lisbon-Portela, Portugal | 1.001.172 | Air Europa, Air Nostrum LAM, Iberia LAE, EasyJet, TAP Portugal, Vueling |
| 5 | Amsterdam-Schipol, Holland | 933,856 | EasyJet, Iberia, KLM, Korean Air Lines |
| 6 | Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France | 920.475 | Air France, Easyjet, LAN, Vueling |
| 7 | Frankfurt, Germany | 818,672 | Luthfansa, Iberia LAE, Spanair, Lan, Air Nostrum LAM |
| 8 | London-Gatwick, United Kingdom | 666.629 | Ryanair, EasyJet, Air Europa |
| 9 | Munich-Josef Straus, Germany | 567,709 | Luthfansa, Iberia LAE, Air Nostrum LAM |
| 10 | Brussels, Belgium | 492,288 | Iberia LAE, Brussels Airlines |
| 11 | Geneva Cointrin, Switzerland | 484,650 | Iberia LAE, EasyJet, Swiss International Airlines |
| 12 | Milan-Malpensa Airport | 463,647 | EasyJet, Iberia LAN, Saudi Arabian Airlines |
| 13 | Zurich, Swtizerland | 418,715 | Air Nostrum LAM, Iberia LAE, Swiss International Airlines |
| 14 | Venice-Marco Polo, Italy | 385,525 | Air Nostrum, EasyJet, Air Europa, Vueling, Iberia LAE |
| 15 | Porto, Portugal | 378,440 | Air Nostrum LAM, Ryanair, TAP Portugal |
| 16 | Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey | 342,523 | Iberia LAE, Turkish Airlines |
| 17 | Athens-Athinai, Greece | 334,305 | Iberia LAE,Aegean Airlines, Air Nostrum LAM |
| 18 | Milan-Linate, Italy | 287,891 | Iberia LAE, Alitalia |
| 19 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 273,072 | Iberia LAE,Scandinavian Airlines, Spanair |
| 20 | Dublin, Ireland | 272,860 | Aer Lingus, Air Nostrum LAM, Ryanair |
| Rank | City | Passengers | Top Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Argentina | 763,015 | Iberia LAE, Air Europa, Aerolíneas Argentinas |
| 2 | New York City-JFK, United States | 668,789 | Iberia LAE, Air Europa, Delta Airlines, American Airlines |
| 3 | Lima-Jorge Chavez, Perú | 501,640 | Iberia LAE, Air Europa, LAN Perú |
| 4 | Sao Paulo-Guarulhos, Brazil | 484,671 | Iberia LAE, Air China, TAM Linhas Aereas |
| 5 | Bogota-El Dorado, Colombia | 464,278 | Iberia LAE, Avianca, LAN Colombia, Air Pullmantur |
| 6 | Mexico DF-Benito Juarez, Mexico | 458,589 | Iberia LAE, Aeromexico |
| 7 | Miami International Airport, United States | 437,006 | American Airlines, Air Europa, Iberia LAE |
| 8 | Caracas-Simón Bolívar, Venezuela | 386,380 | Santa Barbara Airlines, Iberia LAE, Air Europa, Conviasa |
| 9 | La Habana-José Marti, Cuba | 345,637 | Air Europa, Cuabana de Aviación, Iberia LAE |
| 10 | Santiago de Chile-Arturo Merino Benitez, Chile | 342,338 | Iberia LAE, Lan Chile |
| 11 | Santo Domingo-Las Americas, Dominican Republic | 304,338 | Air Europa, Iberia LAE |
| 12 | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Israel | 285,285 | El-Al Israel Airlines, Iberia LAE |
| 13 | Cancun, Mexico | 246,897 | Air Europa, Air Pulmantur, Iberworld |
| 14 | Casablanca Mohamed V, Morocco | 238,267 | EasyJet, Iberia, Royal Air Maroc |
| 15 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 232,085 | Iberia LAE(via Quito), LAN Ecuador |
| 16 | Tangier Boukhalef, Morocco | 227,789 | Ryanair, Iberia LAE, Air Nostrum LAM, EasyJet |
| 17 | Marrakech, Morocco | 221,737 | Air Europa, Air Nostrum LAM, Iberia LAE, Ryanair, Royal Air Maroc, Easyjet |
| 18 | Punta Cana, Dominican Republic | 207,605 | Iberworld, Air Europa, Air Pullmantur |
| 19 | Rio de Janeiro-Galeao, Brazil | 175,895 | Iberia LAE |
| 20 | Beijing International Airport, China | 175,581 | Air China |
| Rank | City | Passengers | Top Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona, Catalonia | 3,106,678 | Air Europa, Iberia, Spanair, Vueling Airlines |
| 2 | Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands | 1,694,854 | Air Berlin, Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair, Spanair |
| 3 | Gran Canaria, Canary Islands | 1,561,475 | Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair, Spanair |
| 4 | Tenerife-North, Canary Islands | 1,316,014 | Air Europa, Iberia, Spanair |
| 5 | Valencia, Valencian Community | 1,023,681 | Air Nostrum, Iberia, Ryanair, Spanair |
| 6 | Alicante, Valencian Community | 884,006 | Iberia, Ryanair, Spanair |
| 7 | Bilbao, Basque Country | 837,966 | Iberia, Spanair |
| 8 | Santiago de Compostela, Galicia | 836,415 | Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair, Spanair |
| 9 | Vigo, Galicia | 663,285 | Air Europa, Iberia |
| 10 | Málaga, Andalusia | 618,505 | Iberia, Spanair |
| 11 | Ibiza, Balearic Islands | 611,481 | Air Europa, Air Nostrum, EasyJet, Spanair, Vueling Airlines |
| 12 | A Coruña, Galicia | 609,758 | Iberia, Spanair |
| 13 | Lanzarote, Canary Islands | 581,010 | Air Europa, EasyJet, Iberia, Iberworld, Ryanair, Spanair |
| 14 | Asturias, Principality of Asturias | 560,267 | Air Europa, Iberia |
| 15 | Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia | 449,107 | Iberia, Ryanair |
| 16 | Tenerife-South, Canary Islands | 403,938 | Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair, Spanair |
| 17 | Seville, Andalusia | 385,115 | Iberia |
| 18 | Santander, Cantabria | 370,696 | Air Nostrum, Ryanair |
| 19 | Fuerteventura, Canary Islands | 366,229 | Air Europa, EasyJet, Iberia, Iberworld, Spanair |
| 20 | Granada, Andalusia | 335,437 | Iberia |
Note: † denotes charter flights and their destinations
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Adria Airways | Ljubjana | 2 |
| Aegean Airlines | Athens | 2 |
| Aer Lingus | Dublin, Washington-Dulles | 1 |
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo | 1 |
| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires-Ezeiza | 1 |
| Aeroméxico | Mexico City | 1 |
| Aerosur | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 1 |
| Air Algérie | Algiers | 4 |
| Air Astana | Almaty | 1 |
| Air Berlin | Dusseldorf, Palma de Mallorca | |
| Air Canada | Toronto-Pearson | 1 |
| Air China | Beijing-Capital, São Paulo-Guarulhos | 1 |
| Air Europa | Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cancun, Caracas, Cartagena de Indias, Dakar, Havana, Lanzarote, Lima, London-Gatwick, Malabo, Mexico City, Miami, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Salvador da Bahia, Santo Domingo, New York-JFK | 1 |
| Air Europa | Amsterdam, Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Geneva [begins 25 March], Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lisbon, Milan-Malpensa, Minorca, Oviedo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Tenerife-North, Tenerife-South, Venice, Vigo | 2 |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | 2 |
| Air Mali | Las Palmas, Bamako | 4 |
| Air Mauritius | Mauritius | 1 |
| Air Malta | Malta | 4 |
| Air India | Delhi, Chennai | 1 |
| Air Moldova | Chișinău | 1 |
| Air Transat | Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson | 1 |
| Armavia | Yerevan | 1 |
| Alitalia | Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino | 2 |
| American Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York–JFK | 4 |
| All Nippon Airways | Tokyo-Narita, Osaka | 1 |
| Avianca | Bogotá, Cali, Medellín | 4 |
| Asiana Airlines | Seoul-Incheon | 4 |
| Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku | 1 |
| Belavia | Minsk | 1 |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines | Dhaka | 1 |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow | 4 |
| British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer | London-City | 4 |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels | 2 |
| Bulgaria Air | Sofia | 4 |
| Conviasa | Caracas | 1 |
| Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong | 1 |
| Cubana de Aviación | Havana, Santiago de Cuba | 1 |
| China Southern Airlines | Shanghai, Guangzhou | 4 |
| Czech Airlines | Prague | 4 |
| Camair-Co | Douala, Yaounde | 1 |
| Cyprus Airways | Larnaca | 1 |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta, New York–JFK | 1 |
| EgyptAir | Cairo | 1 |
| El Al | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion | 4 |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa | 4 |
| Estonian Air | Riga | 4 |
| Emirates | Dubai | 4 |
| Ecuato Guineana | Malabo | 4 |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi | 1 |
| Finnair | Helsinski | 2 |
| Gulf Air | Bahrein | 4 |
| Garuda Indonesia | Jakarta | 1 |
| Ghana International Airlines | Accra | 1 |
| Gol Airlines | Natal, Fortaleza, Salvador de Bahia, Recife, Porto Allegre | 1 |
| Iberia | A Coruña, Algiers, Alicante, Amsterdam, Asturias, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Bogotá, Bologna, Boston, Brussels, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cairo, Caracas, Casablanca, Chicago-O'Hare, Copenhagen, Córdoba [ends 19 January], Dakar, Dublin [resumes 1 June], Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Geneva, Genoa, Granada, Gran Canaria, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Havana, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jerez de la Frontera, Johannesburg, Lagos, Lanzarote, Lima, Lisbon, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Luanda, Malabo, Malaga, Marrakech, Mexico City, Miami, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Montevideo, Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich, New York–JFK, Oran, Palma de Mallorca, Panama City, Paris-Orly, Prague, Quito, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rome-Fiumicino, San José de Costa Rica, San Juan, San Salvador, San Sebastián, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Santander, Santiago de Chile, Santiago de Compostela, Santo Domingo, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Seville, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tangier, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Tenerife-North, Tenerife-South, Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna, Vigo, Dubrovnik, Rabat, Saint Petersburg, Zagreb | 3 |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum | Almería, Asturias, Badajoz [ends 9 January], Bologna, Bordeaux, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Genoa [ends 30 January], Glasgow-International, Granada, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Leon, Lisbon, Logroño, Lyon, Manchester, Marseille, Marrakech, Melilla, Menorca, Milan-Malpensa, Montpellier, Munich, Murcia, Nantes, Naples [ends 30 January], Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Pamplona, Pisa [ends 30 January], Porto, San Sebastián, Santander, Split [begins 21 July], Strasbourg, Tangier, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Zurich, A Coruña, Catania, Corfu, Heraklion, Malta, Olbia, Palermo, Rabat [begins 28 May 2012], Santa Cruz de la Palma, Santorini | 3 |
| Iran Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Isfahan | 4 |
| Jet4you | Casablanca, Nador, Tetouan, Fes, Meknes, Agadir, Rabat, Tangier, Ouarzate, Oujhda | 4 |
| Jet Airways | Mumbai, Hyderabad | 4 |
| Japan Airlines | Tokyo-Haneda, Osaka | 4 |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi | 4 |
| KLM | Amsterdam | 2 |
| Korean Air | Amsterdam, Seoul-Incheon | 1 |
| Kuwait Airways | Kuwait | 1 |
| LAN Ecuador | Guayaquil | 4 |
| LAN Perú | Lima | 4 |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw | 2 |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich | 2 |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine | Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich | 2 |
| Luxair | Luxembourg | 4 |
| Middle East Airlines | Beirut | 4 |
| Malév Hungarian Airlines | Budapest | 4 |
| Malaysian Airlines | Kuala Lumpur | 1 |
| Pakistan International Airlines | Barcelona, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore | 4 |
| Philippine Airlines | Manila | 1 |
| Qatar Airways | Doha | 1 |
| Qantas | Sydney, Melbourne | 1 |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca | 4 |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman-Queen Alia | 4 |
| S7 Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo | 4 |
| SBA Airlines | Caracas | 1 |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Jeddah, Riyadh | 1 |
| Sénégal Airlines | Dakar, Paris-Orly | 4 |
| Singapore Airlines | Singapore | 4 |
| South African Airways | Johannesbourg, Cape Town, Durban | 1 |
| SAS Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen | 2 |
| Spanair | A Coruña, Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Málaga, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tenerife-North, Valencia, Vigo | 2 |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Geneva, Zürich | 2 |
| SriLankan Airlines | Colombo, Mahe | 1 |
| Syrian Air | Damascus | 4 |
| TACV | Sal | 1 |
| TAM Airlines | São Paulo-Guarulhos | 1 |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon | 2 |
| TAP operated by Portugalia Airlines | Lisbon, Porto | 2 |
| TAROM | Bucharest-Otopeni | 4 |
| TAAG Angola Airlines | Luanda | 4 |
| Thai Airways International | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi | 1 |
| Transaero | Moscow-Domodedovo | 1 |
| Travel Service | Budapest, Prague | 2 |
| Tunisair | Tunis | 1 |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | 1 |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil, Lviv | 4 |
| United Airlines | Newark | 1 |
| US Airways | Philadelphia, Charlotte | 1 |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent | 4 |
| Vueling | Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Copenhagen, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino [ends 8 January],Ibiza | 4 |
| Vietnam Airlines | Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh | 1 |
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| British Airways World Cargo | Cologne/Bonn, Johannesburg, London-Stansted |
| DHL Aviation | Beijing-Capital, Copenhagen, Miami |
| FedEx Feeder operated by Air Contractors | Dublin, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Flyant | |
| Gestair Cargo | Frankfurt |
| TNT Airways | Brussels |
| Turkish Airlines Cargo | Istanbul-Ataturk |
| UPS Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Cologne/Bonn, London-Stansted |
The Madrid Metro Line connects the airport with city centre station Nuevos Ministerios in the heart of 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. The first ride in the morning leaves from Nuevos Ministerios around 6:05 am, arriving at Terminals 1-2-3 around 6:30, and at Terminal 4 around 6:40.
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.[10] 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.[11]
The Nuevos Ministerios metro station allowed checking-in[12] right by the AZCA business area in central Madrid, but this convenience has been suspended indefinitely after the building of Terminal 4.[13]
EMT (Madrid Municipal Transport Company) runs regular public bus services between the airport and Madrid (Avenida de América station): bus 200 runs as a complete line – dropping passengers off at departures of terminals 1, 2 and 4 before collecting passengers in the reverse order at arrivals EMT also have an express bus linking Barajas airport to Renfe's Atocha Station; the main rail station in Madrid.[14] 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).
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.
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