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Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas [aeɾoˈpweɾto aˈðolfo ˈswaɾeθ maˈðɾið βaˈɾaxas]) (IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD), commonly known as Madrid–Barajas Airport, is the main international airport serving Madrid in Spain. At 3,050 ha (7,500 acres) in area, it is the second-largest airport in Europe by physical size behind Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport.[5][6] In 2019, 61.8 million passengers travelled through Madrid–Barajas, making it the country's busiest airport as well as Europe's sixth-busiest.

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport[1] Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas
IATA: MAD ICAO: LEMD WMO: 08221
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Aena
Serves	Madrid metropolitan area
Location	District of Barajas, Madrid
Opened	22 April 1931 (91 years ago) (1931-04-22)
Hub for	Air Europa Iberia Iberia Express Iberia Regional Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas Wamos Air World2Fly
Focus city for	Iberojet Ryanair
Elevation AMSL	610 m / 2,000 ft
Coordinates	40°28′20″N 003°33′39″W
Website	aena.es
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14R/32L 4,100 13,451 Asphalt 18L/36R 3,500 11,482 Asphalt 14L/32R 3,500 11,482 Asphalt 18R/36L 4,350 14,268 Asphalt / Concrete
Statistics (2020)
Passengers 17,112,389 Aircraft Movements 165,740 Cargo (t) 401,133,380 Economic impact (2012) $10.9 billion[2] Social impact (2012) 130,900[2]
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[3] Spanish AIP, AENA[4]

The airport opened in 1931 and has grown to be one of Europe's most important aviation centres. Within the city limits of Madrid, it is 9 km (6 mi) from the city's financial district and 13 km (8 mi) northeast of the Puerta del Sol or Plaza Mayor de Madrid, Madrid's historic centre. The airport name derives from the adjacent district of Barajas, which has its own metro station on the same rail line serving the airport. Barajas serves as the gateway to the Iberian peninsula from the rest of Europe and the world and is a key link between Europe and Latin America. Following the death of former Spanish Prime Minister, Adolfo Suárez, in 2014, the Spanish Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced[7] that the airport was to be renamed Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez, Madrid–Barajas. The airport is the primary hub and maintenance base for Iberia and Air Europa. Consequently, Iberia is responsible for more than 40% of Barajas's traffic. The airport has five passenger terminals: T1, T2, T3, T4 and T4S.

History

Early years

The airport was constructed in 1927, opening to national and international air traffic on 22 April 1931, although regular commercial operations began two years later. A small terminal was constructed with a capacity for 30,000 passengers a year, in addition to several hangars and the building of the Avión Club. The first regular flight was established by Lineas Aéreas Postales Españolas (LAPE) with its route to Barcelona. In the 1930s, flights started to serve some European and African destinations, the first international flights from the airport.

Originally, the flight field was a large circle bordered in white with the name of Madrid in its interior, unpaved, consisting of land covered with natural grass. It was not until the 1940s that the flight field was paved and new runways were designed. The first runway which started operation in 1944 was 1,400 metres long and 45 metres wide.[8] By the end of the decade the airport had three runways, none of which exist today. In the late 1940s, scheduled flights to Latin America and the Philippines[9] started.

In the 1950s, the airport supported over half a million passengers, increasing to five runways and scheduled flights to New York City began. The National Terminal, currently T2, began construction in 1954 and opened later that year. In the Plan of Airports of 1957, Barajas Airport is classified as a first-class international airport. By the 1970s, large jets were landing at Barajas, and the growth of traffic mainly as a result of tourism exceeded forecasts. At the beginning of the decade, the airport reached the 1.2 million passengers, double that envisaged in the Plan of Airports of 1957.

In the 1970s, with the boom in tourism and the arrival of the Boeing 747, the airport reached 4 million passengers and began the construction of the international terminal (current T1). In 1974, Iberia, L.A.E. introduced the shuttle service between Madrid and Barcelona, a service with multiple daily frequencies and available without prior reservation.

The 1982 FIFA World Cup brought significant expansion and modernisation of the airport's two existing terminals.[8]

In the 1990s, the airport expanded further. In 1994, the first cargo terminal was constructed and the control tower was renovated. In 1997, it opened the North Dock, which is used as an exclusive terminal for Iberia's Schengen flights. In 1998, it inaugurated a new control tower, 71 m tall and then in 1999 the new South Dock opened, which implies an expansion of the international terminal. During this time, the distribution of the terminals changed: The south dock and most of the International Terminal were now called T1, the rest of the International Terminal and Domestic Terminal were now called T2 and the north dock was called T3.

In November 1998, the new runway 18R-36L started operations (replacing the previous 18–36), 4,400 m long, one of the largest in Europe under expansion plans called Major Barajas. In 2000, it began the construction of new terminals T4 and its satellite, T4S, designed by architects Antonio Lamela, Richard Rogers and Luis Vidal. Two parallel runways to the existing ones were also built.

Development since the 2000s

The new terminals and runways were completed in 2004, but was not in service until 5 February 2006.

Terminal 4, designed by Antonio Lamela, Richard Rogers and Luis Vidal, (winning team of the 2006 Stirling Prize) and TPS Engineers, (winning team of the 2006 IStructE Award for Commercial Structures)[10] was built by Ferrovial[11] and inaugurated on 5 February 2006. Terminal 4 is one of the world's largest airport terminals in terms of area, with 760,000 square meters (8,180,572 square feet) in separate landside and airside structures. It consists of a main building, T4 (470,000 m²) and a satellite building, T4S (290,000 m²), which are approximately 2.5 km apart. The new Terminal 4 is designed to give passengers a stress-free start to their journey. This is managed through careful use of illumination, with glass panes instead of walls and numerous skylights which allow natural light into the structure. With this new addition, Barajas is designed to handle 70 million passengers annually.

During the construction of Terminal 4, two more runways (15L/33R and 18L/36R) were constructed to aid in the flow of air traffic arriving and departing from Barajas. These runways were officially inaugurated on 5 February 2006 (together with the terminals), but had already been used on several occasions beforehand to test flight and air traffic manoeuvres. Thus, Barajas came to have four runways: two on a north–south axis and parallel to each other (separated by 1.8 km) and two on a northwest–southeast axis (and separated by 2.5 km). This allowed simultaneous takeoffs and landings into the airport, allowing 120 operations an hour (one takeoff or landing every 30 seconds).

Terminals 1, 2 and 3 are adjacent terminals that are home to SkyTeam and Star Alliance airlines. Terminal 4 is home to Iberia, its franchise Air Nostrum and all Oneworld partner airlines. Gate numbers are continuous in terminals 1, 2 and 3 (A1 to E89), but are separately numbered in terminal 4 (H, J, K and M, R, S, U in satellite building).

The Madrid–Barcelona air shuttle service, known as the "Puente Aéreo" (in Spanish), literally called "Air Bridge", used to be the busiest route between two EU airports[12] with 55 daily flights in 2012.[13] The schedule has been reduced since the February 2008 opening of the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line which covers the distance in 2+1⁄2 hours. Subsequently, the route has been overtaken by London-Dublin and Paris-Toulouse.

On the morning of 30 December 2006, an explosion took place in the carpark building module D attached to Terminal 4. Authorities received a bomb threat at approximately 8:15 local time (7:15 GMT), with the caller stating that a car bomb carried with 800 kg of explosive would explode at 9:00 local time (8:00 GMT).[14] After receiving the warning, police were able to evacuate part of the airport.[15] Later, an anonymous caller stated that ETA claims responsibility for the bombing.[16] As a result of the explosion, two Ecuadorians who were sleeping in their cars died. The whole module D of the car park was levelled creating around 40,000 tonnes of debris. It took workers six days to recover the body of the second victim from the rubble.

In 2007, the airport processed more than 52 million passengers. Barajas was voted "Best Airport" in the 2008 Condé Nast Traveller Reader Awards.[17]

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.[18]

On 27 January 2012, Spanair suspended all flights affecting Madrid–Barajas as well as other domestic and international connections.[19] On 20 September 2012, both runways 15/33 were renamed as 14R/32L (the longest) and 14L/32R (the shortest).

On 1 August 2015, the first scheduled Airbus A380 flight landed in Madrid-Barajas in a daily service to Dubai by Emirates.

Following the death of former Spanish Prime Minister, Adolfo Suárez, in 2014, the Spanish Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced[7] that the airport would be renamed Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez, Madrid–Barajas. This renaming seeks recognition for Suárez's role as the first Prime Minister of Spain after the restoration of democracy and his key participation in the transition to democracy after the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

In late 2018 and early 2019, Iberia renovated its two lounges in Terminal 4, the Dali and Velazquez lounges.

In December 2019, the airport's operator Aena announced plans to significantly expand and renovate the existing installations, increasing their yearly capacity from 70 to 80 million passengers and bridging the architectural gap between the original Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and the newer Terminal 4. The project has a budget of 750 million Euro and is set to be executed in the period from 2022 to 2026.[20]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines serve regular scheduled and charter routes to and from Madrid:[21]

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Athens
Aer Lingus	Dublin
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Ezeiza
Aeroméxico	Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey
Air Algérie	Algiers
Air Arabia	Tangier Seasonal: Nador
Air Canada	Toronto–Pearson
Air China	Beijing–Capital[22]
Air Europa	A Coruña, Alicante, Amsterdam, Asunción, Barcelona, Bilbao, Bogotá, Brussels, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cancún, Caracas, Cordoba (AR), Frankfurt, Gran Canaria, Guayaquil, Havana, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Lima, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, Málaga, Marrakesh, Medellín–JMC, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Montevideo, Munich, New York–JFK, Palma de Mallorca, Panama City–Tocumen, Paris–Orly, Porto, Punta Cana, Quito, Rome–Fiumicino, Salvador da Bahia (resumes 21 December 2022),[23] San Pedro Sula, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Tel Aviv, Tenerife–North, Valencia, Vigo, Zürich Seasonal: Alghero, Athens, Tunis
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Malta	Malta
Air Serbia	Belgrade
Air Transat	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
airBaltic	Riga
American Airlines	Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York–JFK, Philadelphia Seasonal: Charlotte
Avianca	Bogotá, Cali, Medellín–JMC
Boliviana de Aviación	Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru
British Airways	London–Heathrow Seasonal: London–Gatwick
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
Bulgaria Air	Sofia
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong (resumes 2 October 2022)
Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines	Malabo
Conviasa	Caracas
Cubana de Aviación	Havana, Santiago de Cuba
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, New York–JFK
easyJet	Basel/Mulhouse, Bristol, Edinburgh, Geneva, Lisbon, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton (resumes 30 October 2022),[24] Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Porto
EgyptAir	Cairo
El Al	Tel Aviv
Emirates	Dubai–International
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi
Finnair	Helsinki
Flyr	Seasonal: Oslo
Hainan Airlines	Chongqing
Iberia	A Coruña, Amsterdam, Asturias, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Bilbao, Bogotá, Boston, Brussels, Budapest, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cali, Caracas (resumes 31 October 2022),[25] Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas–Fort Worth, Düsseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Hamburg, Havana, Jerez de la Frontera, Lima, Lisbon, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Milan-Linate, Montevideo, Munich, New York–JFK, Oslo, Panama City–Tocumen, Paris–Orly, Porto, Prague, Quito, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão (resumes 30 October 2022),[26] Rome–Fiumicino, San José de Costa Rica–Juan Santamaría, San Juan, San Salvador, San Sebastián, Santander, Santiago de Chile, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Seville, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tel Aviv, Venice, Vienna, Vigo, Washington–Dulles, Zagreb, Zürich Seasonal: Bergen, Cairo, Catania, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Faro, Fez, Genoa, Gran Canaria, Malé, Olbia, Ponta Delgada, San Francisco, Split
Iberia Express	Copenhagen, Dublin, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, La Palma, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Málaga, Manchester, Nantes, Naples, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Stuttgart,[citation needed] Tenerife–North, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Heraklion, Menorca, Mykonos, Reykjavik–Keflavík, Santorini
Iberia Regional	A Coruña, Algiers, Alicante, Almería, Andorra/La Seu d'Urgell, Asturias, Badajoz, Bologna, Bordeaux, Casablanca, Castellón (begins 31 October 2022),[27] Frankfurt, Funchal, Granada, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Lisbon, Logroño, Lyon, Málaga, Marrakesh, Marseille, Melilla, Menorca, Nantes, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, Porto, San Sebastián, Santander, Seville, Strasbourg, Tangier, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Vigo, Zürich Seasonal: Faro, Malta, Split, Verona
Iberojet	Cancún, Havana, Punta Cana, San José de Costa Rica–Juan Santamaría, San José del Cabo, Santiago de Cuba (begins 11 November 2022)[28] Seasonal: Mauritius
Icelandair	Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík
ITA Airways	Rome–Fiumicino
KLM	Amsterdam
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon
Kuwait Airways	Kuwait
LATAM Brasil	São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Chile	Santiago de Chile
LATAM Peru	Lima
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair	Luxembourg
Middle East Airlines	Beirut
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Oslo
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
PLAY	Reykjavík–Keflavík
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas	Bogotá, Cali, Caracas, Cartagena, Guayaquil, Lima, Malabo, Quito, Samaná,[29] Santo Domingo–Las Américas
Qatar Airways	Doha
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier
Royal Jordanian	Amman–Queen Alia
Ryanair	Agadir, Alghero, Amman–Queen Alia, Bari, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Charleroi, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Fes, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Kaunas, Kraków, Lanzarote, Lisbon (resumes 31 October 2022),[30] London–Stansted, Luxembourg, Malta, Manchester, Marrakech, Marseille, Menorca, Milan–Malpensa, Nador, Naples, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Rabat, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Sofia, Tangier, Tenerife–North, Tenerife–South, Turin, Vienna, Warsaw–Modlin Seasonal: Billund, Brindisi, Cagliari, Faro, Tétouan, Venice
Saudia	Jeddah, Riyadh
SkyUp[31]	Kyiv–Boryspil, Lviv (both suspended)
Swiss International Air Lines	Geneva, Zürich
TAAG Angola Airlines	Luanda
TAP Air Portugal	Lisbon
TAROM	Bucharest
Transavia	Montpellier, Paris–Orly
Tunisair	Tunis
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul
Ukraine International Airlines	Kyiv–Boryspil (suspended)
United Airlines	Newark Seasonal: Washington–Dulles
Volotea	Nantes Seasonal: Toulouse
Vueling	Barcelona, Florence, Ibiza Seasonal: Menorca
Wamos Air	Cancún, Punta Cana, Varadero
Wizz Air	Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iași, Rome–Fiumicino, Sibiu, Sofia, Timișoara, Tirana, Warsaw–Chopin
World2Fly	Cancún, Havana, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo–Las Américas

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada Cargo[32]	Toronto–Pearson
Air China Cargo[33]	Hangzhou
Cygnus Air[34]	Gran Canaria, Tenerife–North
DHL Aviation[citation needed]	Beijing–Capital, Casablanca, Copenhagen, East Midlands, Frankfurt, Leipzig/Halle, London–Heathrow, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Emirates SkyCargo[35]	Dubai–Al Maktoum
FedEx Express[36]	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Qatar Airways Cargo[37]	Doha
Swiftair[38]	Casablanca, Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife–North
Turkish Cargo[39]	Houston–Intercontinental, Istanbul, Miami

Traffic and statistics

Passenger numbers

	Passengers	Aircraft Movements	Cargo (tonnes)
2001	34,050,215	375,558	295,944
2002	33,915,302	368,029	295,711
2003	35,855,861	383,804	307,026
2004	38,718,614	401,503	341,177
2005	42,146,784	415,704	333,138
2006	45,799,983	434,959	325,702
2007	52,110,787	483,292	325,201
2008	50,846,494	469,746	329,187
2009	48,437,147	435,187	302,863
2010	49,863,504	433,683	373,380
2011	49,671,270	429,390	394,154
2012	45,195,014	373,185	359,362
2013	39,735,618	333,056	346,602
2014	41,833,374	342,601	366,645
2015	46,828,279	366,605	381,069
2016	50,420,583	378,150	415,774
2017	53,402,506	387,566	470,795
2018	57,891,340	409,832	518,858
2019	61,734,037	426,376	558,567
2020	17,112,389	165,740	401,133
2021	24,135,220	217,537	523,395
Source: Aena Statistics[3]

Route statistics

Busiest domestic routes at Adolfo Suárez, Madrid–Barajas International Airport (2019)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Barcelona	2,573,822	Air Europa, Iberia, Vueling
2	Palma de Mallorca	1,993,272	Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia Express, Norwegian Air International, Ryanair
3	Gran Canaria	1,658,334	Air Europa, Iberia Express, Norwegian Air International, Ryanair
4	Tenerife (North)	1,494,504	Air Europa, Iberia Express, Norwegian Air International, Ryanair
5	Ibiza	837,333	Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia Express, Ryanair, Vueling
6	Bilbao	836,144	Air Europa, Iberia, Swiftair
7	Santiago de Compostela	715,650	Iberia Express, Ryanair
8	Vigo	684,277	Air Europa, Iberia,
9	A Coruña	681,744	Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia
10	Asturias	548,114	Air Europa, Iberia

Busiest European routes at Madrid–Barajas International Airport (2019)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Lisbon, Portugal	1,557,731	Air Europa, easyJet, Iberia, TAP Express, TAP Portugal
2	London (Heathrow), United Kingdom	1,476,391	British Airways, Iberia
3	Paris (Orly), France	1,361,645	Air Europa, Iberia, Transavia France
4	Rome (Fiumicino), Italy	1,266,980	Air Europa, Alitalia, Iberia, Vueling
5	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	1,144,421	Air Europa, Iberia Express, KLM
6	Paris (CDG), France	1,115,687	Air France, easyJet, Iberia Express, Vueling
7	Brussels, Belgium	1,085,039	Air Europa, Brussels Airlines, Iberia, Ryanair
8	Frankfurt, Germany	1,071,545	Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia, LATAM Chile, Lufthansa, Ryanair
9	London (Gatwick), United Kingdom	1,033,630	Air Europa, easyJet, Iberia Express, Norwegian Air International
10	Porto, Portugal	970,512	Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair, TAP Express, TAP Air Portugal

Busiest intercontinental routes at Madrid–Barajas International Airport (2019)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	New York (JFK), United States	1,030,397	Air Europa, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Iberia, Norwegian Air Shuttle
2	Bogotá, Colombia	953,942	Air Europa, Avianca, Iberia
3	Buenos Aires (Ezeiza), Argentina	949,120	Aerolíneas Argentinas, Air Europa, Iberia
4	Mexico City, Mexico	882,700	Aeroméxico, Iberia
5	Lima, Peru	734,080	Air Europa, Iberia, LATAM, Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas
6	Miami, United States	720,623	Air Europa, American Airlines, Iberia
7	São Paulo (Guarulhos), Brazil	693,933	Air China, Air Europa, Iberia, LATAM
8	Tel Aviv, Israel	568,644	Air Europa, El Al, Iberia, Smartwings
9	Havana, Cuba	521,935	Air Europa, Cubana de Aviación, Evelop Airlines, Iberia
10	Santiago, Chile	506,539	Iberia, LATAM

Airline market share

Largest Airlines at Madrid–Barajas International Airport (2019)

Rank	Airline	Passengers
1	Iberia	16,529,613
2	Air Europa	9,991,406
3	Ryanair	6,697,100
4	Iberia Express	6,167,708
5	Air Nostrum (Iberia Regional)	3,559,591
6	easyJet	1,738,960
7	Vueling	1,334,063
8	Norwegian Air International	1,100,946
9	Lufthansa	850,459
10	American Airlines	806,692

Medical care

The airport is attached to the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid as a referral hospital for medical and surgical emergencies requiring hospital care.[40][41]

In addition, the airport itself has medical rooms and medical personnel attached to the Airport Medical Service to cover transit passengers who need medical attention.[42] It also has 75 Cardiac Rescue Points equipped with defibrillators in the event of cardiorespiratory arrest.[42]

Ground transport

Taxi

All terminals have clearly signed taxi ranks outside the arrivals area. Official taxis are white with a red stripe and have the Madrid City Council coat-of-arms on their doors.

Rail

The Madrid Metro Line connects the airport with city centre station Nuevos Ministerios in Madrid's financial district. The Barajas Line 8 provides a fast route from the underground stations at Terminal 2 (access to T1 and T3) and Terminal 4 into central Madrid. The metro also provides links to stations on the Spanish railway network.

In October 2006, a bid was launched for the construction of a Cercanías link between Chamartín Station and Terminal 4. Now finished, this single Cercanías Line (C-1) links Madrid Barajas Terminal 4, with Chamartín Station and Atocha AVE high-speed train stations.[43] 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.[44]

The Nuevos Ministerios metro station opened a satellite check-in center in 2002[45] right by the AZCA business area in central Madrid; the satellite check-in center was permanently closed in 2006 due to security concerns.[46]

Metropolitan Bus

EMT (Madrid Municipal Transport Company) runs regular public bus services between the airport and Madrid (Avenida de América station): bus 200 runs as a complete line – dropping passengers at departures of terminals 1, 2 and 4 before collecting passengers in the reverse order at arrivals. The EMT public night bus service N4 (nicknamed "Buho", Owl) also services from Madrid downtown (Plaza Cibeles) to Barajas (Plaza de los Hermanos Falcó y Alvarez de Toledo, 400m from the airport through a passageway above the highway). EMT also have an express bus linking Barajas airport to Renfe's Atocha Station, the main rail station in Madrid, during day and Plaza Cibeles during night. Unlike the two services mentioned above, this line runs 24 hours of the day during all the days of the year.[47]

CRTM (Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid) runs four bus services between the airport and nearby cities in the metropolitan area:

• 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

Long distance coaches

From terminals T1 and T4 the bus company Avanzabus operates routes to Ávila, Castellón, Salamanca, Valencia and Zamora. From terminal T4 the Alsa bus company runs services to the cities of Zaragoza, Barcelona, Valladolid, León, Murcia, Alicante, Gijón, Oviedo, Lugo, Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Burgos, Vitoria, San Sebastián, Santander, Bilbao, Logroño and Pamplona. From terminal T1 the Socibus company runs services to the major cities in Andalusia: Huelva, Córdoba, Cadiz, Jerez and Seville.

Airport People Mover

Madrid Barajas Airport People Mover
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
Termini	Terminal T4 Satellite T4S
Stations	2
Service
Type	People mover
Services	1
Operator(s)	Bombardier Transportation
Rolling stock	19 Bombardier Innovia APM 100 vehicles
Daily ridership	27.400 (2012)
History
Opened	4 February 2006
Technical
Line length	2.7 km (1.7 miles)[48]
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground
Electrification	Two centre rails
Operating speed	37 mph (60 km/h)

In early 2006, the first driverless transit system in Spain and the longest airport people mover system in Europe began transporting passengers between the new terminal (T4) and a new satellite terminal (T4S).[49] Deploying the CITYFLO 550 automatic train control technology, the system is the only mode of transportation for passengers between the two terminals, which are spaced more than two kilometres apart.[50] Bombardier became the only contractor for the completely underground shuttle system, including the construction of the civil works, operation and maintenance of the system.

The route is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) in length and can carry up to 13,000 passengers per hour.[51]

Airport parking

Long- and short-term car parking is provided at the airport with seven public parking areas. P1 is an outdoor car park located in front of the terminal building; P2 is an indoor car park with direct access to terminals T2 and T3. A Parking 'Express' facility, available for short periods only, is located at Terminal 2 and dedicated long-term parking is also available with 1,655 spaces; a free shuttle operates between the long-stay car park and all terminals. There are also VIP car parks.

Incidents and accidents

• On 4 January 1951, a Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar of Ejército del Aire crashed when an engine failed after takeoff. It was on a delivery flight to the Spanish Air Force. Both occupants were killed.[52]
• On 30 September 1972, a Douglas C-47B EC-AQE of Spantax crashed on takeoff. The aircraft was being used for training duties and the student pilot over-rotated and stalled. One of the six people on board was killed.[53]
• On 27 November 1983, Avianca Flight 011 crashed while attempting to land. Flight 011 struck a series of hills, causing the plane's right wing to break off. The 747 then cartwheeled, shattering into five pieces before coming to rest upside-down. Only 11 of the 169 passengers survived – there were no survivors among the 23 crew.[54]
• On 7 December 1983, an Iberia 727 operating as Iberia Flight 350[55] collided during takeoff with Aviaco Flight 134, a DC-9[56] The Aviaco DC-9 had accidentally entered the runway as the Iberia flight was taking off.[57] Ninety-three people were killed, including 51 from the Iberia 727 and 42 from the Aviaco DC-9.
• On 15 July 2006, the winglet of a Thai Airways International Boeing 747-400 HS-TGY operating flight TG943 from Madrid Barajas Airport in Spain to Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport cut off the tail of an Air France ERJ-145 while taxiing to the runway for take-off. No injuries were reported.[58]
• On 20 August 2008, Spanair Flight 5022 which was travelling to Gran Canaria, veered off to the right and into the ground while climbing immediately after lifting off from runway 36L at 14:45 local time. The McDonnell Douglas MD-82 with registration "EC-HFP", was carrying 172 people, including 162 passengers.[59] In the accident, 154 people were killed, two were seriously injured and 12 were slightly injured. Prime Minister Zapatero ordered three days of national mourning.[60]

References

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

External links

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

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[de] Flughafen Madrid-Barajas

Der Flughafen Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas (spanisch Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas; IATA-Code: MAD, ICAO-Code: LEMD) ist der internationale Flughafen der spanischen Hauptstadt Madrid, benannt nach dem früheren spanischen Ministerpräsidenten Adolfo Suárez. Er ist das größte und wichtigste Luftfahrt-Drehkreuz Spaniens und mit 24 Millionen Passagieren (2021) einer der größten Verkehrsflughäfen Europas. Madrid-Barajas ist darüber hinaus der wichtigste europäische Knotenpunkt für Flüge nach Lateinamerika sowie Heimatflughafen der Fluggesellschaften Iberia, Air Europa und Wamos Air und auch Basis für Ryanair. Bis zu ihrer Insolvenz im Januar 2012 betrieb auch Spanair ein umfangreiches Streckennetz ab Madrid-Barajas.

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- [en] Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas

El Aeropuerto Internacional Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas (IATA: MAD, OACI: LEMD),[4][5] llamado hasta 2014 Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas,[5] es un aeropuerto español público propiedad de Aena, situado a 12 km del centro de la ciudad de Madrid dirección noreste. Está ubicado en el Distrito de Barajas, en el término municipal de Madrid. Es el primer aeropuerto español por tráfico de pasajeros, carga aérea y operaciones,[6] así como el quinto de Europa y vigésimo cuarto del mundo por número de pasajeros.[7]

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[fr] Aéroport Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas

L'aéroport Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas[1] (code IATA : MAD • code OACI : LEMD) est le plus important d'Espagne et dessert la ville de Madrid. En 2013, il est classé 29e aéroport mondial[2] et 5e en Europe. Il est situé à 13 km au nord-est du centre de Madrid (sur les villes de Madrid, Paracuellos de Jarama, San Sebastián de los Reyes et Alcobendas) et compte quatre terminaux. L'aéroport est géré par Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA). Son nom est celui de Barajas, un des vingt-et-un districts de Madrid. La majeure partie des emprises de l’aéroport occupe approximativement la moitié nord-est de ce district, dans les quartiers (barrios) de Aeroporto et Timón. L'aéroport est desservi par des stations de métro, et une ligne ferroviaire.

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[it] Aeroporto di Madrid-Barajas

L'Aeroporto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas (in spagnolo: Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas; IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD) è situato a nord-est di Madrid, a 12 km dal centro. Entrò in funzione nel 1928, pur essendo stato inaugurato ufficialmente solo nel 1931, ed è attualmente gestito da Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea. È il principale aeroporto della Spagna e quello europeo con il maggior numero di voli diretti per l'America Latina. La rotta aerea Madrid-Barcellona, conosciuta come "ponte aereo" (puente aereo in spagnolo), è la tratta con il maggior numero di voli settimanali al mondo. Nel 2011 hanno viaggiato per l'aeroporto di Barajas 49,6 milioni di passeggeri, collocandolo così all'undicesimo posto a livello mondiale e al quinto in Europa per numero di passeggeri, dietro Aeroporto di Londra-Heathrow, Aeroporto di Parigi Charles de Gaulle, Aeroporto di Francoforte sul Meno e Aeroporto di Amsterdam-Schiphol.

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[ru] Барахас

Международный аэропорт Мадрид-Бара́хас имени Адольфо Суареса (исп. Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez, Madrid-Barajas) (ИАТА: MAD, ИКАО: LEMD) — главный аэропорт столицы Испании Мадрида. С 24 марта 2014 года носит имя Адольфо Суареса, первого премьер-министра демократической Испании.[2] Аэропорт включает в себя четыре терминала (в том числе открытый в 2006 году Терминал 4, один из крупнейших в мире по площади, составляющей 760 тыс. м²). По загруженности в 2008 году аэропорт стал 11-м в мире и четвёртым в Европе (за этот год было осуществлено 469,7 тыс. взлётов и посадок)[3]. В 2015 году поток пассажиров составил 46 млн. человек это более 126 тыс. пассажиров в день.[4]

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