Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas
IATA: MAD – ICAO: LEMD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	ENAIRE
Serves	Madrid, Spain
Location	District of Barajas, Madrid 13 km (8.1 mi) NE of Madrid's historic centre
Hub for	Air Europa Iberia
Focus city for	Evelop Airlines Norwegian Air Shuttle Ryanair Vueling Wamos Air
Elevation AMSL	610 m / 2,000 ft
Coordinates	40°28′20″N 003°33′39″W / 40.47222°N 3.56083°WCoordinates: 40°28′20″N 003°33′39″W / 40.47222°N 3.56083°W
Website	aena-aeropuertos.es
Map
MAD Location within Madrid
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 4,349 14,268 Asphalt / Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 46,828,279 (11.9%) Aircraft Movements 366,605 (7.0%) Cargo 381,069 (3.8%) Economic impact $10.9 billion[2]
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[3] Spanish AIP, AENA[4]

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas [(a)eɾoˈpwerto aˈðolfo ˈswaɾeθ maˈðɾi(ð) βaˈɾaxas]) (IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD)^[5] is the main international airport serving Madrid in Spain. With 3050 ha of aerea is the largest airport in Europe by size along with Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.^[6][7] In 2015, almost 47 million passengers used Madrid–Barajas,^[3] making it the country's largest and busiest airport, and Europe's sixth busiest. 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, it is 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. 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. The airport has 4 Terminals.

History

Terminal T4 Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport

Terminal 4 departures area

Iberia aircraft at Terminal 4

Barajas Airport (Madrid) check in

Iberia Boeing 747-100 at the airport in 1970

Madrid-Barajas Airport T4 Gates S

Madrid-Barajas interior of Terminal 4

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 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 exist today. In the late 1940s, scheduled flights to Latin America and the Philippines started.

In the 1950s, the airport supported over half a million passengers, increasing to 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 1970s, large jets were landing at Barajas, and the growth of traffic mainly as a result of tourism exceeded forecasts. At the beginning of the decade, the airport reached the 1.2 million passengers, double that envisaged in the Plan of Airports of 1957.

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

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

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

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

Development since the 2000s

The new terminals and runways were completed in 2004, but administrative delays and equipment, as well as the controversy over the redeployment of terminals, delayed service until 5 February 2006.

Terminal 4, designed by Antonio Lamela and Richard Rogers; and directed by Luis Vidal, (winning team of the 2006 Stirling Prize) and TPS Engineers, (winning team of the 2006 IStructE Award for Commercial Structures)^[8] was built by Ferrovial^[9] 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. Terminal 4 is home to Iberia, its franchise Air Nostrum and all Oneworld partner airlines. Gate numbers are continuous in terminals 1, 2 and 3 (A1 to E89), but are separately numbered in terminal 4 (H,J,K and M,R,S,U in satellite building).

The Madrid–Barcelona air shuttle service, known as the "Puente Aéreo" (in Spanish), literally called "Air Bridge", is the busiest route between two European airports^[10] with 55 daily flights in 2012.^[11] The schedule has been reduced since February 2008, when the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line was opened, covering the distance in 2 ¹⁄₂ hours, and quickly became popular.

In 2007, the airport processed more than 52 million passengers. Barajas was voted "Best Airport" in the 2008 Condé Nast Traveller Reader Awards.^[12]

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.^[13]

On 27 January 2012, Spanair suspended all flights affecting Madrid–Barajas as well as other domestic and international connections.^[14] 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, the Spanish Ministerio de Fomento has announced^[15] that the airport is to 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 Spanish Transition to Democracy after Franco's Dictatorship.

Airlines and destinations

Air Europa E195 at the airport

American Airlines A330-300 at Madrid-Barajas

Iberia Airbus A340-600t the airport

Passenger

Air Nostrum ATR 72-600 taxiing at Barajas Airport.

Air Europa Boeing 737-800 taxiing at Barajas Airport.

Iberia Airbus A330 in Barajas Airport

Iberia Express Airbus A320 taxiing at Barajas Airport.

Cubana de Aviación Ilyushin Il-96 taxiing at Barajas Airport.

Air France Airbus A320 taxiing at Barajas Airport.

An EasyJet Airbus A319 taxis at Barajas

An American Airlines Boeing 767-300 in Oneworld alliance colors taxiing at Barajas

A LAN Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner landing at Barajas

A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300 taxiing at Barajas

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 being serviced at the gate

An Iberia Airbus A340 taxiing at Barajas

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aegean Airlines	Athens	2
Aer Lingus	Dublin	1
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo	1
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Ezeiza	1
Aeroméxico	Mexico City	1
Air Algérie	Algiers	4
Air Arabia Maroc	Tangier	1
Air Berlin	Berlin–Tegel	4
Air Canada	Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson	1
Air China	Beijing–Capital, São Paulo–Guarulhos	1
Air Europa	A Coruña, Alicante, Amsterdam, Asunción,[16] Barcelona, Bilbao, Bogotá (begins 26 June 2016),[17] Brussels, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cancún, Caracas, Copenhagen, Cordoba (begins 18 December 2016),[18] Dakar, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Guayaquil (begins 18 December 2016),[19] Havana, Ibiza, La Palma, La Romana, Lanzarote, Lima, London–Gatwick, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Montevideo, Munich, New York–JFK, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Orly, Punta Cana, Rome–Fiumicino, Salvador da Bahia, San Juan, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru, Santo Domingo, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion,[20] Tenerife–North, Tenerife–South, Vigo, Zürich (begins 20 June 2016)[21] Seasonal: Athens (begins 11 June 2016),[22] Menorca, Varadero (begins 14 July 2016)[22] Seasonal Charter: Bergen, Edinburgh, Oslo	1, 2, 3
Air Europa operated by Privilege Style	Dakar, Lisbon, Ouarzazate,[23] Porto	2
Air Europa operated by Swiftair	Bilbao, Málaga, Valencia, Vigo	2
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle	2, 3
Air Transat	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau	1
Alitalia	Rome–Fiumicino	2
American Airlines	Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York–JFK, Philadelphia Seasonal: Charlotte	4
Avianca	Bogotá, Cali, Medellín–Cordova	4
Blue Air	Bacău, Bucharest, Turin[24]	1
Boliviana de Aviación	Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru Seasonal: Cochabamba[25]	4
British Airways	London–Heathrow	4
British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer^1	London–City	4
Brussels Airlines	Brussels	2
Bulgaria Air	Sofia	4
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong (begins 2 June 2016)[26]	4
Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines operated by White Airways	Malabo	4
China Eastern Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong (resumes 28 June 2016)[27]	4
Conviasa	Caracas	1
Cubana de Aviación	Havana	1
Czech Airlines	Prague	4
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, New York–JFK	1
easyJet	Bristol, Edinburgh, Lisbon, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle	1
easyJet Switzerland	Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva	1
EgyptAir	Cairo	1
El Al	Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion	4
Emirates	Dubai–International	4
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa[28]	1
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi[29]	4
Finnair	Helsinki	4
Hainan Airlines operated by Beijing Capital Airlines	Hangzhou[30]	1
Iberia	A Coruña, Accra (ends 17 May 2016),[31] Algiers, Athens, Barcelona, Bilbao, Boston, Bogotá, Brussels, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cali, Caracas, Casablanca, Chicago–O'Hare, Dakar, Düsseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gran Canaria, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Hamburg, Havana,[32] Istanbul–Atatürk (ends 7 May 2016),[33] Johannesburg–OR Tambo (resumes 1 August 2016),[34] La Palma, Lagos (ends 12 May 2016),[31] Lima, Lisbon, London–Heathrow, Luanda, Malabo, Marrakech, Medellín–Cordova, Mexico City, Miami, Milan–Linate, Milan–Malpensa, Montevideo,[35] Moscow–Domodedovo, Munich, New York–JFK, Oran, Oviedo, Panama City, Paris–Orly, Prague, Quito, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Rome–Fiumicino, San José de Costa Rica, San Salvador, Santander, Santiago de Chile, Santiago de Compostela, Santo Domingo–Las Americas,[36] São Paulo–Guarulhos, Shanghai-Pudong (begins 28 June 2016),[37] Stockholm–Arlanda, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Tenerife–North, Tokyo–Narita (resumes 18 October 2016),[38] Venice, Vienna, Zürich Seasonal: Budapest,[39] Catania, Dubrovnik, Los Angeles, San Juan (resumes 15 May 2016),[40] Zagreb	4
Iberia Express	Amsterdam,[41] Berlin–Tegel, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Fuerteventura, La Palma, Lanzarote, London–Gatwick,[42] Lyon, Málaga, Manchester,[43] Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[43] Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Stuttgart,[44] Vigo Seasonal: Athens, Bordeaux,[45] Bucharest (begins 20 June 2016),[46] Budapest, Cork (begins 18 June 2016),[47] Gothenburg (begins 20 June 2016),[48] Granada, Ibiza, Kraków (begins 20 June 2016),[46] Malta (begins 18 June 2016),[49] Menorca, Mykonos, Nantes, Nice, Oslo (begins 18 June 2016),[48] Rennes,[50] Reykjavik–Keflavik (begins 18 June 2016),[51] Santorini (begins 20 June 2016),[52] St Petersburg, Verona	4
Iberia Regional operated by Air Nostrum	Alicante, Almería, Badajoz,[53] Biarritz,[54] Bologna, Bordeaux, Granada, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Lanzarote, Logroño, Lyon, Marrakech, Marseille, Melilla, Menorca, Murcia, Nantes, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, Porto, San Sebastián, Santander, Strasbourg, Tangier, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Vigo Seasonal: Catania, Corfu, Faro, Frankfurt, Geneva, Heraklion, La Palma, Lisbon, Malta, Olbia, Oviedo, Palermo, Perpignan, Santorini, Split, Venice	4
Icelandair	Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík	2
Israir Airlines	Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion (begins 6 June 2016)[55]	4
KLM	Amsterdam	2, 3
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon	1
LAN Airlines	Frankfurt, Santiago de Chile	4
LAN Ecuador	Guayaquil	4
LAN Perú	Lima	4
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw-Chopin	2
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich	2
Luxair	Luxembourg	4
Meridiana	Naples Seasonal: Olbia (begins 25 July 2016)[56]	4
Monarch Airlines	Birmingham (begins 17 June 2016)[57]	1
Niki	Vienna	4
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Birmingham, Copenhagen, Gran Canaria,[58] Hamburg, Helsinki, London–Gatwick, Nice, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tenerife–North,[58] Warsaw–Chopin Seasonal: Catania, Dubrovnik, Gothenburg (begins 8 August 2016),[59] Malta	1
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[60]	1
Qatar Airways	Doha	4
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca, Marrakech, Rabat	4
Royal Air Maroc Express	Casablanca, Tangier	4
Royal Jordanian	Amman–Queen Alia	4
Ryanair	Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin–Schönefeld,[61] Birmingham,[62] Bologna, Bratislava,[61] Bremen, Brussels (begins 1 November 2016), Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen,[63] Dublin, Eindhoven, Fes, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hamburg, Ibiza, Kraków, Lanzarote, London–Stansted, Malta, Manchester, Marrakech, Marseille, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Porto, Rabat, Rome–Ciampino, Santiago de Compostela, Sofia (begins 30 October 2016), Tangier, Tenerife–North, Tenerife–South, Toulouse (begins 1 November 2016),[64] Vilnius,[61] Warsaw–Modlin Seasonal: Cagliari, Menorca, Moss, Palermo	1
S7 Airlines	Moscow–Domodedovo	4
Sata Internacional	Seasonal charter: Terceira	1
Saudia	Jeddah, Riyadh	1
Small Planet Airlines	Seasonal charter: Vilnius	1
Swiss International Air Lines	Geneva, Zürich	2
TAM Airlines	São Paulo–Guarulhos	4
TAP Portugal	Lisbon	2
TAP Portugal operated by Portugália	Lisbon, Porto	2
TAROM	Bucharest	4
Transavia	Rotterdam	1
Transavia France	Nantes, Paris–Orly	1
Tunisair	Tunis	1
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul–Atatürk	1
Ukraine International Airlines	Kiev-Boryspil Seasonal: Lviv	4
United Airlines	Newark Seasonal: Washington–Dulles	1
Vueling	Barcelona, Florence, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Rome–Fiumicino Seasonal: Bucharest, Ibiza, Menorca	4
Wamos Air	Cancún, Punta Cana Charter: Aruba, Athens, Bogotá, Bologna, Helsinki, Malmö, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru, Santo Domingo, Tallinn, Trondheim Seasonal charter: Miami	1
Wizz Air	Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu (begins 20 August 2016), Sofia, Târgu Mureș, Timișoara	1

^1 All British Airways flights at Terminal 4 are operated using Iberia flight numbers.

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Atlantic Airlines	Liège
Cygnus Air	Frankfurt, Gran Canaria, Tenerife–North
DHL Aviation	Beijing–Capital, Casablanca, Copenhagen, East Midlands, Frankfurt, Leipzig/Halle, London–Heathrow, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
DHL Aviation operated by EAT Leipzig	Leipzig/Halle
FedEx Feeder operated by ASL Airlines Ireland	Dublin, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
MASkargo	Frankfurt, Kuala Lumpur–International
Qatar Airways	Doha
Swiftair	Algiers, Athens, Barcelona, Casablanca, Gran Canaria, Lisbon-Portela, Milan–Malpensa, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tenerife–North[65]
TNT Airways	Brussels, Liège
Turkish Airlines Cargo	Algiers, Belgrade, Casablanca, Istanbul–Atatürk
UPS Airlines	Casablanca, Chicago–O'Hare, Cologne/Bonn, London–Stansted

Traffic and statistics

Passenger numbers

Interior of Terminal 1

Interior of Terminal 4

Terminal 4 overview with Madrid in the background

The main control tower

Traffic on Runway 36L with Terminal 4 in the background

	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
Source: Aena Statistics[3]

Route statistics

Busiest domestic routes at Adolfo Suárez, Madrid–Barajas International Airport (2015)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Barcelona	2,254,189	Air Europa, Iberia, Vueling
2	Palma de Mallorca	1,411,322	Air Berlin, Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia, Ryanair
3	Gran Canaria	1,312,373	Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair
4	Tenerife (North)	1,147,131	Air Europa, Iberia
5	Bilbao	669,279	Air Europa, Iberia
6	Ibiza	667,396	Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia, Ryanair, Vueling
7	A Coruña	560,310	Air Nostrum, Iberia
8	Santiago de Compostela	519,272	Air Nostrum, Iberia, Ryanair
9	Vigo	498,508	Air Europa, Iberia
10	Lanzarote	405,672	Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair

Busiest European routes at Madrid–Barajas International Airport (2015)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	London (Heathrow), United Kingdom	1,320,986	British Airways, Iberia
2	Lisbon, Portugal	1,174,807	Air Europa, Air Nostrum, easyJet, Iberia, Portugalia Airlines, TAP Portugal
3	Paris (Orly), France	1,170,122	Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia
4	Paris (CDG), France	1,030,244	Air France, easyJet, Iberia Express Vueling
5	Rome (Fiumicino), Italy	1,004,729	Air Europa, Alitalia, easyJet, Iberia
6	Frankfurt, Germany	1,003,845	Air Nostrum, Iberia, LAN Airlines, Lufthansa
7	London (Gatwick), United Kingdom	959,200	Air Europa, easyJet
8	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	936,350	Air Europa, Iberia, KLM
9	Munich, Germany	828,224	Air Nostrum, Iberia, Lufthansa
10	Brussels, Belgium	804,900	Air Europa, Brussels Airlines, Iberia

Busiest intercontinental routes at Madrid–Barajas International Airport (2015)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Buenos Aires (Ezeiza), Argentina	783,907	Aerolíneas Argentinas, Air Europa, Iberia
2	New York (JFK), United States	727,751	Air Europa, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Iberia
3	São Paulo (Guarulhos), Brazil	686,821	Air China, Air Europa, Iberia, TAM Airlines
4	Miami, United States	603,313	Air Europa, American Airlines, Iberia, Wamos Air
5	Mexico City, Mexico	598,715	Aeroméxico, Iberia
6	Lima, Peru	574,328	Air Europa, Iberia, LAN Perú
7	Bogotá, Colombia	534,509	Avianca, Iberia
8	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	462,112	Emirates
9	Havana, Cuba	420,162	Air Europa, Cubana de Aviación, Iberia
10	Santiago, Chile	412,638	Iberia, LAN Airlines

Ground transport

Rail

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 6:20 and at Terminal 4 around 6:25.

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.^[66] 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.^[67]

The Nuevos Ministerios metro station allowed checking-in^[68] right by the AZCA business area in central Madrid, but this convenience has been suspended indefinitely after the building of Terminal 4.^[69]

EMT Bus

EMT (Madrid Municipal Transport Company) runs regular public bus services between the airport and Madrid (Avenida de América station): bus 200 runs as a complete line – dropping passengers off 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.^[70]

Airport People Mover

Shuttle train that links Terminal 4 with its satellite

In late 2005, the first driverless transit system in Spain and the longest airport people mover system in Europe began transporting passengers between the new terminal (T4) and a new satellite terminal (T4S). Deploying the CITYFLO 550 automatic train control technology, the system is the only mode of transportation for passengers between the two terminals, which are spaced more than two kilometres apart. Bombardier became the only contractor for the completely underground shuttle system, including the construction of the civil works, operation and maintenance of the system.

Airport parking

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

Incidents and accidents

• On 30 September 1972, Douglas C-47B EC-AQE of Spantax crashed on take-off. The aircraft was being used for training duties and the student pilot over-rotated and stalled. One of the six people on board were killed.^[71]
• On 29 July 1979, as part of a triple attack, a bomb placed by ETA political-military killed three people.^[72]
• 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.^[73]
• On 7 December 1983, an Iberia 727 operating as Iberia Flight 350^[74] collided during takeoff with Aviaco Flight 134, a DC-9^[75] The Aviaco DC9 had accidentally entered the runway as the Iberia flight was taking off.^[76] One hundred thirty-five people were killed, including 93 from the Iberia and 42 from the Aviaco.
• 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.^[77]
• On the morning of 30 December 2006, an explosion took place in the carpark building module D attached to Terminal 4. A bomb threat was phoned in 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).^[78] After receipt of the warning, police were able to evacuate part of the airport.^[79] Later, an anonymous caller stated that ETA claims responsibility for the bombing.^[80] 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 to the ground, around 40,000 tonnes of debris. It took six days to recover the body of the second victim from the rubble.

• On 20 August 2008, Spanair Flight 5022 which was travelling to Gran Canaria, veered off to the right and into the ground while climbing immediately after lifting off from runway 36L at 14:45 local time. The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) MD-82 with registration "EC-HFP", was carrying 172 people, including 162 passengers.^[81] 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.^[82]
• On 3 December 2010, during the Spanish air traffic controllers strike, Madrid–Barajas Airport remained inoperative when all Spanish air traffic controllers walked out in a coordinated wildcat strike. Following the walkout, the Spanish Government authorized the Spanish military to take over air traffic control operations.^[83] On the morning of 4 December, the government declared a "State of Alert", ordering on the controllers back to work. Shortly after the measure was implemented, controllers started returning to work and the strike was called off.^[84]

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External links

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

• Adolfo Suárez, Madrid–Barajas official website
• Route map