Madrid–Barajas Airport

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Airport Interior

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Terminal 4 Satellite

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Interior of Terminal 4

Entrance to Departures

Baggage Belts

Upper level to check-in .Lower levels to Arrivals and metro station)

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Exit

Madrid Barajas International Airport (IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD), located in Madrid (40°28′20″N 3°33′39″W), is Spain's most important international and domestic gateway centre. Started in 1928, the airport has grown to be the most important aviation center of southern europe.

Barajas is the principal hub and mantainance base for Iberia.

Barajas serves as the main hub of Iberia Airlines. It consequently serves as the main gateway to the Iberian peninsula from Europe and the rest of the world, particularly Latin America. During 2005 , 41,963,197 passengers used Madrid Barajas airport. Half the traffic is Spanish domestic traffic. 5 million came from Latin America. Iberia is responsable for around 60% of Barajas traffic. In 2005 it was the 5th busiest european airport. Ranked world's number 12 in 2005.

On February 5, 2006 the immense Terminal 4 was inaugurated, making Madrid Barajas International Airport the biggest European airport by terminal area .

Terminal 1, 2 and 3 are 3 adjacent terminals that are home of all SkyTeam Alliance and Star Alliance airlines , plus Air Europe and Spanair.

Terminal 4 is home of Iberia Airlines and all Oneworld airlines , including British Airways , American Airlines , LAN etc.

Madrid Barajas International Airport dispose in total of 107 fingers , 21,800 parking slots, metro link to Madrid center , 4 independent runways with a capacity of 120 aircraft movements per hour.

The current airport is designed for 70 million passengers per year .

Real time flight schedule , destinations , airlines telephone numbers , burocratics requirements , etc, on the Madrid Barajas Official Website .

Airlines

Terminal 1 (T1)

• Aerolíneas Argentinas (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, London-Gatwick, Munich, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
• Aeroméxico (Mexico City, Monterrey)
• Air Europa (Agadir, Barcelona, Beijing, Cancun, Caracas, Fez, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Guayaquil, Havana, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Malaga, Marakesh, Menorca, Milan-Malpensa, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Prague, Punta Cana, Rome-Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Salvador, Santo Domingo, Seville, Shanghai-Pudong, Tenerife North, Tenerife South, Tunis, Warsaw)
• Air France (Bordeux, Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse)
  • Air France operated by Brit Air (Lyon)
• AirMadrid (Bogotá, Bucharest, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cartagena, Fortaleza, Frankfurt, Guayaquil, Lima, Milan-Malpensa, Panama City, Paris CDG, Quito, Rome-Fiumicino, San José (CR), Santiago de Chile, Tel Aviv, Tenerife, Toluca)
• Air Malta (Malta)
• Air Plus Comet (Barcelona, Beijing, Bogota, Cartagena de Indias, Lima, Milan-Malpensa, Munich, New York-JFK, Puerto Plata, Rome-Fiumicino, Santo Domingo, Shanghai-Pudong)
• Alitalia (Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
• Austrian Airlines (Austria)
• Bulgaria Air (Sofia)
• Blue Air (Bucharest-Baneasa)
• bmi (London-Heathrow)
• Continental Airlines (Newark)
• Cubana de Aviación (Havana, Santiago de Cuba)
• China Eastern (Shanghai-Pudong)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, New York-JFK)
• EasyJet (Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin-Schonefeld, Bristol, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Orly)
• Germanwings (Colgone/Bonn, Stuttgart)
• Helvetic Airways
• Japan Airlines
• KLM (Amsterdam)
• Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
• LOT (Warsaw)
• Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich)
• Malev (Budapest)
• Meridiana
• Monarch Airlines
• Myair (Milan-Bergamo, Venice)
• Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo)
• Pluna (Uruguay)
• Portugalia Airlines (Faro, Lisbon, Porto, Funchal)
• SATA Air Azores (Santa Maria)
• Santa Barbara Airlines (Caracas)
• Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen)
• Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
• Spanair (Alicante, Aqaba, Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Jerez, La Coruña, Lakselv, Lanzarote, Malabo, Malaga, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Santiago de Compostela, Tenerife North, Valencia, Vienna, Vigo)
• Swiss International Air Lines (Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva, Zurich)
• Thai Airways (Bangkok)
• Transavia (Amsterdam)
• Tunisair (Tunis)
• US Airways (Philadelphia)
• Varig (São Paulo-Guarulhos)
• Volare Airlines (Milan-Malpensa)

Terminal 2 (T2)

• Air Berlin (Berlin-Tegel, Dusseldorf, Mallorca)
• Air Europa (Domestic and Schengen destinations)
• Spanair (Domestic and Schengen destinations)
• TAP Air Portugal (Lisbon)

Terminal 3 (T3)

• Lagun Air (Leon)

Terminal 4 (T4)

• Aer Lingus (Dublin)
• Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
• Air Algerie (Algiers)
• Air Senegal (Dakar)
• Air Ukraine (Kiev)
• Air Cairo (Cairo)
• American Airlines (Miami)
• Avianca (Bogotá, Cali, Cartagena)
• British Airways (London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow)
  • BA Connect (Birmingham (UK), Manchester (UK))
• CSA Czech Airlines (Prague)
• EgyptAir (Cairo)
• El Al (Tel Aviv)
• Finnair (Helsinki, Stockholm)
• Iberia and Air Nostrum (Albecete, Alicante, Almeria, Amsterdam, Asturias, Athens, Bajadox, Barcelona, Basel, Beirut, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Bogota, Bologna, Bordeaux, Brussels, Budapest, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cagliari, Cairo, Caracas, Casablanca, Chicago-O'Hare, Copenhagen, Dakar, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Faro, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Geneva, Granada, Gran Canaria, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Hannover, Havana, Helsinki, Ibiza, Istanbul, Jerez de la Frontera, Johannesburg, La Coruna, Lagos, La Rioja, Lanzarote, Leon, Lima, Lisbon, Logrona, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Lagos, Lyon, Malabo, Malaga, Marseille, Melilla, Menorca, Mexico City, Miami, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Montevideo, Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich, Murcia, Naples, New York-JFK, Nice, Olbia, Oporto, Oslo, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, Panama City, Quito, Pisa, Reus, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rome-Fiumicino, San Jose (CR), San Juan, Santo Domingo, Santiago de Chile, Santiago de Compostela, San Sebastian, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Santander, Sao Paulo, Sevilla, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Tangier, Tel Aviv, Tenerife, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Valladolid, Venice, Verona, Vienna, Vigo, Vitoria, Warsaw, Zaragoza, Zurich)
• Iberworld mostly seasonal (Alesund, Alicante, Almeria, Aqaba, Arrecife, Aswan, Athens, Barcelona, Belfast, Bergamo, Bilbao, Birmingham (UK), Bologna, Bristol, Brussels, Cairo, Cancun, Corfu, Cork, New Delhi, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Edinburgh, Enschede, Exeter, Faro, Friederichshafen, Fuerteventura, Glasgow, Gran Canaria, Havana, Huumberside, Ibiza, Irkalion, Kos, Las Palmas, Leeds/Bradford, Liege, Lisbon, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Luxor, Madeira, Mahon, Malaga, Manchester (UK), Metz, Milan-Malpensa, Mikonos, Montreal, Mulhouse, Naples, Norwich, Oporto, Oviedo, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prestwick, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Rhodes, Saarburcken, Salamanca, Santander, Santorini, Santiago de Compostela, Shannon, Seville, Southampton, Strasbourg, Tees-Side, Tenerife South, Toronto, Trondheim, Turin, Valencia, Valladolid, Venice, Verona, Vigo, Vitoria, Zaragoza)
• Iran Air (Athens, Tehran-Mehrabad)
• LAN Airlines (Frankfurt, Santiago de Chile)
  • LAN Airlines operated by LAN Ecuador (Guayaquil)
• Luxair(Luxembourg)
• Olympic Airlines (Athens)
• Qatar Airways (Doha)
• Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca, Laayoune, Marrakech, Rabat)
• Royal Jordanian (Amman)
• SN Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
• Sterling
• Syrian Arab Airlines (Damascus)
• TACV Cabo Verde (Santa Maria (Sal))
• Tarom (Bucharest-Otopeni)
• Turkish Airlines (Istanbul)
• Virgin Express (Brussels)
• Vueling Airlines (Barcelona, Brussels, Lisbon, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino)

External links

• http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?pagename=Estandar%2FPage%2FAeropuerto&SMO=-1&SiteName=MAD&c=Page&MO=0&lang=EN_GB Madrid Barajas Official Website in English
• http://www.aena.es Spanish Airport authority