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Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1]

Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAena
ServesMadrid metropolitan area
LocationDistrict of Barajas,Madrid,Spain
Opened22 April 1931;93 years ago(1931-04-22)
Hubfor
Operating base for
ElevationAMSL609 m / 1,998 ft
Coordinates40°28′20″N003°33′39″W/ 40.47222°N 3.56083°W/40.47222; -3.56083
Websitewww.aena.es/en/madrid-barajas-airport/index.html
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MAD/LEMD is located in Spain
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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 (2023)
Passengers60,220,984
Aircraft Movements351,906
Cargo (t)566,372,618
Economic impact (2012)$10.9 billion[2]
Social impact (2012)130,900[2]
Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[3]
SpanishAIP,AENA[4]

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport(Spanish:Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-BarajasSpanish pronunciation:[aeɾoˈpweɾtoaˈðolfoˈswaɾeθmaˈðɾiðβaˈɾaxas]) (IATA:MAD,ICAO:LEMD) is the maininternational airportservingMadrid,the capital city ofSpain.At 3,050 ha (7,500 acres; 30.5 km2) in area, it is the second-largest airport in Europe by physical size behindParis 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 asEurope's fifth-busiest.

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 thePuerta del SolorPlaza Mayor de Madrid,Madrid's historic centre. The airport name derives from the adjacent district ofBarajas,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 SpanishMinistry of Public Works and Transportannounced[7]that the airport was to be renamedAeropuerto Adolfo Suárez, Madrid–Barajas.The airport is the primary hub and maintenance base forIberiaandAir 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

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Early years

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The airport was constructed in 1927, opening to domestic 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 byLineas Aéreas Postales Españolas(LAPE) with its route toBarcelona.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 thePhilippines[9]started.

In the 1950s, the airport supported over half a million passengers, increasing to five runways and scheduled flights toNew York Citybegan. 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 theBoeing 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.

The1982 FIFA World Cupbrought 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'sSchengenflights. 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 architectsAntonio Lamela,Richard RogersandLuis Vidal.Two parallel runways to the existing ones were also built.

Development since the 2000s

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

Terminal 4, designed by Antonio Lamela,Richard RogersandLuis Vidal,(winning team of the 2006Stirling Prize) andTPS Engineers,(winning team of the 2006IStructE Awardfor Commercial Structures)[10]was built byFerrovial[11]and inaugurated on 5 February 2006. Terminal 4 is one of the world's largestairport terminalsin 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 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 1.3 km) and two on a northwest–southeast axis (and separated by 1.9 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 toSkyTeamandStar Allianceairlines. Terminal 4 is home toIberia,its franchiseAir Nostrumand allOneworldpartner 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–Barcelonaair shuttleservice, 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 theMadrid–Barcelona high-speed rail linewhich covers the distance in2+1⁄2hours. Subsequently, the route has beenovertakenby London-Dublin and Paris-Toulouse.

On the morning of 30 December 2006,an explosion took placein the carpark building module D attached to Terminal 4. Authorities received abomb threatat approximately 8:15 local time (7:15GMT), 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 thatETAclaims 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 2008Condé NastTraveller 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,Spanairsuspended 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 scheduledAirbus A380flight landed in Madrid-Barajas in a daily service toDubaibyEmirates.

Following the death of former Spanish Prime Minister,Adolfo Suárez,in 2014, the SpanishMinistry of Public Works and Transportannounced[7]that the airport would be renamedAeropuerto 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 thetransition to democracyafter the dictatorship ofFrancisco 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 operatorAenaannounced 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

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Passenger

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

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean AirlinesAthens
Aer LingusDublin
Aerolíneas ArgentinasBuenos Aires–Ezeiza
Aerolíneas EstelarCaracas
AeroméxicoGuadalajara,Mexico City,Monterrey
Air AlgérieAlgiers
Air ArabiaTangier,Tétouan[22]
Seasonal:Nador
Air CairoSeasonal charter:Sharm El Sheikh[23]
Air CanadaMontréal–Trudeau[24]
Seasonal:Toronto–Pearson
Air ChinaBeijing–Capital,Havana,[25]São Paulo–Guarulhos[26]
Air EuropaA 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,San Pedro Sula,Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru,Santo Domingo–Las Américas,São Paulo–Guarulhos,Tel Aviv,[27]Tenerife–North,Valencia,Vigo,Zürich
Seasonal:Alghero,Athens,Santiago de los Caballeros,[28]Santorini,Tunis
Air FranceParis–Charles de Gaulle
Air SerbiaBelgrade
Air TransatSeasonal:Montréal–Trudeau
airBalticRiga
American AirlinesCharlotte,Dallas/Fort Worth,Miami,New York–JFK,Philadelphia
ArkiaSeasonal:Tel Aviv
AviancaBogotá,Cali,Medellín–JMC
Avianca El SalvadorSan Salvador[29]
Beijing Capital AirlinesHangzhou
Binter CanariasGran Canaria,Tenerife–North[30]
Boliviana de AviaciónCochabamba,Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru
British AirwaysLondon–Heathrow
Brussels AirlinesBrussels
Bulgaria AirSofia
Cathay PacificHong Kong
China Eastern AirlinesShanghai–Pudong,Wenzhou[31]
ConviasaCaracas
Cubana de AviaciónHavana,Santiago de Cuba
Czech AirlinesPrague[32]
Dan AirSeasonal:Bacău[33]
Delta Air LinesAtlanta,New York–JFK
easyJetBasel/Mulhouse,Bristol,Edinburgh,Geneva,Lisbon,London–Gatwick,Lyon,Nice(begins 27 October 2024),[34]Paris–Charles de Gaulle,Porto(ends 29 November 2024)[citation needed]
Seasonal:London–Luton
EgyptairCairo
El AlTel Aviv
EmiratesDubai–International
Ethiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa[35]
Etihad AirwaysAbu Dhabi
FinnairHelsinki
FlyOneSeasonal:Chișinău
Hainan AirlinesChongqing
IberiaA Coruña,Algiers,Alicante,Almería,Amsterdam,Andorra/La Seu d'Urgell,Asturias,Athens,Badajoz,Barcelona,Berlin,Bilbao,Bogotá,Bologna,Bordeaux,Boston,Brussels,Budapest,Buenos Aires–Ezeiza,Cali,Caracas,Casablanca,Castellón,Chicago–O'Hare,Dakar–Diass,Dallas/Fort Worth,Doha,[36]Düsseldorf,Faro,Florence,Frankfurt,Funchal,Geneva,Granada,Guatemala City,Guayaquil,Hamburg,Havana,Ibiza,Jerez de la Frontera,Lima,Lisbon,Logroño,London–Heathrow,Los Angeles,Lyon,Málaga,Marrakesh,Marseille,Melilla,Menorca,Mexico City,Miami,Milan–Linate,Milan–Malpensa,Montevideo,Munich,Nantes,New York–JFK,Nice,Oslo,Palma de Mallorca,Pamplona,Panama City–Tocumen,Paris–Orly,Porto,Prague,Quito,Rio de Janeiro–Galeão,Rome–Fiumicino,San José (CR),San Juan,San Salvador,San Sebastián,Santander,Santiago de Chile,Santo Domingo–Las Américas,São Paulo–Guarulhos,Seville,Split,Stockholm–Arlanda,Strasbourg,Tangier,Tokyo–Narita(resumes 27 October 2024),[37]Toulouse,Turin,Valencia,Venice,Vienna,Vigo,Zagreb,Zürich
Seasonal:Bari,Bergen,Cagliari(resumes 29 July 2024),[38]Cairo,[39]Catania,Corfu,Dubrovnik,Gran Canaria,Ljubljana(resumes 29 July 2024),[38]Nador,Olbia,Palermo(resumes 30 July 2024),[38]Ponta Delgada,Rovaniemi,[40]Salzburg(begins 30 November 2024),[41]San Francisco,Split,Tirana,[42]Tromsø(begins 1 December 2024),[41]Washington–Dulles
Seasonal charter:Luxor[citation needed]
Iberia ExpressCopenhagen,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,Tel Aviv,[43]Tenerife–North,Tenerife–South
Seasonal:Edinburgh,Heraklion,Menorca,Mykonos,Reykjavik–Keflavík,Santorini
IberojetCancún,Havana,Punta Cana,San José (CR),Tegucigalpa/Comayagua
Seasonal:Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,Mauritius,Orlando,[44]San José del Cabo,Santa Clara[44]
Seasonal charter:Burgas
IcelandairSeasonal:Reykjavík–Keflavík
ITA AirwaysRome–Fiumicino
KLMAmsterdam
KM Malta AirlinesMalta[45]
Korean AirSeoul–Incheon
LASER AirlinesCaracas[46]
LATAM BrasilSão Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM ChileBogota,[47]Santiago de Chile
LATAM PerúLima
LOT Polish AirlinesWarsaw–Chopin
LufthansaFrankfurt,Munich
LuxairLuxembourg
Middle East AirlinesBeirut
Norwegian Air ShuttleSeasonal:Copenhagen,Oslo
NouvelairTunis[citation needed]
Pegasus AirlinesIstanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
PlayReykjavík–Keflavík
Plus Ultra Líneas AéreasBogotá,Caracas,Cartagena,Lima,Malabo
Qatar AirwaysDoha
Royal Air MarocCasablanca,Rabat
Seasonal:Nador,Tangier
Royal JordanianAmman–Queen Alia
RyanairAlghero,Aqaba[citation needed],Bari,Beauvais,Bergamo,Berlin,Birmingham,Bologna,Bristol,Brussels,Bucharest–Otopeni,Budapest,Catania,Charleroi,Copenhagen,Dublin,Edinburgh,Eindhoven,Essaouira,Fès,Fuerteventura,Gran Canaria,Ibiza,Kraków,Lanzarote,Liverpool,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,Treviso,Turin,Verona,[48]Vienna,Warsaw–Modlin
Seasonal:Agadir,[49]Amman–Queen Alia,Billund,Bordeaux,[49]Brindisi,Cagliari,Faro,[49]Kaunas,[49]Lisbon,Tétouan,Venice[49]
SaudiaJeddah,Riyadh
SunExpressSeasonal:İzmir[50]
Swiss International Air LinesZürich
TAAG Angola AirlinesLuanda(resumes 30 October 2024)[51]
TAP Air PortugalLisbon
TAROMBucharest–Otopeni
TransaviaMontpellier,Paris–Orly
TunisairTunis
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul
United AirlinesNewark
Seasonal:Washington–Dulles
VoloteaMurcia,[52]Nantes
Seasonal:Lyon,Olbia,Toulouse,Verona[53]
VuelingBarcelona,Florence,Ibiza
Wizz AirBucharest–Băneasa,[54]Bucharest–Otopeni,Budapest,Cluj-Napoca,Iași,Milan–Malpensa,Rome–Fiumicino,Sofia,Timișoara,Tirana,Warsaw–Chopin
World2FlyCali(begins 1 December 2024),[55]Cancún,Havana,Punta Cana,Santiago de los Caballeros,Santo Domingo–Las Américas
Seasonal charter:Tashkent,[56]Urgench[56]

Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
Air Canada Cargo[57]Toronto–Pearson
Air China Cargo[58]Hangzhou,Shanghai—Pudong
Cygnus Air[59]Gran Canaria,Tenerife–North
Emirates SkyCargo[60]Dubai–Al Maktoum
FedEx Express[61]Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Lufthansa Cargo[62]Casablanca,Frankfurt
My FreighterTashkent[63]
Qatar Airways Cargo[64]Doha
Swiftair[65]Casablanca,Gran Canaria,Palma de Mallorca,Tenerife–North
Turkish Cargo[66]Houston–Intercontinental,Istanbul,Miami

Traffic and statistics

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Interior of Terminal 4
Entrance of Terminal 4 at Madrid Barajas Airport
Madrid-Barajas T4 interior
Madrid-Barajas T3 from airside
Terminal 4 Madrid-Barajas
Interior of Terminal 4
Barajas Terminal 4 panorama
Ground control tower at T4S
MainControl tower
Terminal 1 interior
Terminal T-4 Madrid – Barajas Airport

Passenger numbers

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Annual passenger traffic at MAD airport. SeeWikidata query.
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
2022 50,633,652 351,906 566,372
2023 60,220,984 389,179 643,534
Source:Aena Statistics[3]

Busiest routes

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Busiest international routes from MAD (2022)
Rank Destination Passengers Change 2021 / 22
1 Lisbon 1,538,930 Increase168%
2 Paris-Orly 1,372,064 Increase93%
3 Rome-Fiumicino 1,291,377 Increase182%
4 London-Heathrow 1,184,916 Increase178%
5 Bogotá 1,095,936 Increase165%
6 Amsterdam 980,722 Increase113%
7 Mexico-Benito Juárez 907,328 Increase78%
8 Brussels 887,208 Increase116%
9 Paris-Charles de Gaulle 871,273 Increase146%
10 Frankfurt 794,852 Increase92%
11 Munich 782,962 Increase145%
12 Porto 779,479 Increase236%
13 Buenos Aires-Ezeiza 760,528 Increase207%
14 New York-JFK 748,423 Increase184%
15 Miami 689,639 Increase153%
16 Lima 689,453 Increase144%
17 London-Gatwick 636,045 Increase341%
18 São Paulo-Guarulhos 628,327 Increase156%
19 Zurich 584,046 Increase77%
20 Geneva 524,183 Increase94%
Source:Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[67]
Busiest domestic routes from MAD (2022)
Rank Destination Passengers Change 2021 / 22
1 Palma de Mallorca 1,880,865 Increase64%
2 Barcelona 1,716,423 Increase69%
3 Gran Canaria 1,434,501 Increase53%
4 Tenerife-North 1,294,010 Increase47%
5 Ibiza 919,939 Increase50%
6 Bilbao 647,371 Increase82%
7 Lanzarote 578,269 Increase57%
8 Vigo 563,810 Increase64%
9 A Coruña 538,795 Increase66%
10 Málaga 530,005 Increase129%
11 Santiago de Compostela 499,071 Increase70%
12 Seville 392,613 Increase97%
13 Fuerteventura 391,094 Increase44%
14 Tenerife-South 373,582 Increase62%
15 Menorca 363,442 Increase14%
16 Asturias 327,047 Increase72%
17 Valencia 308,797 Increase65%
18 Alicante 280,304 Increase94%
19 San Sebastián 198,741 Increase131%
20 Santander 192,147 Increase99%
Source:Estadísticas de tráfico aereo[67]

Medical care

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The airport is attached to theRamón y Cajal University Hospitalin Madrid as a referral hospital for medical and surgical emergencies requiring hospital care.[68][69]

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.[70]It also has 75 Cardiac Rescue Points equipped with defibrillators in the event of cardiorespiratory arrest.[70]

Ground transport

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Taxi

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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

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TheMadrid MetroLine connects the airport with city centre stationNuevos Ministeriosin Madrid's financial district. The BarajasLine 8provides 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 aCercaníaslink betweenChamartín Stationand Terminal 4. Now finished, this single Cercanías Line (C-1) links Madrid Barajas Terminal 4, withChamartín StationandAtochaAVE high-speed train stations.[71]In June 2011 a decision was made to equip this link withdual gaugewhich will allowAVE high-speed trainsto reach the airport station.[72]

TheNuevos Ministeriosmetro station opened a satellite check-in center in 2002[73]right by theAZCAbusiness area in central Madrid; the satellite check-in center was permanently closed in 2006 due to security concerns.[74]

Metropolitan Bus

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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'sAtocha 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.[75]

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

Long distance coaches

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From terminals T1 and T4 the bus company Avanzabus operates routes toÁvila,Castellón,Salamanca,ValenciaandZamora.From terminal T4 the Alsa bus company runs services to the cities ofZaragoza,Barcelona,Valladolid,León,Murcia,Alicante,Gijón,Oviedo,Lugo,Coruña,Santiago de Compostela,Burgos,Vitoria,San Sebastián,Santander,Bilbao,LogroñoandPamplona.From terminal T1 the Socibus company runs services to the major cities inAndalusia:Huelva,Córdoba,Cadiz,JerezandSeville.

Airport People Mover

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Madrid Barajas Airport People Mover
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
Termini
  • Terminal T4
  • Satellite T4S
Stations2
Service
TypePeople mover
Services1
Operator(s)Bombardier Transportation
Rolling stock19Bombardier Innovia APM 100vehicles
Daily ridership27.400 (2012)
History
Opened4 February 2006
Technical
Line length2.7 km (1.7 miles)[76]
Number of tracks2
CharacterUnderground
ElectrificationTwo centre rails
Operating speed37 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).[77]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 two kilometres apart.[78]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.[79]

Airport parking

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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

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  • On 4 January 1951, aLockheed Model 18 LodestarofEjército del Airecrashed when an engine failed after takeoff. It was on a delivery flight to the Spanish Air Force. Both occupants were killed.[80]
  • On 30 September 1972, aDouglas C-47B EC-AQE ofSpantaxcrashed 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.[81]
  • On 9 May 1976, aBoeing 747of theImperial Iranian Air Forcewasstruck by lightningwhile on approach. This caused the left wing's fuel tank to explode and the wing itself to separate, resulting in the aircraft to crash and killing all 17 passengers and crew.[82]
  • On 27 November 1983,Avianca Flight 011crashed 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.[83]
  • On 7 December 1983, an Iberia 727 operating asIberia Flight 350[84]collided during takeoff withAviaco Flight 134,a DC-9[85]The Aviaco DC-9 had accidentally entered the runway as the Iberia flight was taking off.[86]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 aThai Airways InternationalBoeing 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.[87]
  • On 20 August 2008,Spanair Flight 5022which 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. TheMcDonnell Douglas MD-82with registration "EC-HFP", was carrying 172 people, including 162 passengers.[88]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.[89]

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